Fortinet

Fortinet is a cybersecurity and networking vendor that provides integrated hardware, software, and cloud-based platforms for securing enterprise IT and Operational technology (OT) environments.

• Enterprise network security platforms, including firewalls, intrusion prevention, and secure web access
• Secure networking offerings that combine security and routing/switching across data center, campus, branch, and remote sites
• Cloud security services for public, private, and hybrid cloud workloads and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) access
• Endpoint, email, and application security tools for user, device, and content protection
• Centralized security management, analytics, and automation for policy, logging, and orchestration

More About Fortinet

Fortinet focuses on enterprise cybersecurity and secure networking, delivering integrated platforms that span network, endpoint, application, and cloud security domains. Its offerings are used by enterprises, service providers, and public-sector organizations to enforce security policies, segment networks, and protect workloads across data centers, campuses, branches, and remote users.

A core element of the portfolio is a family of next-generation firewalls (network security) that provide packet inspection, application awareness, intrusion prevention, and Virtual Private Network (VPN) capabilities. These appliances and virtual instances are deployed at data center perimeters, cloud interconnects, and branch locations to inspect traffic, apply security policies, and support secure connectivity. They commonly support IPsec and SSL/TLS VPN, Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) interoperability, and routing protocols used in enterprise networks.

Fortinet also offers secure Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) and secure Local Area Network (LAN) solutions (secure networking) that converge networking and security functions. These products are positioned for branch and campus architectures, enabling features such as application-aware routing, integrated firewalling, and traffic optimization under a single management domain. Switching and wireless access components (enterprise networking) integrate with the security stack to extend policy enforcement and segmentation to the edge.

In cloud environments, Fortinet provides virtualized firewalls and cloud-native security services (cloud security) for public and hybrid cloud deployments. These offerings integrate with hyperscale cloud networking constructs such as virtual networks, load balancers, and security groups, and are used to secure inbound internet traffic, east-west traffic between workloads, and VPN access to cloud resources.

For user and device protection, Fortinet supplies endpoint security (endpoint security), email security (email security), and web filtering services (secure web gateway). These components address malware detection, exploit prevention, and phishing and spam controls, and they can be tied into identity-aware policies that align with common directory and authentication services such as LDAP, RADIUS, and SAML-based Single Sign-On (SSO).

Centralized management and analytics tools (security management and analytics) provide policy administration, configuration management, log collection, and event correlation across Fortinet deployments. These tools support Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), dashboards, and reporting functions, and often integrate with Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) platforms and orchestration frameworks through APIs. Automation capabilities allow security workflows such as dynamic policy updates, quarantining of endpoints, and playbook execution based on detected events.

Fortinet’s offerings map to multiple enterprise IT categories, including network security, secure SD-WAN, enterprise networking, cloud security, Secure Web Gateway (SWG), email security, endpoint security, and security management and analytics. The portfolio is designed to support architectures such as zero trust access, Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), and segmentation across IT and OT networks, aligning security policy enforcement with diverse deployment models spanning on-premises (on-prem) appliances, virtual machines, and cloud-delivered services.