Fortinet Unveils New Gains in Cybersecurity and Sustainability Initiatives

Summary

• Two Tracks: Fortinet reported progress on its security products and on its sustainability goals.
• Carbon Footprint Reduction: The company says it is cutting emissions as part of its Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) goals.
• Gender and Diversity Initiatives: Fortinet reports gains in gender balance and diversity in its workforce.
• Security Technology: New products use AI and machine learning to detect threats.
• Partners: Fortinet works with partners and customers on both fronts.

Fortinet’s new sustainability report

Fortinet has published its latest sustainability report. It covers two areas the company tracks side by side, its security products on one hand and its environmental and workforce goals on the other, and it is the main public record of how the company says it is doing on both.

AI in Fortinet’s security products

Fortinet keeps adding AI and machine learning to its products to spot and block threats in real time. Most of its pitch centers on folding networking and security into one platform, which lets customers run fewer separate tools.

The company folds product work into the same responsibility story.

Cutting the carbon footprint

On the environmental side, Fortinet says it has cut its carbon footprint in line with its Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) goals. It cites energy-efficient data centers as the main lever.

Fortinet also pitches energy efficiency as a product feature. Its custom security chips are designed to use less power than general-purpose hardware, which matters to customers with their own emissions targets.

Workforce diversity

Fortinet says it is working to improve gender balance and diversity in its workforce through programs aimed at hiring and retention. The company argues that a mix of backgrounds helps teams solve problems. It also runs training programs meant to widen the pool of people entering security.

Working with partners

Fortinet credits part of its progress to partners and customers. Shared programs extend its reach.

Partners also help with training.

What the report shows

The report presents security and sustainability as linked goals, and customers who weigh vendors on ESG criteria now have more data from Fortinet to judge it by when contracts come up for renewal.

Check the numbers. Measurable targets and year-over-year figures are the useful parts of any company-issued report.

Frank Jones, CISSP

Frank Jones has loved computers from the age of 13. Frank got his hacking career started when he downloaded a war dialing program that he used to detect dial up modems in his hometown of Chicago. Frank Jones now works as a JAVA coder and cyber security researcher.