Fortinet unveils AI-driven cloud SOC & endpoint revamp

Fortinet has announced updates to its Security Operations platform, including a preview of a cloud-delivered security operations centre (SOC) service, additional agentic AI features, expanded managed detection and response coverage, and consolidated endpoint security under a unified FortiEndpoint offering.

Fortinet framed the releases as a response to growing operational pressure on security teams. Many organisations must manage a wider range of signals across endpoints, identity systems, cloud workloads, email, and networks, while also dealing with skills shortages and high alert volumes. Fragmented tools can slow investigations and response.

Fortinet's Security Operations platform aims to unify telemetry, analytics, threat intelligence, and response activities across multiple stages of an attack. It is built on the Fortinet Security Fabric architecture, which connects Fortinet products and third-party data sources through a shared framework.

The updates focus on four areas: SOC modernisation, agentic AI execution, FortiGuard managed services, and endpoint security simplification.

Ken Xie, Founder, Chairman of the Board, and Chief Executive Officer at Fortinet, linked the company's product direction to the way attackers are using AI.

"As attackers weaponise AI to accelerate reconnaissance, exploit development, and social engineering, security operations must function with the same speed and coordination. Fortinet is advancing a unified, AI-powered security operations platform that provides a scalable operating architecture across our defence framework, enabling organisations to build, extend, or optimise their SOC through a single architecture spanning self-managed, cloud, and managed deployments."

Cloud SOC

The centrepiece is a preview of FortiSOC, a cloud-delivered offering designed to consolidate elements of Fortinet's SOC stack into a single service. Fortinet said FortiSOC brings together functions associated with FortiAnalyser, FortiSIEM, FortiSOAR, and FortiTIP.

FortiSOC includes log ingestion and normalisation, correlation, automation, case management, behavioural analytics, and identity-focused investigations. Fortinet said these functions run through a single console and a unified data model.

The service is designed to ingest telemetry from Fortinet products and third-party environments. Fortinet also said FortiSOC includes built-in SOC practices based on its internal operations, and incorporates AI and machine learning, alongside FortiAI functions, within analysis and response workflows.

Fortinet highlighted subscription licensing and elastic cloud scaling as part of the FortiSOC model, and pointed to planned expansions. These include endpoint-related additions and a continuous threat exposure management architecture, which it said will be integrated into the FortiSOC experience.

Agentic workflows

Alongside FortiSOC, Fortinet is expanding FortiAI across FortiAnalyser, FortiSIEM, FortiSOAR, and FortiSOC. The company described this as a move beyond interactive copilots towards agentic execution across SOC workflows.

Enhancements include a dedicated agent to automate alert triage, investigation, and threat hunting. Fortinet also highlighted support for Model Context Protocol, which it said maintains shared context and continuity across detection, investigation, and response tasks.

Managed services

Fortinet also outlined updates to FortiGuard SOC-as-a-Service, its managed service for organisations that want continuous monitoring and escalation. Fortinet said the service extends the same unified SOC architecture with Fortinet expertise and intelligence.

New elements include support for third-party log sources for multivendor monitoring and expanded Security Fabric integrations. Fortinet cited FortiNDR telemetry for improved detection and FortiCNAPP telemetry for cloud visibility across hybrid environments.

Endpoint consolidation

On the endpoint side, Fortinet announced changes under FortiEndpoint, consolidating multiple endpoint products into a unified approach. The aim is to reduce the number of agents deployed on devices and simplify licensing and management.

Fortinet said FortiEndpoint provides a single agent across ZTNA, SASE, endpoint protection, endpoint detection and response, and data loss prevention. It also introduced application visibility and control features using FortiAI. Fortinet said these controls can detect and govern AI applications and their communications, addressing risks tied to unsanctioned usage and data exposure.

Fortinet also described tighter integration with its EDR functions, intended to streamline management through a unified console and simplify licensing.

