Fortinet Celebrates 25 Years of Innovation and Growth

COO Whittle Talks Company Growth, Fortinet's Mission and New Cybercrime Bounty Program Tom Field (SecurityEditor) • December 9, 2025

Over the last 25 years, Fortinet has risen from a small engineering startup to one of the world's largest cybersecurity companies – all by remaining rooted in innovation and maintaining a customer-first mindset.

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John Whittle, Fortinet's COO, said the company's growth can be attributed to the engineering at the heart of its platforms and culture, and its disciplined approach. Today, Fortinet serves nearly a million customers globally. With that, Fortinet has also expanded its workforce, currently employing more than 15,000 people worldwide, all while leading in major security areas such as SASE, SD-WAN and artificial intelligence. On the back of recent initiatives with private partners, public agencies and international law-enforcement bodies such as Interpol and a cybercrime ...