Creative Solutions for Partners to Fill the Cybersecurity Skills Gap

threat landscape, and are trained to deploy, configure and troubleshoot the advanced security solutions that can remediate attacks.

This is why Fortinet offers Partners hands-on training through our Network Security Experts program. By becoming a Network Security Expert, our partners are equipped to act as high-level advisors to help their customers stay threat-aware, remediate vulnerabilities and mitigate the effects of cyberattacks on their networks. Fortinet’s NSE training and certifications help partners build trust with their customers, transforming a vendor relationship into a business partnership.

NSE certification also signifies to prospective customers that a partner has the level of network security expertise needed to be effective today. By learning more about how they can leverage the vast resources of Fortinet’s top-level security solutions, partners have more opportunity to grow their business as customer networks evolve and require additional controls.

3. Automate Cybersecurity with Artificial Intelligence

Customers feeling the pinch of the cybersecurity skills gap may be falling behind in deploying advanced solutions to remediate its effects and protect their networks. Partners can offer guidance on where legacy or disparate security controls can be updated to enhance response times and visibility. One area partners should focus on is ensuring their customers are making use of automated detection and response systems that match the volume and speed of today’s cyber criminal attacks.

Cyber criminals are already making use of automation and artificial intelligence (AI) in their attacks to more strategically locate network vulnerabilities and evade security detection. Therefore, organizations that attempt to keep pace with manual response times are at immense risk.

Partners can work with their customers to employ artificial intelligence and machine learning to rapidly assess, monitor, analyze and respond to anomalous network activity. Effectively deploying these solutions returns time to internal security staff to focus on more strategic initiatives, rather than tactical network monitoring and response to security alerts.

Final Thoughts

While academic programs aim to fill the pipeline for trained, knowledgeable cybersecurity professionals in the future, your customers need a solution to the skills gap now. By employing these creative solutions, partners assist in keeping customers a step ahead of cyber criminals without exhausting their resources.

Fortinet’s partners can use the considerable resources at their fingertips, including MSSP partnerships, NSE training, and cutting-edge security solutions employing AI and ML to smooth the road ahead for customers.

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