Fortinet said the combined changes strengthen its unified SOC approach, broaden AI-driven automation, extend managed monitoring coverage, and reduce endpoint tool sprawl. The company added that it will continue to develop FortiSOC and expand its architecture to include additional exposure management and endpoint-related elements.

source:
https://itbrief.com.au/story/fortinet-unveils-ai-driven-cloud-soc-endpoint-revamp

Fortinet unveils FortiOS 8.0 with AI & quantum-safe

By Mark Tarre, News Chief

Fortinet has released FortiOS 8.0, a new version of the operating system used across its Security Fabric. The update adds AI governance features, expands secure access service edge (SASE) options, and introduces post-quantum cryptography capabilities.

The release targets organisations running hybrid networks spanning branch sites, data centres, and multiple cloud services. It also reflects shifting security priorities as businesses adopt generative AI tools and security teams face rising volumes of encrypted traffic.

FortiOS runs across Fortinet products, including firewalls and SD-WAN systems. Fortinet positions it as a common layer for networking and security policy, monitoring, and enforcement across different environments.

Ken Xie, Founder, Chairman of the Board, and Chief Executive Officer at Fortinet, said: "FortiOS 8.0 reflects more than 25 years of continued innovation at the intersection of networking and security. As organisations embrace AI, cloud, and increasingly encrypted environments, a unified operating system is essential to reduce complexity, improve visibility, and ensure security can scale without slowing the business."

AI controls

A central theme in FortiOS 8.0 is visibility and control over AI application use inside organisations. Many enterprises now manage a mix of approved generative AI services and employee-selected tools. Security and compliance teams have raised concerns about data exposure through prompts, file uploads, and agent workflows.

One new feature, FortiView for AI attack surface and shadow AI, is designed to show how AI applications and services are used across the network. It separates sanctioned tools from unsanctioned ones that can appear when staff use consumer services or trial products without formal approval.

FortiOS 8.0 also adds AI-aware application control, intended to allow approved generative AI applications while restricting actions that could expose sensitive information. These controls are increasingly important in regulated industries that must enforce data-handling rules while employees use AI services for everyday work.

The operating system also adds visibility into Model Context Protocol and agent-to-agent interactions. Fortinet says this helps surface AI activity that traditional monitoring tools may miss, including interactions between applications, agents, and external tools.

Data loss prevention has been updated with optical character recognition to scan images and screenshots for sensitive content. Organisations increasingly see screen captures and image attachments as a common route for data leaving corporate environments because they can bypass controls that only inspect text.

Fortinet has also introduced AI agents across the Security Fabric that use conversational workflows for troubleshooting and configuration. Aimed at firewall and SD-WAN operations, these features are designed to reduce operational overhead and configuration errors that can lead to outages and security gaps.

SASE options

FortiOS 8.0 extends Fortinet's SASE design with a focus on deployment flexibility and data sovereignty. Demand for SASE has grown as organisations move security controls closer to users and applications, particularly as remote work and cloud usage remain structural features for many businesses.

A new option called SASE Outpost allows organisations to run a SASE point of presence in customer-controlled locations, including on-premises sites, private data centres, and co-location facilities. Fortinet says the model retains centralised cloud management while enabling local enforcement.

Fortinet has also added sovereign SASE deployment options. It describes a multi-layer model that can govern where logs are retained, where control-plane systems reside, and whether sovereign points of presence are used. It also supports deployments entirely inside customer data centres. Organisations in government, defence, and critical infrastructure often assess these controls during procurement, particularly where national security rules apply.

On the networking side, the release introduces unified SD-WAN bundles that combine overlay and underlay connectivity with centralised management and reporting. Fortinet is also adding multipath IPsec tunnels, which use multiple paths for encrypted connections between sites to improve resiliency.

Post-quantum steps

FortiOS 8.0 includes additions aimed at post-quantum security planning. While practical quantum attacks remain a future concern, many security teams have started mapping where long-lived data and encrypted management channels could be at risk if decryption methods change.

Fortinet says it has expanded quantum-resilient cryptographic controls for management access paths. It says the update covers agentless VPN connectivity and uses post-quantum cryptography certificates, including ML-DSA, for authentication and key establishment.

Encrypted traffic inspection is also included. Fortinet says SSL deep inspection has been strengthened with hybrid key exchange and post-quantum-safe cryptography, with the aim of detecting threats hidden in encrypted traffic while keeping end-to-end encryption in place.

Fortinet also links quantum-safe cryptography to its SASE design, saying quantum-safe SASE combines encrypted traffic inspection with protection for management access and agentless VPN, delivered through Fortinet firewalls.

