Fortinet, the global cybersecurity leader driving the convergence of networking
and security, today announced it has been recognized as a Challenger in the Gartner ® Magic
Quadrant™ for Security Service Edge (SSE). This recognition follows Fortinet’s recent placement
as a Leader and the highest in ability to execute in the 2024 Gartner ® Magic Quadrant™ for SD-
WAN for the fourth consecutive year — we believe this further validates Fortinet’s vision and
execution in delivering a unified SASE platform.
We continue to demonstrate strong momentum, innovation, and growth in the SSE market. We
believe Fortinet’s placement in the Challengers quadrant is a testament to our growing adoption,
positive customer feedback, aggressive roadmap execution with monthly releases, and ever-
expanding market share. Our focus is on delivering real outcomes through flexible deployment
models, seamless integration with existing infrastructure, and consistent AI-powered security
wherever users connect.
- Nirav Shah, Senior Vice President, Products and Solutions at Fortinet
A Differentiated SSE Experience
With FortiSASE, Fortinet delivers the most unified, flexible, and intelligent solution on the market
today, enabling secure access from anywhere while reducing complexity, enhancing user
experience, and strengthening security across hybrid environments. Key differentiators include:
Unified solution: Unlike many fragmented offerings, FortiSASE is built on a single operating
system, FortiOS , a unified management console, endpoint agent, and centralized data lake.
This cohesive architecture ensures consistent security policy enforcement and streamlined
operations across all environments from on-premises to the cloud. The integration
of Fortinet Secure SD-WAN with cloud-delivered SSE, and digital experience monitoring
(DEM) under one platform provides comprehensive visibility and control, reducing complexity
and potential security gaps.
Flexible connectivity: FortiSASE offers unparalleled flexibility to accommodate a wide
range of organizational needs by supporting BYOD, contractors, agent-based, and agentless
devices, as well as third-party SD-WAN solutions, facilitating seamless integration into
existing infrastructures. Fortinet is also investing in building its own global cloud
infrastructure, further enhancing performance, scalability, and control across its SASE
services. Fortinet Sovereign SASE gives organizations flexibility and control over their data,
especially in regulated sectors like finance and healthcare. Organizations can also integrate
FortiSASE with Fortinet’s WLAN/LAN portfolio to secure thin edge locations without the need
for additional appliances or agents, ensuring comprehensive protection even in resource-
constrained environments.
Intelligent innovation: FortiSASE, powered by FortiGuard AI-Powered Security Services,
delivers broad protection through integrated capabilities like secure web gateway
(SWG), universal zero-trust network access (ZTNA), cloud access security broker
(CASB), Firewall-as-a-Service (FWaaS), and remote browser isolation (RBI), all managed
from a single unified console. Security teams can enforce zero-trust policies to manage
access and data flows to generative AI (GenAI) apps, gaining visibility into usage patterns,
destinations, and enabling enterprise-wide AI governance.
What Customers Are Saying About FortiSASE
In addition to this latest Gartner acknowledgement, Fortinet was the only vendor to be recognized
with the Gartner ® Peer Insights™ Customers’ Choice Recognition two years in a row for Security
Service Edge. In the 2025 Gartner ® Peer Insights™ Voice of the Customer, security service
edge (SSE), FortiSASE customers had this to say:
“Elevating user experience with FortiSASE: perfect features and functionality”
We use SIA (secured internet access) and SPA (secured private access) functionality of FortiSASE
and the overall experience is exceptionally great.
“Reliable SSE with ZTNA solution with breadth of design options”
Secure and reliable internet access for all hybrid users. Secure users regardless of their access
location. Our overall experience with the solution is great and users are happy from the day we
deployed this endpoint on their machines.
“Best of the breed cloud delivered security solution to secure hybrid workforce”
This solution allows us to accommodate growing user count without compromising performance. The
solution provides robust security features, which include web filtering to provide protection against
web-based threats. The Solution provides secure access to users irrespective of their location,
Users are allowed to access the internet or servers post compliance checks. Our overall experience
is highly positive.
