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Rick Peters

Rick Peters is the CISO for Operational Technology, North America for Fortinet Inc., delivering cybersecurity defense solutions and insights for the OT/ICS/SCADA critical infrastructure environments. He is charged with overseeing growth of Fortinet’s penetration into the largest global OT marketspace. That charge entails identifying and partnering to gain traction on existing OT business campaigns as well as targeting emerging customer opportunities.   
 
Immediately prior, he served as the director of operational technology, global enablement for Fortinet. In this capacity, Mr. Peters enabled OT business growth by partnering with Fortinet OT security, sales and marketing counterparts. The success realized in EMEA and APAC over two years keyed recognition and a strategic transition to focus on North America as the largest target marketspace in 2020.

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  • Why Zero Trust Access is Critical to OT Security
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    Why Zero Trust Access is Critical to OT Security

    The premise behind zero trust access (ZTA) is that it’s not safe to trust anything inside or outside the network without first identifying and classifying all users and devices seeking access. The goal of ZTA is to eliminate all threats, whether they come from outside or within the network. This adoption of this strategy is vital in protecting OT systems, which often must interrogate both network users and a rapidly growing array of enabled Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) devices.
    By: Rick Peters
    24 February, 2021 | 3 minutes
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