{"id":290056,"date":"2026-07-16T01:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/16\/fortinet-jamaicans-taking-cybersecurity-more-seriously-but\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T01:35:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T05:35:07","slug":"fortinet-jamaicans-taking-cybersecurity-more-seriously-but","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/16\/fortinet-jamaicans-taking-cybersecurity-more-seriously-but\/","title":{"rendered":"Fortinet: Jamaicans taking cybersecurity more seriously but\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jamaicaobserver.com\/2026\/07\/16\/fortinet-jamaicans-taking-cybersecurity-seriously\/\">Fortinet: Jamaicans taking cybersecurity more seriously but\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jamaicaobserver.com\/2026\/07\/16\/fortinet-jamaicans-taking-cybersecurity-seriously\/\">https:\/\/www.jamaicaobserver.com\/2026\/07\/16\/fortinet-jamaicans-taking-cybersecurity-seriously\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-07-16 01:30:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.jamaicaobserver.com\">www.jamaicaobserver.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sharing a light moment after the presentation of the findings of Fortinet\u2019s FortiGuard Labs Global Threat Landscape Report on Tuesday are (from left) Emmanuel Oscar, senior engineering manager for Fortinet English Caribbean; Queenie Ko, named account manager for Fortinet Jamaica; Garfield Gordon, senior systems engineer for Fortinet Jamaica; and Carlo Caloca, regional sales manager, Fortinet English Caribbean. x<\/p>\n<p>Fortinet, the global cybersecurity company driving the convergence of networking and security, on Tuesday released findings from its latest FortiGuard Labs Global Threat Landscape Report, which revealed that Jamaica recorded 46.7 million attempted cyberattacks during 2025.<\/p>\n<p>In addition 5.4 million cyberattack attempts were recorded during the first quarter of 2026, underscoring the continued evolution of the country\u2019s cyber threat landscape.<\/p>\n<p>The report also found that Jamaica recorded seven million active scanning attempts during 2025, with two million recorded during the first quarter of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>According to Fortinet, cybercriminals are increasingly leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) and automation to identify vulnerable systems, conduct reconnaissance and accelerate attacks, while the dark web continues to fuel cybercrime by making sophisticated attack tools more widely accessible.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this increasingly complex threat landscape, Fortinet says Jamaica has made significant progress in the way cybersecurity is viewed and prioritised.<\/p>\n<p>Fortinet noted that a few years ago, many organisations approached cybersecurity reactively, often strengthening defences only after an incident occurred but today that mindset has shifted considerably, with both Government and private sector organisations increasingly recognising cybersecurity as a strategic business priority, and a critical component of national resilience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe conversation around cybersecurity in Jamaica has changed dramatically. 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