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Overview

(NASDAQ: FTNT · $179.99 ▲ 4.1%) Fortinet is a US-based cybersecurity company founded in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2000. Fortinet makes possible a digital world that we can always trust through its mission to protect people, devices, and data everywhere. This is why the world’s largest enterprises, service providers, and government organizations choose Fortinet to securely accelerate their digital journey.

The company focuses on the convergence of networking and security, with a portfolio of more than 50 enterprise cybersecurity products. Its offerings span secure networking (firewalls, switching, wireless LAN, 5G and network access control), unified SASE with secure SD-WAN and zero trust network access, and security operations tools such as SIEM, SOAR, EDR, XDR and SOC-as-a-service. The FortiOS operating system serves as the foundation of the Fortinet Security Fabric, a platform that provides automated protection, detection and response with consolidated visibility across Fortinet solutions and more than 500 third-party solutions.

Fortinet develops its own custom security processing units, and its FortiGuard Labs unit analyzes security events to provide real-time threat intelligence. Most of its research and development is based in North America, with support and centers of excellence worldwide, and the company is included in the Fortune 500.

Private funding before listing

Disclosed funding: $89M across 3 rounds. Latest: POST IPO EQUITY, 1 Dec 2023.

DateTypeAmount
1 Dec 2023POST IPO EQUITY$35.6M
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Recent posts from the Fortinet blog

  • One OS.

    One certified security foundation across IT and OT. 🔐 #Fortinet has achieved IEC 62443 certification across the #FortiOS product family, spanning FortiGate, FortiGate Rugged, FortiWiFi, and FortiGate VM across three release lines.

  • Thank you, GovWare Healthcare Forum 2026! 🏥🔐 It was a pleasure to have Fortinet’s Michelle Parreno…

    Principal Regional Solutions Architect, Healthcare, Southeast Asia, present on “AI in Healthcare: Workforce Transformation, Risk, and Patient Safety”. Michelle shared best practices and a suggested adoption journey for healthcare organisations, from data foundations to agentic workflows, with cybersecurity built into every phase.

Fortinet FAQ

As of 2026-10-19, Fortinet has 12,882 employees, based on the Enrich Layer count of person profiles that list Fortinet as their current employer. Its listed company size band is 10,001+.
As of 2026-10-19, Fortinet is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, US.
Fortinet was founded in 2000.
As of 2026-10-19, Fortinet is classified in the Computer and Network Security industry.
Fortinet makes possible a digital world that we can always trust through its mission to protect people, devices, and data everywhere. This is why the world’s largest enterprises, service providers, and government organizations choose Fortinet to securely accelerate their digital journey.
As of 2026-10-19, Fortinet's official website is https://www.fortinet.com/.
As of 2026-10-19, Fortinet is a public company.