Having a Plan Important

Fortinet’s Jon Bove said all partners need to make sure they have a plan.

“The skills gap is a massive problem,” he said. “Fortinet established our network security expert program with the goal of enabling 1 million individuals and taking that into universities and building out academic programs to help fill that gap. We think that’s one element. But the other thing is making sure that our partners have the ability to bring that platform approach to their customers because it’s a matter of when, not if. And when it happens, are you putting your customer in a situation to be able to respond in a timely fashion and protect as much as they possibly can? So that’s what I would worry about. For them, ransomware is really an outcome, so prepare as much as you can for both yourself and also for your customer. And it needs to be repeatable in fashion. You can’t just go pick one product over here and pick another over here. And if private equity is trying to buy into a platform, then hopefully our partners are trying to establish their own security posture, one that provides them a platform that can orchestrate an automated response.”