Fortinet unveiled a major expansion of its artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities across its Security Fabric platform on Wednesday, aiming to bolster defenses against sophisticated threats and improve the automation of security and network operations.
The company said the enhanced FortiAI system now includes new agentic AI features and broader integrations that offer autonomous threat detection, policy enforcement, and network management—designed to reduce analyst workload while safeguarding AI-enabled services used by employees.
“Fortinet’s AI advantage stems from over a decade of innovation and the largest patent portfolio in the cybersecurity industry,” said Michael Xie, Founder, President, and CTO of Fortinet. “By embedding FortiAI across our entire platform, we’re enabling faster, more accurate threat responses and more efficient operations.”
The announcement comes as enterprises increasingly turn to AI to fight cyber threats that themselves exploit AI tools. Fortinet warned that without strong protections, AI systems can become both targets and enablers of cybercrime.
The newly enhanced FortiAI platform introduces two core components:
● FortiAI-Assist, which integrates GenAI, agentic AI, and AIOps to automate alert triage, threat hunting, and root-cause tracing in real time. It can also autonomously manage network configurations and troubleshoot SD-WAN and wireless infrastructure.
● FortiAI-Protect, which uses machine learning to detect unknown threats and control the use of third-party GenAI applications across 6,500+ URLs. It provides contextual risk assessments and blocks unauthorised access based on zero-trust principles.
The company also introduced FortiAI-SecureAI, a suite of tools to protect AI models and infrastructure from intrusion, data leaks, and adversarial manipulation across cloud and hybrid environments.
Fortinet emphasised that the new AI services prioritise data privacy, with local query processing and safeguards to prevent LLMs from being trained on customer data.
The firm said these updates are part of its broader effort to lead in AI-powered cybersecurity, supporting over 500 issued and pending patents and building on more than 15 years of AI development.More than 500,000 organisations globally use Fortinet products, the company added.
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