FTNT News & Events

Fortinet announced FortiOS 8.0, the latest release of the operating system that powers the Fortinet Security Fabric. Introduced as part of Fortinet's Secure Networking innovation at Fortinet Accelerate 2026, FortiOS 8.0 delivers powerful new AI-driven security, next-generation SASE, and quantum-safe capabilities to help organizations simplify their security architectures while delivering consistent protection and performance across the entire digital infrastructure. "FortiOS 8.0 reflects more than 25 years of continued innovation at the intersection of networking and security," said Ken Xie, Founder, CEO. "As organizations embrace AI, cloud, and increasingly encrypted environments, a unified operating system is essential to reduce complexity, improve visibility, and ensure security can scale without slowing the business."

Fortinet announced major innovations across the Fortinet Security Operations platform at Fortinet Accelerate 2026. Updates feature next-generation SecOps advancements, including expanded agentic AI capabilities, a preview of FortiSOC, managed services, and endpoint security enhancements delivered through FortiEndpoint. "As attackers weaponize AI to accelerate reconnaissance, exploit development, and social engineering, security operations must function with the same speed and coordination. Fortinet is advancing a unified, AI-powered security operations platform that provides a scalable operating architecture across our defense framework, enabling organizations to build, extend, or optimize their SOC through a single architecture spanning self-managed, cloud, and managed deployments." - Ken Xie, CEO.

The White House announced: "President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order to combat cybercrime, fraud, and predatory schemes targeting American families, businesses, and critical infrastructure. The Order directs relevant Administration officials to conduct a comprehensive review to determine what operational, technical, diplomatic, and regulatory tools could be improved to combat transnational criminal organizations engaged in cyber-enabled crime and predatory schemes. The Order requires the submission of an action plan that identifies the TCOs responsible for scam centers and cybercrime and proposes solutions to prevent, disrupt, investigate, and dismantle their operations-including through the establishment of a dedicated operational cell within the National Coordination Center. The Order directs the Attorney General to prioritize prosecutions of cyber-enabled fraud and scam schemes, pursuing the most serious, provable offenses. The Order directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to partner with the NCC to provide training, technical assistance, and resilience building against cyber threats for State and local partners. The Order directs the Attorney General to submit a recommendation regarding the establishment of a Victims Restoration Program to return seized or forfeited funds from fraudsters directly to victims. The Order directs the Secretary of State to engage with foreign governments regarding demands to take enforcement action against TCOs on their soil and to impose consequences-including sanctions, visa restrictions, foreign assistance limits, and expulsion of complicit officials-on nations that tolerate these predatory schemes." Publicly traded companies in the cybersecurity space include Check Point (CHKP), CrowdStrike (CRWD), CyberArk (CYBR), F5 (FFIV), Fortinet (FTNT), Gen Digital (GEN), Okta (OKTA), Palo Alto Networks (PANW) and Qualys (QLYS).