Perimeter Meltdown: Fortinet & Cisco Zero-Days This Week Expose the Edge-Device Crisis Facing UK SMEs
Two critical zero-days in a single week. Fortinet FortiClient EMS CVE-2026-35616 (CVSS 9.8) and Cisco Unified CM CVE-2026-20045 are both being actively exploited — and both now sit on the CISA KEV list. Here is the full 7-day timeline, why perimeter devices are now the ransomware front door, the real cost of an edge-device breach for UK SMEs, and the 10-step 72-hour hardening plan to take today.
