Cyber security solutions company Fortinet said it is collaborating with IBM Security through the bi-directional sharing of cyber threat information. The company said in a press release that the goal of the agreement is to proactively combat cyber threats and threats to privacy globally through the sharing of contextual threat information generated by the Fortinet FortiGuard Labs threat research team and IBM Security’s X-Force research team. IBM Security and Fortinet will directly collaborate through bi-directional sharing of threat intelligence using secure channels. Joint threat information sharing will deliver deep security research expertise and global threat intelligence for increased protection for the customers of each company, Fortinet said. It added that by integrating the threat intelligence feeds from each company, customers will now benefit from more thorough data being available. IBM Security has been a Fortinet Fabric-Ready partner since 2017.
