Hokkaido Broadcaster Adds FortiEDR and MDR for Post-Detection Response
A broadcaster that operates its network in-house is using managed detection and response to offload the post-detection workload that behavioral security tools create.
Reporting from 1 source: ASCII.jp.
Hokkaido Broadcasting, a broadcaster that built and operates its own network in-house rather than outsourcing to system integrators, has added Fortinet's FortiEDR and managed detection and response services to its security stack. The move follows three to four years of ransomware incidents that pushed the company past pattern-file-based endpoint protection. The combination is meant to handle the post-detection response burden while keeping the network running.
Hokkaido Broadcasting has run its own network since its founding in 1951, a choice tied to the licensed nature of broadcasting and the need to avoid stoppages. The 220-employee company now layers Fortinet's FortiEDR and a managed detection and response service over its existing firewall and pattern-file endpoint protection.
Hiroshi Sugimoto of the Technology Bureau's Systems Management Department said behavioral detection looked promising, but the work after detection was the challenge. The MDR service takes on that post-detection response. The company also notes the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has added cybersecurity provisions to technical standards for broadcast transmission equipment.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.