The release comes as organisations reassess security architectures across branches, cloud deployments, and remote users. Fortinet is betting that a single operating system layer can simplify policy application, connectivity management, and monitoring across these environments.

"FortiOS 8.0 reflects more than 25 years of continued innovation at the intersection of networking and security. As organisations embrace AI, cloud, and increasingly encrypted environments, a unified operating system is essential to reduce complexity, improve visibility, and ensure security can scale without slowing the business," said Ken Xie.

Fortinet says FortiOS 8.0 adds features to address AI adoption, SASE deployment models, and post-quantum cryptography across the Security Fabric, and signalled further updates in these areas as customer requirements evolve.

source:
https://itbrief.com.au/story/fortinet-unveils-fortios-8-0-with-ai-quantum-safe
 

Fortinet Is the Only Vendor Named a Gartner® Peer Insights™ Customers’ Choice for Seven Straight Years

By Rami Rammaha | March 05, 2026

 

We are proud to share that Fortinet has once again been recognized as a Gartner Peer Insights™ Customers’ Choice for SD-WAN, marking the seventh consecutive year customers have validated Fortinet Secure SD-WAN based on real-world experience and outcomes.

Based on the February 2026 Voice of the Customer for SD-WAN report, Fortinet scored 4.8 out of 5 with 96% willingness to recommend. These results are based on 202 verified reviews during the 18-month review period ending December 31, 2025. Of the 852 published vendor reviews, we believe this achievement highlights significant scale and consistent customer confidence.

Why Customers Continue to Choose Fortinet

Gartner defines software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) as products used to connect branch locations to other enterprise and cloud locations. Fortinet Secure SD-WAN goes well beyond that definition. Customers consistently highlight strengths across the areas that matter most:

• Product Capabilities (4.8/5)
• Sales Experience (4.8/5)
• Deployment Experience (4.9/5)
• Support Experience (4.8/5)

We believe that these ratings reinforce what differentiates Fortinet Secure SD-WAN.

Secure networking built in, not bolted on

Fortinet Secure SD-WAN is powered by a single operating system, FortiOS, and purpose-built ASIC technology that accelerates both networking and security functions. Customers benefit from integrated next-generation firewall, advanced threat protection, ZTNA, segmentation, and application control—all without performance trade-offs.

Operational simplicity at scale

With centralized orchestration and automation through FortiManager, enterprises deploy branches faster, simplify policy management, and gain deep visibility across WAN, LAN, and cloud. Zero-touch provisioning and consistent security policies reduce operational complexity, as reflected in its 4.9/5 deployment experience score.

Proven customer confidence

A 96% willingness to recommend speaks volumes, in our view. In an increasingly crowded SD-WAN market, customers continue to validate Fortinet’s ability to deliver secure connectivity, strong performance, and measurable business outcomes.

Recognition Backed by Real-World Experience

Gartner Peer Insights is a public platform that offers verified, firsthand reviews of enterprise software and services from experienced IT professionals. In our view, being recognized seven years in a row demonstrates not only technological strength but also sustained customer satisfaction across industries and geographies. At a time when organizations are accelerating cloud adoption, supporting hybrid work, and converging networking and security into SASE architectures, Secure SD-WAN remains the critical foundation for success. Fortinet delivers that foundation with:

• Unified networking and security in a single platform
• High-performance, ASIC-accelerated security services
• Seamless evolution to secure access service edge (SASE)
• Industry-leading price-performance

We feel that seven consecutive years of Customers’ Choice recognition reinforces a simple truth: Fortinet Secure SD-WAN delivers where it matters most: customer experience and business impact.

As enterprises modernize their WANs to meet the demands of AI-driven applications, multi-cloud environments, and distributed workforces, Fortinet remains committed to delivering secure, high-performance connectivity without compromise.

Fortinet Customer 5-Star Reviews for Secure SD-WAN

“Voice of the Customer” synthesizes Gartner Peer Insights reviews into insights for buyers of technology and services. This aggregated peer perspective, along with the individual detailed reviews, is complementary to Gartner’s expert research and can play a key role in your buying process. Peers are verified reviewers of a technology product or service, who not only rate the offering, but also provide valuable feedback to consider before making a purchase decision.

