Fortinet boosts AI security & sustainability efforts
Fortinet has released its 2025 Sustainability Report, outlining the cybersecurity company's progress across security, environmental, social and governance measures.
The report says the group expanded AI-driven threat protection across its portfolio, added quantum-safe features to its FortiOS operating system and participated in international cybercrime disruption efforts. It also points to lower energy use in some products, broader access to cybersecurity training and new governance measures around artificial intelligence.
Security focus
A significant part of the update centres on Fortinet's core cybersecurity business. It supported INTERPOL-led Operation Serengeti 2.0, which disrupted more than 11,400 malicious infrastructures and led to more than 1,200 arrests.
That places the company's sustainability agenda partly in the context of broader public-interest security efforts, rather than environmental targets alone. Fortinet also expanded quantum-safe features in FortiOS, including Post-Quantum Cryptography, hybrid encryption and Quantum Key Distribution, as organisations assess longer-term cryptographic risks.
Energy use
On environmental measures, Fortinet said it improved product energy efficiency in 2025, with selected products using up to 62% less energy than the previous generation. The summary did not specify which products were included in that comparison, but presented the reduction as a key metric in efforts to cut environmental impact through product design and operations.
The group also said it became the first cybersecurity company to publish Environmental Product Declarations for networking and security products. These declarations are intended to provide standardised data on environmental impacts across a product's lifecycle, giving customers and other stakeholders a more detailed basis for comparison.
Training target
Expanding access to cybersecurity education remains central to Fortinet's social impact work. Since 2022, and by the end of 2025, the company said it had trained more than 914,800 people in cybersecurity.
That brings Fortinet closer to its stated target of training 1 million people globally by the end of 2026. The report also notes that it received seven external workplace recognitions in 2025, which it linked to employee engagement and talent development.
Governance measures
Alongside product and training updates, the report outlines governance and compliance activity. Fortinet established an AI Governance Committee and published Principles for Responsible AI Use and Development.
It also reported high completion rates for compliance training. According to the report, 99% of employees completed annual Trust and Compliance training, while 100% of distributors and top contract manufacturers completed compliance and business ethics training, representing more than 90% of spend.
The update also included external ESG ratings. Fortinet said it holds an MSCI ESG Rating of AAA and a Sustainalytics ESG Risk Rating of Low Risk.
The report states that its disclosures align with several established sustainability reporting frameworks, including the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures, the Global Reporting Initiative Standards, the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board Standards and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Those references reflect how listed and large private technology companies are increasingly expected to frame non-financial reporting against recognised standards, particularly as customers, investors and regulators seek more consistent information on climate, governance and supply chain practices.
For Fortinet, the report brings together issues increasingly covered under a single corporate responsibility agenda: cyber resilience, energy consumption, workforce development and oversight of AI. It presents those areas as part of a broader strategy focused on securing the digital world, minimising environmental footprint, empowering people and communities, and demonstrating integrity.