AI-Enhanced Data Protection and Insider Risk Management
Fortinet FortiGate offers a next-generation cloud-native endpoint data protection solution that integrates powerful endpoint data loss prevention and insider risk management capabilities. This solution aids security teams in proactively identifying and preventing data leaks, detecting insider risks related to user behavior, and educating employees on cybersecurity best practices. Unlike other solutions, FortiGate combines data loss prevention, insider risk management, SaaS data security, and risk-informed user education for a comprehensive approach to data protection.
Data Loss Prevention
With Fortinet FortiGate, organizations can prevent data loss by gaining immediate visibility into data flows, understanding business data patterns, identifying high-risk activities across all users, endpoints, and cloud storage, and conducting prioritized investigations. By leveraging machine learning algorithms integrated into a lightweight agent, FortiGate provides real-time content inspection and context-based protection across both managed and unmanaged devices.
Insider Risk Management
Fortinet FortiGate tracks and traces the flow of sensitive information and user interactions within an organization. It effectively detects and mitigates insider threats through advanced user behavior analytics, automatically blocking suspicious activities. The solution offers a comprehensive activity feed that enables analysts to view user, data, and device activities in a time-sequenced manner, improving the efficiency of incident response.
SaaS Data Security
Fortinet FortiGate provides extensive visibility into user interactions with cloud-hosted data and ensures data protection as information moves in and out of the cloud. By creating a risk-scored inventory of SaaS applications used within an organization, FortiGate offers insights into data movement, unauthorized access, and credential management. It fortifies defenses against potential data breaches resulting from unauthorized app usage.
Risk-Informed User Education
In promoting proactive risk mitigation, Fortinet FortiGate involves employees in enhancing the organization’s security posture and fostering a culture of cybersecurity resilience. Customized prompts and notifications reinforce security awareness among users, guiding them towards secure alternatives when unauthorized apps are detected. By providing risk-informed training, FortiGate empowers employees to make informed decisions, adhere to security policies, and practice good cyber hygiene.
Data Protection for Shadow AI
Fortinet FortiGate enables safe use of generative-AI tools such as OpenAI ChatGPT and Google Gemini by setting policy actions to alert employees on proper data handling practices while ensuring organizational data security. This approach strikes a balance between enhancing productivity through AI tools and safeguarding sensitive data from inadvertent exposure.