Greater Transparency on the Efficacy of Security Solutions Helps IT and Security Pros Make Better Decisions
In our industry, the threat landscape is always intensifying and the volume of threats increasing. This puts tremendous pressure on IT and security professionals to scale up to handle more with the resources they have, as well as be continually rethinking what aspects of their security infrastructure are working well against the increasing sophistication of what is coming across the wire and into mailboxes.
As an example, we know through various data points including analysis from Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs, that ransomware attacks have increased as much as ten-fold in the last 18 months. This is a staggering development and one that should trigger IT and security pros to reevaluate their security postures. Given that as much as one-third or more of ransomware attacks are email-based, this means organizations should take a fresh and hard look at their current email security practices.
Third-party independent testing firms help organizations better understand which solutions in the marketplace are more effective versus others. They expend significant time and money in devising testing regimes to evaluate vendor solutions and help expedite the evaluation process.
Commitment to Independent Testing
Fortinet believes strongly in testing our solutions through independent testing labs and making the results available. We believe this helps our customers in knowing the outcomes they can expect from our products and solutions. In fact, when it comes to testing of email security solutions, Fortinet tests our FortiMail solution with three different third-party vendors: ICSA Labs, SE Labs and Virus Bulletin.