Below are examples of some of the Fortinet five-star reviews from Gartner Peer Insights for Secure SD-WAN:

"Industry most matured and stable SD-WAN solution with integrated security benefits"
"Grest SWAN solution for route replacement and efficient bandwidth utilization with world class security"
— Software Manager, Software Industry

"User Identity-Based Application Steering: A Game Changer"
"Solution has both centralised and localised device & policy management available for flexible management and troubleshooting."
— Deputy Manager, Manufacturing

"Fortinet's SD-WAN: A Reliable Solution for Enterprise Environments"
"Fortinet's SD WAN solution delivors solid porformance, efficient security integration, and intuitive centralized management, providing a reliable and effective experience for enterprise environments."
— Senior Network, Banking

 

Gartner, Voice of the Customer for SD-WAN, By Peer Contributors, 27 February 2026

Gartner, Peer Insights and the Gartner Peer Insights Customers' Choice badge are trademarks of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates.

 

Gartner Peer Insights content consists of the opinions of individual end users based on their own experiences, and should not be construed as statements of fact, nor do they represent the views of Gartner or its affiliates. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in this content nor makes any warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this content, about its accuracy or completeness, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

source:
https://www.fortinet.com/blog/unified-sase/fortinet-is-only-vendor-named-gartner-peer-insights-customers-choice-for-seven-straight-years

How Fortinet is Tackling Manufacturing Cyber Threats

By Maya Derrick

February 03, 2026

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Fortinet’s 2025 State of Operational Technology and Cybersecurity Report highlights how manufacturers are adjusting to the converged threat landscape

 

With cyber threats surging, Fortinet outlines the technologies and leadership strategies helping manufacturers protect uptime and safety across operations

 

The rise in cybersecurity threats – as well as cyber incidents – can be attributed to the upward trend of manufacturers digitising production and connecting more devices across operational technology (OT) networks.

Once isolated factory systems are now linked to corporate IT environments, exposing industrial control systems to cyber threats that can halt production and jeopardise safety.

Fortinet’s 2025 State of Operational Technology and Cybersecurity Report highlights how manufacturers are adjusting to this converged threat landscape – placing OT security under executive oversight and adopting strategies that blend visibility, segmentation and AI-driven detection.

“The seventh instalment of the Fortinet State of Operational Technology and Cybersecurity Report shows that organisations are taking OT security more seriously,” says Nirav Shah, Senior Vice President, Products and Solutions at Fortinet.

 

“We see this trend reflected in a notable increase in the assignment of responsibility for OT risk to the C-suite, alongside an uptick in organisations self-reporting increased rates of OT security maturity. 

“Alongside these trends, we’re seeing a decrease in the impact of intrusions in organisations that prioritise OT security. 

“Everyone from the C-suite on down needs to commit to protecting sensitive OT systems and allocating the necessary resources to secure their critical operations.”

OT security now reaches the boardroom

Fortinet’s research shows a cultural shift in a range of industries that are heavy users of OT, particularly manufacturing. 

Fortinet finds that more than half (52%) of organisations now report that the CISO or CSO is directly responsible for OT, a stark increase from just 16% in 2022. 

That figure climbs to 95% when accounting for all C-suite roles involved in OT oversight.

This trend is also a reflection of how operational technology has become a strategic risk domain. 
Connected devices, programmable logic controllers (PLCs) and SCADA systems are now integral to digital transformation ambitions, making cybersecurity inseparable from business continuity.

“Responsibility for OT security continues to elevate within executive ranks,” Fortinet says in the report.

“As accountability continues to shift into executive leadership, OT security is elevated to a high-profile issue at the board level.”

Manufacturing: A threat landscape in flux

The manufacturing sector remains the most targeted industry for cyberattacks, accounting for roughly a quarter of all global incidents. 

Statista found that the manufacturing sector faced the highest number of cyber attacks in 2023, with 638 reported.

Another Statista report also found that, on average, the number of phishing attacks per user in 2024 reached 2.91, with manufacturing and construction hitting around 1.65 attacks per user. 

