Liebe Fortinet-Partner,
unsere Schweizer Kollegen stellen jede Woche die wichtigsten Fortinet-Neuigkeiten zusammen. Ab sofort posten wir diese leicht angepasst auch im deutschen Partner-Blog. @Fortinet-Schweiz: DANKE!
Big Fortinet news last week was the introduction of the Fortinet Security Expert Program, the Fortinet Fabric Connectors and the enhancements of the MSSP Partner Program. They were announced in the Partner News E-Mail. Please find the links below in our summary* for last week:
Releases in the past 7 days (RSS feed)
- FortiClientEMS 6.0.0 (release notes, upgrade paths)
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- Dynamic client grouping
- Central file quarantine
- Software inventory on managed endpoints
- Many bug fixes
- FortiClient (Windows) 6.0.0 (release notes, upgrade paths)
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- New GUI, quarantine to EMS, SW inventory information to EMS
- Many bug fixes and user privacy enhancements
- Watch out: Discontinued local certificate store
- FortiClientLinux (new platform!) 6.0.0 (release notes)
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- Platform support: RedHat, CentOS, Ubuntu
- Fabric agent, vulnerability detection, AV (incl. FortiSandbox patterns)
- Central management by FortiClient EMS 6.0.0
- FortiSwitch 6.0.0 (release notes)
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- Check the supported models! EOO D-series FortiSwitches like FortiSwitch 108D and 124D are not supported any longer
- New Web UI, 802.1x enhancements, routing enhancements and many more
- SaaS – FortiSwitch Cloud 1.0.0 (release notes)
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Life Cycle Announcements – End of Orders (RSS feed)
Vulnerabilities
- PSIRT advisory FG-IR-18-059: Potential XSS in "CSRF validation failure" page of FortiAuthenticator < 5.3.0
Organizational
- Markus Bierwisch has started to work at Fortinet Germany as Channel Marketing Specialist
Tools and Documentation
(Knowledge Base RSS feed, Cookbook RSS feed)
News / Blogs
- FortiPartner Newsletter was emailed out last Thursday:
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- Get started with the new Fortinet Security Fabric Expert Program (Partner Portal)
- Introduction of the Fortinet Fabric Connectors including a guide, slides and more (Partner Portal)
- Introduction of the MSSP Partner Program (Partner Portal)
- Fortinet has launched a new online content hub aimed at CISOs: The CISO Collective (https://www.thecisocollective.com/)
- Fortinet expands the MSSP program with a new silver level for partners (Fortinet blog, press release)
- Fortinet is a platinum sponsor for the 2018 Gartner Security and Risk Management Summit (Fortinet blog) and an exhibitor at the Infosec Europe 2018 conference (Fortinet blog), both next week.
- Short report on the email threat landscape, giving arguments for FortiMail 6.0 (Fortinet blog)
- Derek Manky, Global Security Strategist at Fortinet, highlights recent developments of ransomware and highlights ten best practices as a methodical process to thwart them (Fortinet blog)
- Interview with a US healthcare organization that is a Fortinet customer using FortiGuard AI (Fortinet blog)
- Article explaining why companies need a fabric-based security framework (Fortinet blog)
Outlook
- Partner-Stammtisch München 5. Juni / Dortmund 6. Juni / Köln 7. Juni (Registrierung)
- Fortinet Willkommens-Webinar 8. Juni (Registrierung)
* Disclaimer: This summary is based on best effort by the Swiss Fortinet SEs. While we try to get all relevant information of the week into this summary, we might miss some information as we collect it or other mistakes may happen. Therefore, don't base your decisions on this summary, but check the authoritative sources yourself.
