Company profile
Fortinet, Inc. is a global provider of comprehensive, integrated, and automated cybersecurity offerings, serving markets across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific region. At the core of its portfolio is the FortiGate platform, which is available as both hardware and software licenses. This versatile solution delivers a wide array of security and networking functionalities, including robust firewall protection, intrusion prevention systems, anti-malware capabilities, virtual private network (VPN) services, application control, web content filtering, spam prevention, and wide area network (WAN) acceleration. The company further expands its product line with the FortiSwitch family, offering secure switching solutions for connecting end-user devices, and the FortiAP family, which provides secure wireless networking. FortiExtender is also available as a dedicated hardware appliance. For network monitoring and analysis, the FortiAnalyzer suite delivers centralized logging, analytics, and reporting, while the FortiManager family provides scalable, centralized management for its FortiGate deployments. Fortinet also addresses specific security needs with the FortiWeb family, serving as a web application firewall (WAF); the FortiMail family, which secures email gateways; and FortiSandbox technology, designed for proactive threat detection and mitigation. Endpoint protection is handled by FortiClient, featuring pattern-based anti-malware, behavior-based exploit prevention, web-filtering, and an integrated application firewall. To bolster access security, FortiToken and FortiAuthenticator solutions enable multi-factor authentication (MFA) to safeguard systems, assets, and sensitive data. Additionally, FortiEDR/XDR provides advanced endpoint protection through a combination of machine-learning-driven anti-malware execution and real-time post-infection defense. Beyond its product offerings, Fortinet provides a suite of services, including security subscriptions, technical support, professional services, and training programs. Its security solutions are distributed through channel partners and directly to a diverse customer base spanning telecommunications, technology, government, financial services, education, retail, manufacturing, and healthcare sectors. Fortinet also maintains a strategic alliance with Linksys. The company was established in 2000 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.
- CEO
- Ken Xie
- Employees
- 15,109
- IPO date
- 29 Jan 2018
- ISIN
- US34959E1091
