Fortinet
Fortinet is a cybersecurity company specializing in Network Security, founded in 2000 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, United States. It has raised $89M in equity across 3 priced rounds, employs about 16,648 people, and is publicly traded.
#4Network Security Pacesetter· Q3 2026updated Oct 22, 2026
Latest Fortinet news and company activity
What Fortinet did, dated — selected moves from the record, one per kind, newest first.
- Oct 2026PartnershipFortinet Partners with NVIDIA AI to Support OpenShell Reference Architecture for Enterprise AI Agent Deployments
- Aug 2026Product launchFortinet Launches Free High School Cybersecurity Curriculum to Build the Next Generation of Cyber Defenders
- Aug 2026AcquisitionFortinet Acquires Virtue AI to Strengthen AI Security Capabilities
- Jul 2026Exec change
Fortinet Momentum score
75/ 100climbing
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Fortinet funding
Fortinet has raised $89M in priced equity. Its most recent round was a Venture Round in March 2004.
- Equity raised
- $89M3 priced rounds
- Last round
- Venture RoundMar 2004
Fortinet employees and hiring
Fortinet has about 16,648 employees, with 845 open roles.
- Employees
- 16,648
- 30-day change
- 0%
- Open roles
- 845
Fortinet competitors
Security professionals most often compare Fortinet against HPE Aruba Networking, Palo Alto Networks, and Cloudflare, Inc. on cybersectools.com. 16 more are in the platform, with overlap scoring.
ranked by CybersecTools comparison demand, 90 days
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Fortinet CISO Score
How Fortinet reads to a CISO buyer: seven dimensions of the Mandos Framework, scored through the eyes of a security buyer.
