Fortinet, Inc. reports news about its cybersecurity platform for the convergence of networking and security. Company updates commonly cover FortiGate appliances, FortiOS, Fortinet Security Fabric, SASE, SD-WAN, endpoint protection, managed detection and response, and security operations capabilities built around Fortinet ASICs, threat intelligence, and AI-enabled controls.
Recurring Fortinet news also includes quarterly financial results, billings and revenue commentary, product portfolio expansion, FortiGuard Labs threat research, cybersecurity skills-gap reports, training programs, and public-private cyber resilience initiatives. These updates reflect a business centered on enterprise-grade security products, subscriptions, support, and research across network, cloud, zero-trust, and security operations use cases.
Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) announced that its subsidiary Fortinet Federal has achieved CMMC Level 2 certification following an assessment by an Authorized CMMC Third-Party Assessment Organization. The certification confirms implementation of 110 security requirements aligned with NIST SP 800-171 Revision 2 for protecting Controlled Unclassified Information in its assessed environment.
According to Fortinet, pursuing CMMC Level 2 supports its commitment to stronger cybersecurity across operations and the defense supply chain, and demonstrates its practical understanding of requirements facing Defense Industrial Base organizations. Fortinet Federal highlights that its cybersecurity portfolio supports nearly all 14 CMMC Level 2 domains, with FortiGate mapping to 83 of the 110 requirements.
Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) announced the acquisition of Virtue AI, a specialist in AI runtime protection, automated AI validation, and security for autonomous AI systems. The deal is completed and, according to Fortinet, the consideration paid is immaterial to its business.
Virtue AI’s technology, including its Guardian Agent, will enhance the Fortinet AI-Native Security Fabric and extend protections introduced with FortiAIGate. Key capabilities span agentic system red-teaming across 50+ sandboxed environments and 14 domains, agent governance and visibility, continuous AI validation over 1,000 risk categories, and real-time guardrails for text, images, video, audio, and AI-generated code.
Fortinet said the acquisition strengthens its Security for AI strategy by providing lifecycle security and continuous AI assurance for models, applications, and agentic systems, supported by coordinated enforcement and FortiGuard Labs threat intelligence.
Fortinet (Nasdaq: FTNT) reported second quarter 2026 revenue of $2.05 billion, up 26% year over year, with product revenue rising 52% to $773 million and total billings up 33% to $2.37 billion. GAAP operating margin was about 34%, non-GAAP operating margin 38%, GAAP diluted EPS $0.82 (+44% YoY), and non-GAAP diluted EPS $0.90 (+41% YoY). Operating cash flow reached $1.04 billion and free cash flow $966 million.
For 2026, Fortinet raised revenue guidance to $8.02–$8.18 billion, implying about 19% YoY growth, with billings of $9.35–$9.55 billion and non-GAAP operating margin of 35–37%. Third-quarter 2026 revenue is guided to $2.01–$2.10 billion. Recent highlights include new AI-driven products, strategic AI collaborations with Intel, Anthropic, OpenAI and NVIDIA, and a Moody’s upgrade of its senior unsecured notes rating to A3, the highest among public cybersecurity companies, according to Fortinet.
Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) introduced the FortiGate 1200G series with FortiSASE Outpost, extending the FortiGate G line by combining ASIC-accelerated firewalling with cloud-delivered SASE in customer-controlled environments. The platform targets AI-era traffic, encrypted workloads, and hybrid infrastructures with predictable low-latency inspection.
The 1200G delivers up to 397 Gbps firewall throughput and 40 Gbps threat protection, plus flexible 10G/25G/100G connectivity and hardware-rooted security. Configured as a FortiSASE Outpost, it can function as a local SASE POP, helping meet performance, sovereignty, and compliance needs while maintaining centralized policy and zero-trust controls. Availability is expected in Q3 2026.
Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) and Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) announced a strategic collaboration to develop the Fortinet Security Processor 6 (SP6). The partnership combines Fortinet’s proprietary, purpose-built security processor design with Intel’s advanced semiconductor design, packaging, and manufacturing capabilities to accelerate SP6 development.
According to the companies, the work is intended to enhance the performance and integration of Fortinet’s next-generation ASICs, support increasingly sophisticated security services, and improve the resilience and diversity of Fortinet’s global supply chain. Intel and Fortinet also plan to explore further collaboration across semiconductor technology, manufacturing, and cybersecurity infrastructure to advance Fortinet’s long-term ASIC roadmap and strengthen supply chain assurance for customers worldwide.
Jazz, an AI-driven data loss prevention (DLP) company, announced the appointment or promotion of six senior leaders, including a new COO, and VPs for Sales, Revenue Operations, Marketing, HR, and R&D, to support its stated hyper-growth and management build-out.
According to Jazz, these hires follow its $61 million in total funding, emergence from stealth in March, and multiple industry recognitions, including Best DLP Platform at The Hacker News Cybersecurity Stars Awards 2026 and winning the 2026 CrowdStrike, AWS and NVIDIA Cybersecurity Startup Accelerator from nearly 1,000 applicants. Jazz highlights rising AI adoption and associated cybersecurity risks as key drivers for demand for its AI DLP platform and is launching a "DLP Sucks" campaign to rally security leaders frustrated with legacy DLP tools.
Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) announced new AI-era capabilities for its unified endpoint platform, FortiEndpoint, delivered through one agent, one console, and one license. The enhancements are designed to help organizations securely adopt AI, protect sensitive data, improve risk visibility, and simplify operations.
According to Fortinet, FortiEndpoint now adds AI visibility and governance, native data loss prevention (DLP) for AI interactions, endpoint risk and compliance scoring, adaptive zero-trust access, and built-in FortiAI-Assist for natural language investigations and policy guidance. The new capabilities integrate with the Fortinet Security Fabric and are expected to be available in Q3 2026.
Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) will hold a conference call to discuss its second quarter 2026 financial results on Wednesday, July 29, 2026, at 1:30 p.m. PT (4:30 p.m. ET).
The listen-only webcast, prepared remarks, slides, and replay will be available on Fortinet’s investor relations website.
Fortinet (Nasdaq: FTNT) appointed tech and public-sector leader Derek Kan to its board of directors. Kan brings experience in scaling technology businesses, deploying AI, and overseeing large, capital-intensive operations across government and industry.
His background includes leadership at Shopify and Deliverr, senior U.S. government roles, and multiple public-company board positions.
Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) launched FortiSOC, a unified, cloud-delivered security operations center (SOC) platform powered by agentic AI. The SaaS solution consolidates six core security operations capabilities, including SIEM, SOAR, UEBA, threat intelligence, ITDR, and case management, into one console, subscription, and operating model.
FortiSOC uses FortiAI-Assist, FortiGuard Labs threat intelligence, and Model Context Protocol coordination to automate alert investigation, threat hunting, and response across Fortinet Security Fabric and thousands of third-party tools, supporting both foundational and advanced SOC environments.