Motivation As a distributor we offer various security products from different vendors. On the one hand these are FortiGate and PaloAltoNetworks NGFW firewalls to make the perimeter more secure, on the other hand products & services from Kaspersky. Kaspersky offers various threat feeds that can be used in other products….
Proofpoint Essentials FAQ
Last Update: 06. October 2023 The Proofpoint Essentials email security product has been growing in popularity for some time. This is not least because Proofpoint Essentials is easy to set up, offers a simple and clear web interface for administration and covers most standard Swiss SMB email scenarios very well….
FortiCloud: Check your email or token application for the security code
The single-sign-on accounts for Fortinet websites are used for sites such as support.fortinet.com and forticloud.com. There are a whole lot of other Fortinet sites that use the same login. All accounts are required to change their passwords on a regular basis. If you do not change your Fortinet account password,…
Der Weg zur NSE 7 Zertifizierung
Dieser Beitrag soll angehenden “Network Security Experts” für die Stufe 7 einen Überblick über den Weg zur erfolgreichen Zertifizierung geben und die häufigsten Fragen klären. Dieser Artikel ist nur noch bis am 01.10.2023 gültig, da Fortinet ein neues Zertifizierungsmodell einführt.Wir empfehlen, bei der Wahl der Zertifizierung das neue Modell bereits…
Der Weg zur NSE 4 Zertifizierung
Dieser Beitrag soll angehenden “Network Security Experts” für die Stufe 4 einen Überblick über den Weg zur erfolgreichen Zertifizierung geben und die häufigsten Fragen klären. Dieser Artikel ist nur noch bis am 01.10.2023 gültig, da Fortinet ein neues Zertifizierungsmodell einführt.Wir empfehlen, bei der Wahl der Zertifizierung das neue Modell bereits…
Proofpoint PSAT Admin account locked
If you are not using your account for PSAT admin access on a regular basis, your account will get locked down automatically after 92 days (this is a default value that can be adjusted). Accounts are also being locked after 5 unsuccessfull login attempts by default. To unlock your account,…
FortiGate hardware acceleration step-by-step troubleshooting
Last updated: 21.11.2023 One of the very powerful features of FortiGate hardware appliances is the hardware acceleration chipset included in the hardware platform. This allows to forward traffic in specific situations directly from the incoming interface to the outgoing interface without passing the CPU of the system. This can safe…
Performance Best Practices for Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Windows
Here you can find some recommendations how to configure protection in Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Windows and reduce the impact on the system. The original document written by Evgeniya Kirikova from Kasperksy can be downloaded here. General recommendations Use the latest versions of Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Windows, as they…
What’s new with FortiOS 6.2/6.0.8: Update issue with certificate for WebUI
Recently we have had a few support cases where a customer was unable to log in to the firewall via WebUI after the firmware update. But SSH access worked fine. It turned out that during the update process the server certificate used for the WebUI is lost. Config with v6.0.4…
What’s new with FortiOS 6.2: FortiGuard Requests
FortiOS v6.2 has been released in March this year and we are still gaining experience with this version. In this article we would like to draw you attention to the protocol which is used for FortiGuard service communication. Up to v6.0 udp has been used, with 6.2 the default protocol…