Threat actors increasingly deploy ransomware and wiper malware such as Ekans or Industroyer2 to cripple industrial operations and apply financial pressure, Fortinet finds.

This is because these attacks exploit the “flattened” architecture of many older OT environments, where limited segmentation allows malware to move laterally between IT and operational systems. 

Fortinet’s research shows organisations with higher OT security maturity levels experience fewer operational outages and revenue impacts, down from 52% to 42% year-on-year.Adopting best practices is the best way to build resilience. Fortinet’s report finds that manufacturers implementing basic cyber hygiene, user awareness and threat intelligence have cut business email compromise significantly. 
Consolidating vendors into integrated OT security platforms also enhances efficiency, with some organisations seeing up to a 93% reduction in cyber incidents compared to flat networks and seven times improvements in triage and setup times.

Best practices for OT security

Manufacturers can fortify OT against escalating IT-OT convergence threats using Fortinet's proven strategies from the report.

These six tips prioritise uptime for PLCs, SCADA and HMIs while slashing risks.

1. Implement strong network segmentation: Isolate critical industrial systems from corporate IT using ISA/IEC 62443 zones – FortiGate Rugged Firewalls thrive in factory conditions, blocking lateral movement from ransomware like Ekans.
2. Apply strategic patching and updates: Schedule non-disruptive patches during maintenance windows for legacy hardware lacking native security. Balance vulnerability fixes with production continuity to avoid costly downtime.
3. Enable continuous real-time monitoring: Deploy anomaly detection for protocol misuse and irregular controller patterns. FortiNDR provides AI-driven visibility, spotting threats before they halt assembly lines.
4. Establish clear governance frameworks: Align cybersecurity with safety and compliance standards, reflecting C-suite OT oversight. Ensure executive accountability drives resource allocation.
5. Foster cross-team collaboration: Unite IT, OT and security via FortiSIEM for shared playbooks and unified monitoring. This bridges silos, accelerating incident response in converged environments.
6. Invest in OT-specific training programmes: Train factory staff on industrial phishing and errors. Pair with FortiGuard OT Threat Intelligence for ICS-focused feeds, reducing human error in high-stakes operations.

Manufacturing’s low downtime tolerance makes it a prime target when it comes to cybersecurity threats.

However, Fortinet data showcases how important proactive strategies are and, most importantly, that they work.

As threats continue to evolve, executive buy-in and integrated platforms like Fortinet’s position leaders to protect production, IP and safety amid smart factory growth.

source:
https://technologymagazine.com/news/how-fortinet-is-tackling-manufacturing-cyber-threats

Fortinet FortiCNAPP Supercharges Cloud Risk Management with Network, Data, and Unified Risk Context

Jan 27, 2026

By Stephanie Simone

 

 

 

Fortinet, a global cybersecurity leader, is offering new enhancements to FortiCNAPP that help organizations better understand and prioritize cloud risk.

By correlating cloud configuration, identity exposure, vulnerabilities, network enforcement, data sensitivity, and runtime behavior in a single workflow, FortiCNAPP enables security teams to focus on the risks that matter most, according to the company.

“By unifying network enforcement, data sensitivity, and runtime validation within FortiCNAPP, we’re enabling customers move from alert overload to clear, prioritized action based real-world exposure and business impact,” said Nirav Shah, senior vice president, products and solutions at Fortinet.

As organizations expand across hybrid and multi-cloud environments, security teams are often forced to piece together risk signals from disconnected tools, resulting in fragmented visibility and slower response. FortiCNAPP addresses this challenge by adding protection where it matters most for cloud security teams—across the network, data, and runtime layers of cloud environments, the company said.

FortiCNAPP incorporates network-level protection context directly into risk evaluation, providing a more accurate picture of real exposure that many CNAPP solutions lack.

• Network-aware risk scoring: FortiCNAPP detects FortiGate solutions deployed along the internet-accessible path to cloud workloads and incorporates that protection directly into workload risk assessments, ensuring exposure is evaluated in the context of existing network enforcement.
• Reduced false urgency: Persistent protection context provides a more realistic view of risk and enables security and network teams to operate from a shared, consistent understanding of exposure.

FortiCNAPP enhances risk prioritization by directly incorporating data sensitivity and exposure, without requiring customers to move or export their data.

