Fortinet

Fortinet (Nasdaq: FTNT) is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. It develops and sells cybersecurity solutions, including but not limited to physical products such as firewalls, plus software and services such as anti-virus protection, intrusion prevention systems and endpoint security components.

Fortinet was founded in 2000 by brothers Ken Xie and Michael Xie. The company’s first and main product was FortiGate, a physical firewall. The company later added wireless access points, sandboxing, and messaging security.

By 2004, Fortinet had raised over $90 million in funding. The company went public in November 2009, raising $156 million through an initial public offering.^[6]

In 2016, Fortinet released its Security Fabric architecture that included integration and automation with other network security devices and third-party vendors.