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Could We Have Seen FortiBleed Coming? What Network Digital Twins Reveal About the Attack

On June 18, 2026, CISA issued an urgent advisory warning that malicious cyber actors — believed to be a Russian-speaking criminal group — have compromised nearly 74,000 Fortinet firewall and VPN devices across 194 countries in a campaign now dubbed F

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6 days ago

captainpacketEmployee

What Building a Network Emulation Platform Taught Me About Digital Twins

A discussion at Cisco Live this year got me thinking about network emulation and digital twins. About six months ago, I started building Skyforge, an internal network emulation platform at Forward. The project started as an attempt to solve a practic

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10 days ago

cariddirSpotter

Network Audit Scripts - NTP NXOS, IOS, EOS

11 days ago

chrisnaishEmployee

Responding to CISA Binding Operational Directive 26-04: What It Means for Vulnerability Prioritization and How Forward Can Help

CISA issued Binding Operational Directive 26-04 on June 10, 2026, fundamentally reshaping how federal agencies must prioritize and remediate vulnerabilities. Rather than treating all CVEs with equal urgency, BOD 26-04 establishes a risk-tiered patchi

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15 days ago

cariddirSpotter

Network Audit Scripts - AAA NXOS, IOS, EOS

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16 days ago

ChiaraEmployee

Introducing Forward AI: The Network Can Finally Answer Back

Network engineers spend a lot of time translating.A stakeholder asks a simple question:"Can this application reach that subnet?"The answer often requires multiple tools, several queries, and plenty of expertise. Then the follow-up questions arrive,

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22 days ago

Rohit_809 KumarSpotter

Custom Commands

Custom command format for Foritnet

we are using below format to collect the data from Fortinet firewall for custom command. endconfig globalshow system dnsshow system ntp can anyone check and confirm ,these will not impact anything ,if i remove config gloabl , than command will not ru

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SteveBamfordSpotter

Check the default action of an F5 AFM Policy

There is a specific section of the AFM config which refers to the default action of the firewall, the below query checks that the default action is Drop.F5 AFM Config to check for.}sys db tm.fw.defaultaction { value "drop"} /** * @intent Check tha

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cariddirSpotter

Network Mgmt Interface discovery

Here are a set of 3 scripts for:NXOSEOSIOS (and IOS-XE)The scripts look for configuration related to source interfaces. Over the years, engineers have used Loopback0, dedicated management interfaces, Loopback10, or other random interfaces to source

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30 days ago

cariddirSpotter

Network Audit Scripts - AAA NXOS, IOS, EOS

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16 days ago

Rohit_809 KumarSpotter

Custom Commands

Custom command format for Foritnet

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SteveBamfordSpotter

Check the default action of an F5 AFM Policy

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Rymarti2Ramping Up

Unable to access the vulnerabilities page

When attempting to access the Vulnerabilities page I get the following errors.Jakarta.servlet.servletexception:request processing failed:java.util.concurrent.completionexception:java.util.nosuchelementexception:no value presentThis error has accord s

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1 month ago

mayur.ladRamping Up

Workplace which will auto execute by every 30mins

Hi TeamI am looking for some help to create a workplace in FN.This workplace will contain only CISCO devices and NQEs (BGP status and Interface Status). I want to auto execute this workspace (snapshot) by every 30 mins so that I can fetch interface a

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2 months ago

Suriya subbiah CTRamping Up

Forward API

API logs

Hi team,Is there a way to see or get API logs to know which user has performed what kind of api calls & actions ( read / view / change) using thier account?

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3 months ago

cariddirSpotter

More Functionality with Filtering in the GUI

I’ve brought this up a few times on calls with our account team. It would be really helpful if we could filter with a bit more flexibility in Sources & Inventories.Currently, if I’m searching for a Tag the logic is a “OR” so if I want a device in

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3 months ago

Suriya subbiah CTRamping Up

snapshot processing failure

Hi team, I am new to the forward networks enterprise solutions and recently facing some issues in the application. I have set of network devices with different vendors (Cisco, Fortinet, huwawei, F5, etc) in my workspace with application version 25.11

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4 months ago

tenzing29Ramping Up

Integrations

Integrating Forward Networks with CI/CD or automation tools – real examples?

I’m curious to hear how different teams are using Forward Networks in their day-to-day workflows. Whether it’s for network visibility, change validation, security analysis, or troubleshooting, I’d love to learn what’s working best for you. Which feat

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5 months ago

sidhurajRamping Up