• In-place data risk visibility: Built-in DSPM identifies sensitive data, access patterns, and potential malware, while supporting privacy and data governance requirements.
• Business impact-driven prioritization: Risks affecting sensitive data are automatically elevated, helping teams focus remediation efforts on issues with the greatest potential impact.

FortiCNAPP simplifies cloud risk operations by consolidating often siloed security signals into a single, actionable workflow, the company said, providing:

• Unified risk management: Insights from cloud posture, infrastructure entitlement, vulnerabilities, DSPM, and network security posture into a single view.
• Runtime-informed prioritization: Validation of vulnerable code paths helps teams distinguish theoretical findings from active, exploitable risk.
• Faster remediation: Correlated context around configuration issues, identity exposure, vulnerabilities, network reachability, data sensitivity, and runtime behavior enables faster response with fewer tools.

With these enhancements, FortiCNAPP helps organizations reduce noise, improve decision-making, and align security efforts with actual exposure and available resources, the vendor said.

Organizations are using FortiCNAPP to simplify cloud security operations and gain clearer visibility into risk across complex cloud environments by unifying network, data, and runtime context within a single platform.

For more information about this news, visit www.fortinet.com.

source:
https://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Fortinet-FortiCNAPP-Supercharges-Cloud-Risk-Management-with-Network-Data-and-Unified-Risk-Context-173262.aspx

Fortinet to bring cyber leadership to World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2026

COMPANY NEWS: Fortinet joins global leaders to engage in dialogue highlighting cross-sector strategies to incentivise, drive accountability, and deter global cybercrime to dismantle the growing cybercrime ecosystem.

Fortinet®, the global cybersecurity leader driving the convergence of networking and security, has announced its return to the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, from January 19–23, 2026. Fortinet is a founding member of the forum’s Centre for Cybersecurity and a member of the Centre’s board. Each year, the forum’s Annual Meeting welcomes governments, major international organisations, the forum’s partner companies, civil society leaders, young changemakers, and social entrepreneurs to discuss and identify solutions regarding critical global and regional challenges.

As part of the forum’s Annual Meeting accredited program, Derek Manky, Chief Security Strategist and Global Vice President of Threat Intelligence at Fortinet, will present on the importance of incentivising intelligence sharing and incorporating approaches that methodically instil incentivisation, accountability, and deterrence to combat the growing cybercrime ecosystem. In this panel on January 20, Manky will be joined by Edvardas Šileris, Head of the European Cybercrime Centre (EC3); Michael Daniel, President and CEO of the Cyber Threat Alliance; and Hayley van Loon, CEO of Crime Stoppers International. Together, they will discuss how initiatives such as the Cybercrime Bounty program, launched recently by Fortinet and Crime Stoppers International, are key to disrupting the ever-growing cybercrime market.

The Cybercrime Bounty program is among the newest international initiatives in which Fortinet contributes. In addition, the company retains early leadership roles in the forum, its Centre for Cybersecurity’s Partnership Against Cybercrime, and its Cybercrime Atlas initiative. It also has long-standing relationships with various global threat intelligence initiatives, including NATO NICP, INTERPOL Expert Working Group, the Cyber Threat Alliance, and the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST), all to cultivate relationships across industries and borders to operationalise and coordinate cybercrime disruption at scale.

Derek Manky, Chief Security Strategist and Global Vice President of Threat Intelligence, Fortinet, said, “The battle to disrupt a growing and extremely profitable cybercrime ecosystem persists. Building alliances continues to be one of the most effective actions that public and private sector organisations can take to foster trust, share intelligence, and collectively disrupt cybercrime. The World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos provides an opportunity to continue leading this dialogue with key stakeholders from government, business, and civil society to meet this challenge with bold, collaborative efforts to advance approaches that systemically drive accountability and deterrence required to disrupt cybercrime at a global scale.”

More about the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting

In an era marked by accelerating complexity, rising fragmentation, and exponential innovation, the need for a trusted, impartial platform for dialogue has never been greater. From geopolitics to the economy and society, the imperative to broaden our perspectives and listen to one another could not be more important for rebuilding trust and shaping a better future.

