March 11, 2026 – Fortinet^® (NASDAQ: FTNT), the global cybersecurity leader driving the convergence of networking and security, has announced major innovations across the Fortinet Security Operations (SecOps) 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.

Ken Xie, Founder, Chairman of the Board, and Chief Executive Officer, Fortinet, said, “As attackers weaponise 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 defence framework, enabling organisations to build, extend, or optimise their SOC through a single architecture spanning self-managed, cloud, and managed deployments.”

Security teams must defend an expanding attack surface across endpoints, identity, cloud, email, and networks while facing skills shortages, alert overload, and fragmented tooling. The Fortinet Security Operations Platform unifies telemetry, analytics, threat intelligence, and response across the kill chain, reducing complexity and accelerating investigations without forcing operational rebuilds.

This release strengthens four core areas for organisations: SOC modernisation, agentic AI execution, FortiGuard managed services, and simplified endpoint security.

FortiSOC and FortiAI: Unifying Cloud SOC and Advancing Agentic Operations

As security operations mature, tool sprawl and workflow fragmentation slow teams down. At Accelerate 2026, Fortinet is previewing FortiSOC, a cloud-delivered offering that brings together the core capabilities of FortiAnalyzer, FortiSIEM, FortiSOAR, and FortiTIP into a single integrated service, while expanding FortiAI to introduce new agentic workflows across security operations.

FortiSOC supports log ingestion, normalisation, correlation, automation, case management, behavioural analytics, and identity-focused investigations through a single console and a unified data model, integrating telemetry from Fortinet and third-party environments. Built-in SOC best practices, shaped by Fortinet’s own global SOC operations, are embedded alongside AI/machine learning (ML) and FortiAI capabilities to accelerate analysis and response. Simplified subscription licensing and elastic cloud scale helps streamline deployment, while future endpoint and continuous threat exposure management (CTEM) architectural expansions will be incorporated into the FortiSOC experience.

Fortinet is also expanding FortiAI across FortiAnalyzer, FortiSIEM, FortiSOAR, and FortiSOC to move beyond interactive copilots toward agentic execution that connects telemetry, tools, and response actions across the SOC. Enhancements include a dedicated agent that automates alert triage, investigation, threat hunting, and Model Context Protocol (MCP) support to maintain shared context and execution continuity across detection, investigation, and response workflows.

FortiGuard SOC-as-a-Service: Strengthening Managed Coverage

For organisations requiring continuous monitoring and escalation, Fortinet enhanced FortiGuard SOC-as-a-Service, extending the unified SOC architecture with Fortinet expertise and curated intelligence.

Enhancements include third-party log sources for multivendor monitoring, expanded Security Fabric integrations, FortiNDR telemetry to improve detection fidelity, and FortiCNAPP telemetry to extend cloud visibility, strengthening investigation confidence across hybrid environments.

FortiEndpoint: Simplifying Endpoint Security In the AI Era

Endpoints remain a primary attack vector and a source of operational complexity. Fortinet announced unified endpoint security enhancements though FortiEndpoint to consolidate multiple endpoint products, reduce agent sprawl, simplify licensing and management, and strengthen protection against emerging threats, including AI application misuse.

Enhancements include single-agent unification across ZTNA, SASE, EPP, EDR, and DLP, extending data protection without additional agents. Fortinet also introduced FortiAI-powered application visibility and control to detect and govern AI applications and their communications, reducing unsanctioned usage and data exposure risk. Enhanced EDR integration further streamlines management through a unified console and simplified licensing.

Enabling Faster and Smarter Security Operations

Together, these innovations advance Fortinet’s SecOps platform by strengthening unified SOC modernisation, previewing a transformative cloud SOC experience, expanding agentic AI, enhancing managed coverage, and simplifying endpoint security. The result is a single architecture that reduces operational complexity, accelerates investigations, and enables organisations to defend against AI-driven threats at scale.

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About Fortinet

Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) is a driving force in the evolution of cybersecurity and the convergence of networking and security. Our mission is to secure people, devices, and data everywhere, and today we deliver cybersecurity everywhere you need it with the largest integrated portfolio of over 50 enterprise-grade products. Well over half a million customers trust Fortinet’s solutions, which are among the most deployed, most patented, and most validated in the industry. The Fortinet Training Institute, one of the largest and broadest training programs in the industry, is dedicated to making cybersecurity training and new career opportunities available to everyone. Collaboration with esteemed organisations from both the public and private sectors, including CERTs, government entities, and academia, is a fundamental aspect of Fortinet’s commitment to enhance cyber resilience globally. FortiGuard Labs, Fortinet’s elite threat intelligence and research organisation, develops and utilises leading-edge machine learning and AI technologies to provide customers with timely and consistently top-rated protection and actionable threat intelligence. Learn more at https://www.fortinet.com, the Fortinet Blog, and FortiGuard Labs.