Fortinet has completed the acquisition of Perception Point, a leader in advanced collaboration and email security. This strategic acquisition will enhance its mission to provide end-to-end cybersecurity by extending protection beyond email into the broader modern workspace.
The addition of Perception Point to the Fortinet Security Fabric underscores Fortinet’s commitment to simplify cybersecurity through consolidation, integrating diverse security tools into a unified platform to protect its customers more effectively. Perception Point’s innovative AI-powered capabilities secure email, critical collaboration platforms like Slack and Teams, web browsers, cloud storage apps, and more—essential tools for today’s hybrid and cloud-first environments. By combining their strengths, Fortinet and Perception Point will redefine how organizations secure user-facing applications and combat sophisticated threats across their digital ecosystems.
The modern workspace is no longer defined by email alone. Today’s businesses rely on many tools to stay connected and productive, including messaging platforms like Slack and Teams, file-sharing services, and SaaS apps. While these tools have become indispensable to operations, they also introduce complexity and unique security challenges for businesses. In fact, Gartner found that “Human errors account for 68% of all security breaches. Users often fall victim to phishing attacks, click malicious links, and reuse weak passwords, unknowingly granting attackers access to sensitive information or to the organization.”
With the Perception Point acquisition, Fortinet is expanding its ability to secure these critical tools while maintaining a proactive approach to defending against advanced threats. Delivered through a cloud-native architecture, the addition of this solution to the Fortinet Security Fabric will add to Fortinet’s user-facing security capabilities by broadening protections across diverse communication channels, including collaboration applications, cloud storage applications, messaging platforms, and social networks.
Perception Point aligns with Fortinet’s vision to simplify and consolidate security from disparate tools into a unified, integrated platform. By extending Fortinet’s AI-driven security operations (SecOps) portfolio and FortiMail user-facing security to encompass the entire workspace, Fortinet aims to deliver robust protection across every touchpoint of digital communication.
