Awards, Centifications, Wins

The FortiGate-3810A appliance has passed rigorous testing by NSS Labs, a prestigious independent security testing facility.

Fortinet is the only company to achieve 6 ICSA Certifications. ICSA Labs manages and sponsors security consortia that provide a forum for intelligence sharing among the leading vendors of security products. In addition, ICSA Labs publishes surveys, security industry studies and buyers' guides for computer security products.

Communications Security Establishment's Common Criteria evaluations involve formal rigorous analysis and testing to examine security aspects of a product or system. Extensive testing activities involve a comprehensive and formally repeatable process, confirming that the security product functions as claimed by the manufacturer. Security weaknesses and potential vulnerabilities are specifically examined during an evaluation.

Fortinet's FortiClient™ end-point security software has earned its fifth consecutive Virus Bulletin 100% award for its best-in-class antivirus capabilities. In this test, for antivirus products running on Microsoft Vista™, FortiClient earned 100 percent marks in every possible award category. The product was also specifically recognized for its reliability and performance.

Fortinet has been short-listed for the Best Security Solution for Government category of the SC Magazine Awards Europe with its FortiGate-5000 series. The SC Magazine Awards Europe are designed to reward excellence and innovation in the IT security industry.

Fortinet's security and networking platform also receives the 'PC Pro recommended' accolade and is described as "A feature-packed switch and security appliance that's remarkably easy to configure yet highly versatile."

FortiGate™ systems has been declared "Best Intrusion Detection and Prevention (IPS) Solution" and "Best Integrated Security Solution" in SC Magazine's 2007 Reader Trust Awards.

Fortinet named "Best Unified Threat Management (UTM) Solution" and "Best UTM Security Appliance" by SC Magazine judges and users of information security products.

Fortinet's FortiOS 3.0 firmware running on a FortiGate-300A system received a very favorable "CRN Recommended" rating when tested for security functionality, management and performance.

Winners were determined by SC Magazine judges and users of information security products who voted on the publication's website.

In a review of vendors delivering products that do right by midmarket customers and partners, the Fortinet FortiGate-500A was recognized for delivering content protection by integrating seven essential security applications onto a single platform.

Fortinet's FortiGate-3600 integrated network security systems were named a 2005 Well-Connected Award Finalist in the Network Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) category by CMP Media, Inc.'s Network Computing Magazine

Finalists for SC Magazine Excellence Awards 2005 were determined by a panel of network security industry experts. Finalists were determined by votes from users of information security products and services worldwide.

Lauded for its breadth and depth of functionality, the FortiGate-60 beat out products from approximately 30 security vendors, including Cisco, Juniper Networks, Nortel Networks, Trend Micro, Network Associates and others to win Network Computing's coveted Well-Connected Award for Security Product of the Year.

Fortinet ranked as a top five company in Deloitte's prestigious Technology Fast 50 Program for Silicon Valley, a ranking of the fastest growing Internet, media and entertainment, and communications companies in the area by Deloitte & Touche USA LLP, one of the nation's leading professional services organizations. Rankings are based on the percentage revenue growth over five years from 2002-2006.

VARBUSINESS Magazine recognized Fortinet's Partner Program with it's highest rating.

Info Security Products Guide, world's leading publication on security-related products and technologies has named Fortinet one of its Info Security "Hot Companies" winners for 2007. Selected from an industry analysis of more than 500 prominent info security vendors around the world, this prestigious honor comes to Fortinet based upon a stern selection criteria of 4Ps, namely Products, People, Performance and Potential behind the company's growing success.

Fortinet has been ranked as No. 2 in Deloitte's prestigious Technology Fast 50 Program for Silicon Valley, a ranking of the fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications and life sciences companies in the area. Fortinet's increase in revenues of 7,764 percent from 2001 to 2005 resulted in a No. 2 ranking in the Internet, Media & Entertainment and Communication category of the Technology Fast 50 for Silicon Valley. The average increase in revenues among companies who made the Technology Fast 50 for this region was 1,464 percent.

Fortinet was ranked No. 37 on Deloitte's 2006 Technology Fast 500, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications and life sciences companies in North America. Rankings are based on percentage revenue growth over five years, from 2001-2005. Fortinet grew 7,764 percent during this period.

Fortinet was selected by Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal as a "Fast 50" private company based on strong revenue growth over the past three years. This marks the second consecutive year Fortinet has made this coveted list.

