by by Chris DePuy, 650 Group / July 19, 2026 Fortinet announced new capabilities for its FortiEndpoint unified endpoint platform this week, designed to address a problem nearly every enterprise IT team is now grappling with: how to manage and secure the explosion of AI applications and agents running on… Read More »Fortinet Expands FortiEndpoint with New Capabilities for the AI Era
We attended the show in San Francisco this year and can say that it was obvious on many levels that AI was the theme. We say it’s obvious because, from our walks around the show floor, about half the booths were promoting Artificial Intelligence in some way. Additionally, we saw… Read More »RSA Conference 2026 – Agents and AI Theme
I attended the upbeat Fortinet Accelerate 2026 in Las Vegas on Tuesday. As part of the show, the company made two key announcements: FortiOS 8.0 and FortiSOC. Fortinet introduced FortiOS 8.0, which expands the Security Fabric with Secure AI Controls for visibility into shadow AI and AI-aware application controls, Fabric-Based… Read More »Fortinet Accelerate 26 Event Highlights AI Readiness
We attended an analyst meeting held in Fortinet’s headquarters and Executive Briefing Center (EBC) this week. Over ten different executives presented to the small audience about product, marketing and go-to-market activities at the cybersecurity leader. We left with the sense that SASE is the company’s key growth engine and that… Read More »Fortinet Analyst Meeting – Celebrating 25 Years
Today, Google announced plans to acquire Wiz, Inc. for $32B in cash. Of course, the deal is subject to “customary closing conditions including regulatory approvals.” Google said that Wiz’s products will continue to work and will be available across all major clouds, including AWS, Azure, and Oracle Cloud. It also… Read More »Google’s Planned Acquisition of Wiz Has The Potential to Change the Security Industry
Fortinet announced plans to acquire Lacework, a Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP) company. For those who have kept up with the cybersecurity industry news, in April of this year, Lacework was an acquisition target by privately held Wiz. However, that deal, reportedly valued between $150-200M, never materialized. Lacework opens up… Read More »Fortinet’s Planned Acquisition of Lacework Expands its Opportunities Significantly
This week, along with many others, we attended the RSA Conference 2024 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. We were surprised at how few companies highlighted XDR marketing campaigns, especially compared to the activity at RSAC 2023. Unsurprisingly, Artificial Intelligence (AI) was the more prominent marketing message. We also… Read More »RSA Conference 2024: More AI, Less XDR
We attended Fortinet’s annual Accelerate conference, joining a record-setting 4,000+ attendees to learn more about the company’s latest advancements. The main message we took from Accelerate was Fortinet’s emphasis on its “platform” capabilities across its broad portfolio. Security Fabric Platform: Fortinet showcased its expansive product line. The company’s platform strategy,… Read More »Fortinet Accelerate 2024 Emphasizes the “Platform”
Last week’s RSA Conference was all about XDR (Extended Detection and Response). Compared to previous shows and marketing efforts of the past couple of years, where there was a primary focus on SASE, this year’s show saw a surge in XDR-related marketing. One could say XDR is the new SASE… Read More »RSA Conference Focuses on XDR
Fortinet’s management team spoke to a packed house at its series of customer and partner-focused keynotes and emphasized its strengths in Secure Networking and its exposure to Operational Technology (OT). The company communicated the concept of network and security convergence, that the intersection between Enterprise Networking and Cybersecurity is a… Read More »Fortinet Accelerate 2023 Conference Focuses on Secure Networking and Operational Technology
