Fortinet, Inc.

Fortinet, Inc. is a global cybersecurity company founded in 2000 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. It develops and delivers high-performance security products, organised around the Fortinet Security Fabric platform, which secures the entire digital attack surface - from devices and data to applications and data centres. The company's technical work spans AI-powered security, secure networking, cloud security, unified SASE and network security and firewall technology.

Its product line began with FortiGate, the company's first physical firewall and the cornerstone of the business. The Security Fabric platform now serves over 660,000 customers worldwide. Fortinet reports more than 10,000 employees across the globe and describes itself as one of the world's largest and most trusted cybersecurity companies, with a global presence.

Fortinet was founded by brothers Ken and Michael Xie. Ken Xie is a cybersecurity veteran who had previously founded two other security companies. The stated mission is to protect people, devices and data everywhere, with a stated ambition to make possible a digital world we can always trust. Areas of emphasis include innovation and pioneering work in AI-powered security and unified SASE.