For the second year, Fortinet was chosen among 1,000+ companies to receive an AlwaysOn1000 award based on technology innovation, market potential, customer adoption, media buzz and investor value creation.

Fortinet Co-Founders Ken & Michael Xie were honored with Ernst & Young's Northern California Entrepreneur Of The Year 2006 Award in the Network Security category.

VARBUSINESS Magazine recognized Fortinet's Partner Program with it's highest rating.

Fortinet's Founder Ken Xie was recognized for advancing network security innovation, and profiled in Time Magazine.

Fortinet was chosen by Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal as a "Fast 50" private company, as a result of its strong revenue growth over the previous three years. PDF Version of Article

Fortinet was recognized for innovation, customer adoption and market/investment potential and its company founder & CEO presented as part of the CEO Pitch at Stanford forum during the AO2005: Innovation Summit.

Fortinet rises in repeated ranking in Light Reading's Top Ten Private Company list, based on financial stability, experienced management team, and enterprise and carrier-class security technology.

Red Herring has a long tradition of discovering new and innovative technology and entrepreneurs. Since 1997, Red Herring editors have selected a group of private companies that are emerging as the brightest stars in the business universe.

Entrepreneur Magazine recognized Fortinet's Ken and Michael Xie as top ranked Entrepeneurs across all industries. Companies included are no more than five years old, but have annual sales in excess of $1 million.

Nissan™ Korea has successfully deployed Fortinet's FortiGate™ security appliances to help provide comprehensive protection for its main headquarters in Seoul, four sales offices in Seoul, Seoung-nam and Busan, and one distribution center in Kim-po.

Fortinet^® today announced the completion of its largest Web content filtering deployment to date, securing more than 800,000 students and school staff at HEAnet, Ireland's National Research and Education network. Fortinet's FortiGate™-5140 multi-threat security systems and FortiGuard™ Web Filtering and Antivirus services have been deployed in HEAnet data centers to protect 4,000 primary and secondary schools across Ireland.

Fortinet^® today announced that NTT Europe Online, one of the leading providers of managed hosting services in Europe, has selected Fortinet's integrated network security platform to fuel its new Managed UTM Services offering. This follows Fortinet's recently announced sales win with NTT Communications, parent company of NTT Europe Online.

Fortinet today announced that Nintendo of America Inc., a leader in interactive entertainment, has purchased and will deploy Fortinet's FortiGate™-5000 Series high-end multi-threat security systems and FortiGuard subscription services.

According to the Gartner report, the enterprise network firewall market is driven primarily by the requirement to provide network policy enforcement and intrusion prevention at trust boundary points. Also, as the report's authors state: "There are many viable firewall providers, but the leading vendors provide a path to more inspection and blocking capabilities at higher speeds and at lower price points."

According to IDC, Fortinet ranks No. 3 among the top five largest security appliance vendors worldwide for the quarter and is the fastest growing of these vendors year over year from Q2 2006. The company also maintains it's worldwide UTM revenue leadership.

IDC research data confirmed that Fortinet ranked No. 1 for worldwide UTM revenue for 2006. Additionally, in line with Fortinet's objectives to grow in the high-end market, IDC data confirmed that in Q4 2006, Fortinet experienced significant quarter over quarter growth in shipments of its high-end security systems.

Fortinet has been named a Tier 1 vendor by Current Analysis, a leading independent research firm. The attached report also shows that Fortinet is the only Tier 1 vendor rated as very positive, crediting the company's focus on developing an impressive set of homegrown UTM systems and services that provide enterprises with a strong security posture without the complexity of point security solutions.

Leading trade publication ranks Fortinet among the year's ten most influential security company, recognizing its technology innovation and market growth.

Strong revenue growth garners Fortinet #4 spot on Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal's "Fast 50" Private Companies List.

Market analyst report for September 2005 shows Fortinet as leader in the UTM market for second consecutive year.

The new location in Sunnyvale, California doubles the size of Fortinet's headquarters to accommodate growing staff, expanded operations, and increased customer demand.

Fortinet's announces FortiGuard Security Subscription Services, a family of four complementary services that keep Fortinet systems up-to-date and safe from unwanted and malicious network traffic through continuous and automatic "push" updates that ensure protection against the latest viruses, worms, Trojans, Spyware and other threats - without required network administrative time or oversight.

Significant growth and stellar execution drives investor confidence