Fortinet Moves AI Inspection Into the Firewall
Fortinet’s FortiGuard Inline AI Security Service brings prompt and agent inspection to FortiGate. 650 Group reads the thin detection specs behind the rollout.
Cybersecurity
RSA Conference 2026 – Agents and AI Theme
We attended the show in San Francisco this year and can say that it was obvious on many levels that AI was the theme. We say it’s obvious because, from our walks around the show floor, about half the booths were promoting Artificial Intelligence in some way. Additionally, we saw… Read More »RSA Conference 2026 – Agents and AI Theme
Google’s Planned Acquisition of Wiz Has The Potential to Change the Security Industry
Today, Google announced plans to acquire Wiz, Inc. for $32B in cash. Of course, the deal is subject to “customary closing conditions including regulatory approvals.” Google said that Wiz’s products will continue to work and will be available across all major clouds, including AWS, Azure, and Oracle Cloud. It also… Read More »Google’s Planned Acquisition of Wiz Has The Potential to Change the Security Industry
Cisco Closes Splunk Acquisition and Closes the Gap with Palo Alto Networks, too
Today, Cisco completed its acquisition of Splunk, many months ahead of its initial estimates at the time of the deal announcement. Over the years, we have tracked Splunk’s exposure to Observability, SIEM, SOAR, and other reportable segments. What’s interesting is that on a pro-forma basis, when we add up Cisco… Read More »Cisco Closes Splunk Acquisition and Closes the Gap with Palo Alto Networks, too
Fortinet Accelerate 2023 Conference Focuses on Secure Networking and Operational Technology
Fortinet’s management team spoke to a packed house at its series of customer and partner-focused keynotes and emphasized its strengths in Secure Networking and its exposure to Operational Technology (OT). The company communicated the concept of network and security convergence, that the intersection between Enterprise Networking and Cybersecurity is a… Read More »Fortinet Accelerate 2023 Conference Focuses on Secure Networking and Operational Technology