Formalizing Cybersecurity Threat Information Sharing with Interpol
FortiGuard Labs and Interpol's Global Innovation Center Collaboration
Cooperation lasted for two years even before the agreement was formalized.
Fortinet announced on the 28th that it had signed an agreement with Interpol to share cybersecurity threat information.

The goal of this agreement is to proactively address cybercrime and privacy threats worldwide by sharing threat intelligence generated by the global threat research team at Fortinet FortiGuard Labs, Fortinet's cybersecurity threat response research lab, with Interpol.

Fortinet and INTERPOL will participate in future briefings. Fortinet's threat intelligence experts will collaborate with experts from the INTERPOL Global Innovation Centre (IGCI) to enhance understanding of current threats, empower INTERPOL teams and law enforcement agencies to leverage threat intelligence, and contribute to mitigating security and privacy risks.

Fortinet and Interpol have been working together for more than two years prior to signing this agreement, and this agreement formalizes their partnership.

For the past two years, Fortinet has contributed to identifying cybercrime by providing cybersecurity threat intelligence as a member of the Interpol Expert Group. Last year, Fortinet was one of the private companies supporting Interpol's efforts to combat cybercrime in the ASEAN region. Thanks to this, INTERPOL was able to identify approximately 9,000 command and control (C2) servers and hundreds of compromised websites, including government portals. Furthermore, Fortinet's close threat intelligence sharing with INTERPOL, Fortinet, and other private sector partners has contributed to the detection of online criminal organizations responsible for thousands of online scams.

“Fighting cybersecurity crime cannot be solved by law enforcement alone; it requires collaboration with the private sector,” said Silvino Schlickmann of the Interpol Global Innovation Centre (IGCI). “This new agreement with Fortinet will provide law enforcement agencies with access to the most comprehensive threat intelligence available, enabling them to take effective action against cybercrime.”

“Enterprises are grappling with multiple security challenges, including evolving threats, a constantly expanding attack surface, and a lack of secure technologies,” said Derek Manky, Global Security Strategist at Fortinet. “Law enforcement agencies, in particular, are challenged by the proliferation of cybercrime across political boundaries and jurisdictions. Actionable threat intelligence that provides global visibility is the best way to move from a ‘reactive’ approach to combatting cross-border cybercrime to a ‘proactive defense.’ No organization can have a complete view of its security landscape, which is why public and private organizations must collaborate and share threat intelligence.”