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Fortinet expands AI security portfolio with Virtue AI acquisition

Fortinet has acquired Virtue AI, expanding its Security for AI portfolio to address the expanding attack surface of AI applications and autonomous agents, which now includes prompts, models, agents, MCP tools, API calls, and AI infrastructure. The acquisition builds on Fortinet's existing AI security offerings, such as the FortiGate Hyperscale Firewall.

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Fortinet has acquired Virtue AI, strengthening its broader Security for AI strategy and its vision for securing the agentic enterprise. The acquisition builds on Fortinet’s existing AI security portfolio, which includes the FortiGate Hyperscale Firewall. As organizations deploy AI applications and autonomous agents, their attack surface expands beyond networks, users, endpoints, applications, and cloud workloads. It now includes prompts, models, agents, Model Context Protocol (MCP) tools, application programming interface (API) calls, and AI infrastructure. Organizations … More

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