Fortinet earns Leader status in Gartner firewall report for second year

Fortinet has secured the highly esteemed "Leader" status in Gartner's latest firewall report for the second consecutive year. This recognition places Fortinet among 11 other organizations featured in 11 Gartner Magic Quadrant reports spanning networking and security. Fortinet's FortiGate firewall solutions, built on custom-designed FortiASICs and the FortiOS operating system, are central to the company's AI-Native Security Fabric, providing consistent protection, performance, and ease of use across hybrid environments.

Anthony James, Fortinet's EVP of marketing, attributes this achievement to the trust customers place in Fortinet to safeguard their most vital environments. The company's recognition as a Leader in the Ability to Execute category underscores Fortinet's track record of delivering security and networking solutions at scale. To further enhance its offerings, Fortinet is investing in AI-driven operations, post-quantum cryptography, multi-cloud orchestration, and cyberphysical visibility.

The Fortinet Hybrid Mesh Firewall (HMF) solutions safeguard a wide range of enterprise environments, including perimeters, heavy branch networks, data centres, carrier-grade setups, and managed security services. Powered by the FortiOS operating system, these solutions offer centralized management and common AI-powered security services, enabling organizations to standardize policies and streamline operations across various environments without the need for separate products and models.

Fortinet's strategy of converging networking and security within a single operating system, embodied in FortiOS, allows organizations to harmonize connectivity and security policies, enhance application performance, accelerate branch and campus modernization, and manage distributed environments more efficiently. To bolster the HMF, Fortinet has incorporated AI-based automation, post-quantum cryptography, and multi-cloud orchestration, empowering networking and security teams to detect issues swiftly, automate routine tasks, and improve policy management.

Additionally, Fortinet is addressing emerging cryptographic risks while enabling unified security policies and orchestration across multi-cloud environments. The company is also extending visibility into Internet of Things and cyberphysical systems through passive and active device discovery, helping organizations identify connected assets and monitor their integrity to protect critical security infrastructure.