Fortinet Acquires AI Security Company Virtue AI
Cybersecurity giant Fortinet on Monday announced the acquisition of AI security company Virtue AI.
The enterprise security and governance platform made by Virtue AI provides automated testing, real-time protection, and compliance oversight specifically built for AI models, conversational applications, and autonomous agents.
One of the platform’s components conducts automated red-teaming to uncover vulnerabilities using over 100 proprietary attack algorithms across hundreds of attack vectors and risk categories.
For autonomous systems, the testing environment simulates dozens of enterprise scenarios to evaluate agent tool usage, system access, and multi-step execution workflows.
During live operations, the platform applies real-time runtime guardrails across text, code, audio, video, and image processing. It also actively monitors agents to block unsafe actions before execution, scans generated code and tools for vulnerabilities, and enforces customizable security policies.
Fortinet said the acquisition of Virtue AI enables it to enhance its AI security offering, including for models, applications, and agentic...
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