Fortinet Acquires Virtue AI: Boosting AI Security

Fortinet has acquired Virtue AI, a company that specializes in AI runtime protection and automated AI validation. This move strengthens Fortinet's strategy for securing AI. What's interesting is that organizations are rapidly using AI applications, which expands their attack surfaces beyond traditional networks. This includes prompts, models, and AI infrastructure. Companies need to adopt AI confidently and keep it secure. Fortinet already addresses this with FortiAIGate, which protects large language models from risks like prompt injection and data leakage. Virtue AI extends this security to AI models and agentic systems, from development through runtime. Virtue AI's capabilities include testing autonomous agents for weaknesses in various environments. It also offers agent protection and visibility, helping organizations identify and monitor AI tools. The technology also provides continuous AI validation and automated red-teaming. The bottom line is that AI is changing enterprise computing, and security needs to keep pace. This acquisition aims to help customers protect AI systems throughout their lifecycle.