In this pivotal context, the 56th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum will build on its long-standing tradition of convening stakeholders from across geographies, industries, and generations. It will bring together leaders from government, business, civil society, and the scientific and cultural domains to enable real dialogue, problem solve around shared challenges and highlight innovations driving the future.

A key focus of the deliberations will be the paradigm shift in technology, from AI and quantum computing to next-generation biotech and energy systems, reshaping how we live and work, while creating new engines of growth. To ensure these innovations contribute to resilient and equitable progress, leaders must actively expand access across emerging markets, invest in the skills of a rapidly changing workforce, and implement sustainable solutions.

Fortinet understands that cybersecurity is a global leadership priority and a linchpin of these conversations. Cybersecurity is no longer just a technical issue, and Fortinet looks forward to continuing to collaborate on policy and global coordination that will shape real-world outcomes as a part of this year's discussions, focusing on incentivisation, accountability, and deterrence as foundational pillars for long-term sustainability in the global fight against cybercrime.

source:
https://itwire.com/guest-articles/company-news/fortinet-to-bring-cyber-leadership-to-world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2026.html

Fortinet 將防火牆解決方案與 NVIDIA BlueField-3 DPUs 整合

SUNNYVALE/SANTA CLARA - Fortinet (NASDAQ:FTNT) 週二宣布推出一項新的整合安全解決方案，該解決方案可直接在 NVIDIA BlueField-3 數據處理單元 (DPUs) 上運行其 FortiGate VM 虛擬雲防火牆。根據 InvestingPro 數據，這家網絡安全領導者擁有 606.2 億 USD 的市值和令人印象深刻的 80.87% 毛利率，繼續鞏固其在軟件行業中的重要地位。

此整合將核心安全功能從主機系統轉移到 DPU，使組織能夠實施防火牆、分段和零信任控制，而不影響 AI 和高吞吐量工作負載的性能。

Fortinet 首席運營官 John Whittle 表示：「在 BlueField-3 DPU 上整合 FortiGate VM 為客戶提供了一種實用方法，使安全性能夠與這些新的性能需求保持一致。」

NVIDIA 網絡高級副總裁 Kevin Deierling 指出，這種合作「允許組織以線速執行防火牆、分段和零信任策略，而不影響 GPU 工作負載。」

該解決方案解決了構建 AI 驅動數據中心的組織面臨的挑戰，這些數據中心需要比傳統工作負載高得多的吞吐量。通過將安全功能卸載到 DPU，該整合旨在消除性能影響，同時改善多租戶隔離和檢查準確性。

公告中強調的主要優勢包括零影響高性能安全執行、改善安全和計算工作負載之間的隔離，以及簡化與私有雲環境的整合。

該解決方案專為需要硬件加速檢查和大規模安全隔離的雲服務提供商、電信邊緣計算和企業私有雲設計。

根據新聞稿聲明，FortiGate VM 在 NVIDIA BlueField 解決方案上的支持從 FortiOS 7.6.3 開始。客戶可以聯繫 Fortinet 銷售代表獲取經過驗證的硬件配置和部署指南。

在其他近期新聞中，Fortinet 第三季度業績顯示產品收入同比增長 18.0%，超過了 12.1% 的共識預期。儘管表現積極，但多位分析師已調整了對該公司的目標價格。由於 Fortinet 的服務收入未達到共識預期，Jefferies 將其目標價格從 85.00 USD 下調至 80.00 USD。Mizuho 也將其目標價格從 75.00 USD 降至 72.00 USD，理由是指引不一致和競爭壓力，同時維持「表現不佳」評級。

 

此外，TD Cowen 將目標價格從 105 USD 調整至 100 USD，維持「持有」評級，並指出 Fortinet 的目標是到 2025 年實現「Rule-of-45」表現。在 Fortinet 的 FortiWeb 產品中披露了一個關鍵漏洞後，Cantor Fitzgerald 保持「中性」評級和 87.00 USD 的目標價格。Evercore ISI 重申其「符合預期」評級和 78.00 USD 的目標價格，強調了該公司穩健的產品收入表現。這些發展反映了 Fortinet 在網絡安全板塊中應對機遇和挑戰的複雜格局。

source:
https://hk.investing.com/news/company-news/article-93CH-1236116