Fortinet Expands FortiEndpoint for the AI Era 2026

Fortinet expands FortiEndpoint with AI visibility, native data loss prevention, endpoint risk scoring, and FortiAI-Assist to help organizations securely adopt AI while reducing endpoint risk.

AI agents and AI-enabled applications are now embedded in daily work, and this shift is creating new endpoint risks: shadow AI, unsanctioned tools, sensitive data leakage into public models, and fragmented tooling that slows security operations. Organizations need consolidated visibility, stronger governance, and integrated data protection to enable AI safely without adding more point products.

What was announced

Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) announced new capabilities for its unified endpoint platform, FortiEndpoint, focused on securing AI adoption at the endpoint. The updates bring AI visibility and control, native data security, endpoint risk scoring, and FortiAI-assisted operations into a single agent, single console, and single license model.

Building on the consolidation strategy previewed at Fortinet Accelerate 2026, FortiEndpoint now combines endpoint protection, EDR, secure remote access, DLP, and AI governance. Through integration with the Fortinet Security Fabric, endpoint telemetry and risk context feed connected security controls for adaptive access and enterprise-wide visibility. The new capabilities are expected to be available in Q3 2026.

Fortinet is addressing what many CISOs need now: visibility into AI usage, control over sanctioned and unsanctioned tools, protection against sensitive data leakage, and real-time coaching to help employees use AI responsibly

Why this matters

For CIOs, CISOs, and IT directors, uncontrolled AI adoption is quickly becoming a compliance and data protection issue. Employees experiment with generative AI tools that can exfiltrate personally identifiable information, intellectual property, and financial data. Traditional endpoint stacks lack the visibility to detect these interactions or the policy engines to govern them.

By consolidating EDR, DLP, secure access, and AI governance into one agent, FortiEndpoint reduces licensing overhead, agent conflicts, and operational fragmentation. Procurement leaders gain a simpler commercial model, while SOC teams reduce the tool sprawl that limits threat visibility.

Technical details

• AI application visibility: Discovery of installed AI apps, agents, and web-based tools across endpoints, including shadow AI.
• Granular guardrails: Allow, restrict, monitor, or block AI applications based on corporate security and compliance policy.
• Native DLP: Automatic inspection of sensitive data exchanged with AI applications, agents, and web services directly at the endpoint.
• User coaching: Real-time policy guidance to reduce risky behavior without impacting productivity.
• FortiAI-Assist: Natural-language investigation, findings visualization, investigation summaries, high-risk device identification, and troubleshooting.
• Adaptive zero trust: Continuous risk and compliance scoring that adjusts access to AI applications and protected resources based on real-time endpoint posture.
• Unified delivery: One agent, one console, one license across EPP, EDR, ZTNA, DLP, and AI governance.

Softprom and Fortinet

Softprom is the official distributor of Fortinet. Our team helps organizations design, deploy, and operationalize FortiEndpoint and the broader Fortinet Security Fabric to secure AI adoption, protect sensitive data, and consolidate endpoint tooling.

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