In our top story of the week, security editor Nancy Liu reveals how Fortinet has extended the coverage of its secure access service edge (SASE) even further to the edge, to help protect microbranches and internet of things (IoT) devices.

Speaking of the edge: Our second-most-popular story looks at the telecom industry's struggles with finding enough workers to lay down the backbone of our new edgy technological infrastructure. Contributing writer Taryn Plumb looks at what telcos need to do to plug the talent gap.

This week was also full of news from the Google Cloud Next event — our fifth story talks about Google bringing generative artificial intelligence (AI) to some of its security products. Other news out of the event included Google's new solution for enterprises who use multiple cloud providers, called Google Cross-Cloud Network. And our sustainability writer Emma Chervek covered how Google has brought the power of AI to its Maps Platform with environmental APIs.

Here's this week's top 5 stories as chosen by our readers.

Fortinet claims its wireless LAN access points will offload traffic from microbranches to a secure access service edge point of presence for security inspection.

Telecom market growth presents a global talent shortage, which will snowball in the next five years unless it's addressed now.

Existing development practices drive adoption of artificial intelligence models. Frameworks, tools and libraries are adjusting to new needs.

The deployment involved setting up cameras on a live production line that produces components for electric vehicles.

The move aims to optimize threat detection and response, streamline security workflows and boost productivity among security professionals.