A cybersecurity expert and successful entrepreneur, Ken Xie is Founder, Chairman and CEO of Fortinet, the global cybersecurity leader. Fortinet’s broad portfolio of solutions spans network, infrastructure, edge, cloud and IoT, serving approximately 70 per cent of the Fortune 100 as well as Governments around the world. Its security driven networking approach combines security and networking to deliver the most advanced, AI driven protection across the entire attack surface. Fortinet is the third cybersecurity company founded by Ken that has been instrumental in shaping the cybersecurity industry. His second company, Netscreen developed the industry's first ASIC and dedicated hardware systems for high-performance firewalls and VPNs and was acquired by Juniper for $4 billion. Ken earned an M.S. degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University and B.S. and M.S. degrees in electronic engineering from Tsinghua University. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering. Ken is a member of the board for the Cyber Threat Alliance and the Center for Cybersecurity for the World Economic Forum.
El mundo carece de 3,4 millones más de profesionales de ciberseguridad. Cerrar esta brecha puede mejorar la ciber resiliencia y apoyar a una mano de obra en transición.
Cybersecurity is vital in a connected world, but we need to close the global cyber skills gap to improve resilience and support a workforce in transition.
COVID-19 has changed how people work, and cybersecurity needs to reflect this. We know what to do; the challenge is not new tech, however, but old mindsets.
To be truly effective today, cybersecurity must be built into every product and system. To achieve this level of integration, we need to address four fundamental leadership challenges.
Over the next five years, economic loss due to cybercrime is predicted to reach a staggering $5.2 trillion. Unless we train the next generation of defenders, our systems remain vulnerable.
There are not enough skilled workers to plan, manage, integrate, and optimize security devices, strategies, and protocols
