# Fortinet

> Fortinet is a global cybersecurity company founded in 2000 by brothers Ken and Michael Xie. Best known for its FortiGate firewalls and purpose-built security ASICs, Fortinet converges networking and security into a single platform - the Fortinet Security Fabric - powered by the FortiOS operating system. It serves enterprises, service providers, and governments in more than 100 countries, and in 2025 reported $6.8 billion in revenue.

- **Founded:** 2000
- **Headquarters:** Sunnyvale, California, USA
- **Founders:** Ken Xie (Co-founder, Chairman & CEO), Michael Xie (Co-founder, President & CTO)
- **Team size:** Approximately 14,000+ employees (2025)
- **Products:** FortiGate Next-Generation Firewall, FortiOS, Fortinet Security Fabric, FortiASIC (NP7, CP9, SP5), FortiSASE
- **Notable:** Reported $6.8 billion in revenue for FY2025, up roughly 14% year over year., Ships more firewall units than any other vendor worldwide., Recognized as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for network firewalls, and took the gold for ability to execute in the hybrid mesh firewall market.

## Products & services

- **FortiGate Next-Generation Firewall** — Flagship hardware and virtual firewalls accelerated by custom FortiASIC processors, delivering high-throughput inspection of encrypted traffic across the network edge.
- **FortiOS** — The unified operating system that powers the Security Fabric, converging networking, security, and (in FortiOS 8.0) embedded AI agents and XDR into one platform.
- **Fortinet Security Fabric** — An integrated architecture that connects discrete security products to detect, monitor, and remediate threats across hardware, virtual, and cloud environments.
- **FortiASIC (NP7, CP9, SP5)** — Purpose-built silicon that offloads networking, cryptography, and threat inspection for wire-speed performance and low latency.
- **FortiSASE** — Cloud-delivered Secure Access Service Edge combining SD-WAN, secure web gateway, ZTNA, and CASB for distributed and remote workforces.
- **FortiGuard AI-Powered Security Services** — Threat intelligence and security subscriptions from FortiGuard Labs, feeding real-time protection to Fortinet devices worldwide.
- **FortiGate G Series (3500G, 700G, 400G, 90G)** — Next-gen firewall appliances built for AI-driven workloads, encrypted traffic, and shadow-AI detection from the data center to the edge.

## Achievements

- Reported $6.8 billion in revenue for FY2025, up roughly 14% year over year.
- Ships more firewall units than any other vendor worldwide.
- Recognized as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for network firewalls, and took the gold for ability to execute in the hybrid mesh firewall market.
- Holds one of the largest cybersecurity patent portfolios in the industry.
- The Fortinet Training Institute has issued millions of free training certifications to help close the global cybersecurity skills gap.
- Founder Ken Xie previously built and sold NetScreen (acquired by Juniper for ~$4 billion).

## Latest updates

- **2026-02** — Reported strong Q4 and full-year 2025 results with $6.8 billion in annual revenue.
- **2026-01** — Expanded the FortiGate G Series (3500G and 400G) to secure AI workloads from the data center to the enterprise edge, with native shadow-AI detection.
- **2025-05** — Launched the FortiGate 700G, extending the hybrid mesh firewall portfolio.
- **2025** — Introduced FortiOS 8.0 with a unified XDR dashboard and embedded AI agents for automated triage and response.

## Links

- Website: https://www.fortinet.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fortinet
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/Fortinet
- GitHub: https://github.com/fortinet
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/SecureNetworks
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fortinet/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fortinet

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Last updated: 2026-07-16