Fortinet integrates FortiGate VM with NVIDIA BlueField to support AI infrastructure security

Fortinet has announced an integrated solution that runs FortiGate VM, its virtual cloud firewall, directly on the NVIDIA BlueField-3 data processing unit (DPU). According to the company, the integration is designed to bring infrastructure-level security acceleration into AI-focused data centre environments by offloading core security functions from host CPUs to the DPU.

The solution embeds networking and security controls into the data centre fabric, which Fortinet said is intended to help enterprises secure high-performance private cloud and AI environments without impacting application or GPU workloads.

“As enterprises are modernising their data centres to support AI, private cloud and edge applications require much higher throughput than traditional workloads. Integrating FortiGate VM on BlueField-3 DPU gives customers a practical way to keep security aligned with these new performance demands. By moving firewalling, segmentation, and zero-trust controls on the DPU, we help organisations improve isolation, reduce latency, and simplify consistent ...