Email and Workspace Security
Email Security is now FortiMail Email and Workspace Security delivering AI-powered email, browser, and collaboration security to stop threats across the modern workspace
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Overview
Broad and Customizable AI-Powered Email Security Platform
FortiMail Email Security safeguards organizations against the full spectrum of email-based threats such as sophisticated phishing, business email compromise (BEC), impersonation, account takeover, and AI-enhanced email threats.
Our AI-powered solutions provide cutting-edge security technology to prevent, detect, and respond to email-based threats in real time.
Enterprise-Grade Flexibility to Support Diverse Email Security Needs
The FortiMail Email Security platform protects organizations of all sizes by addressing complex email security needs, including security for hybrid email environments. It also provides powerful, layered security for cloud-based email services such as Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace. Our email security solutions are highly customizable for well-equipped teams or streamlined for lean operations with the option to get help from our incident response experts.
Full Protection from Email Threats like Phishing, BEC, and Account Takeover
FortiMail Email Security delivers multi-layered protection by combining advanced detection engines, powered by machine learning (ML), large language models (LLM), heuristics, and optical scanning, to identify and stop the most complex email threats.
Powered with real-time FortiGuard Labs threat intelligence and seamlessly integrated into the Fortinet Security Fabric, FortiMail empowers organizations to proactively prevent, detect, and respond to sophisticated email-based attacks with precision and speed.
Real-Time Email Threat Intelligence to Stop Malicious Activity at the Source
FortiMail Email Security delivers real-time visibility into emerging threats and stops suspicious or malicious sources before delivery. Integrations with FortiGuard AI-Powered Security and the Fortinet Security Fabric provide layered protection against a wide spectrum of threats, from known spam and malware to advanced zero-day attacks and BEC. Customizable reports help monitor performance, map the threat landscape, and uncover threat trends over time.
Early Threat Detection Through Pattern Recognition and Adaptive Email Intelligence
FortiMail delivers proactive threat protection by continuously analyzing email traffic volume, sender reputation, alerts, and threat indicators to detect suspicious patterns and anomalies and identify potential risks early. Using AI-powered threat intelligence, FortiMail detects and mitigates threats throughout the email life cycle, enabling organizations to respond swiftly and stay ahead of evolving threats.
Features and Benefits
FortiMail Email Security delivers industry-leading, customizable, AI-powered email threat protection. Adaptable and scalable to support all email security needs, our comprehensive solutions empower organizations of all sizes to deploy enterprise-grade security in any form factor, tailored to their business requirements.
Email Security for Any Org
Flexible deployment options, operating modes, and extensible controls support all businesses
AI-Powered Protection
FortiGuard AI-Powered Security Services stop the most sophisticated email threats
Next-Generation Detection Engines
Advanced scanning, LLM, image recognition, and anti-evasion algorithms detect and prevent threats
Complex Email Threat Defense
Adaptive AI, advanced analytics, and layered defense prevent email threats like BEC and ATO
Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace
Cloud email providers are secured through gateway and graph API support models
Managed incident response service
24/7 support monitors, analyzes, and reports FortiMail Cloud SaaS email security events
FortiMail Use Cases
Inbound email protection
FortiMail protects against sophisticated phishing, business email compromise, impersonation, account takeover.
Outbound Email Protection
FortiMail inspects outbound email messages to stop malicious content from being sent from compromised devices.
Data Loss Prevention
FortiMail monitors for sensitive data and encrypts outbound email communications.
Enhanced Cloud-Native Email Security
FortiMail enhances cloud-native email security with real-time scanning and clawback for Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, and Exchange Online.
Managed Security Providers
Multi-tenancy and other features allow MSPs, MSSPs, and telco providers to extend FortiMail email security services.
Security Fabric Integration
FortiMail integrates with FortiSandbox, FortiSIEM, and FortiSOAR to enhance protection and help you automate workflows, including response.
Enterprise Analyst Recognition
2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Email Security
A Challenger in Email Security
Fortinet is recognized as a Challenger in 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Email Security. We believe this recognition reflects the strong capabilities and continued evolution of FortiMail Email and Workspace Security within our broader email security portfolio.
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FortiGuard AI-Powered Security Services
FortiGuard AI-powered Security Services are integrated into our FortiMail solution, enhancing detection of email-based threats before they reach users’ inboxes.
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Content Security
Web Security
Device Security
Application Security
SOC NOC Security
FortiGuard Antivirus Service
Protects against the latest polymorphic attacks, viruses, malware (including ransomware), and other threats.
FortiGuard Data Loss Prevention Service
Enterprise DLP services protect against data breaches, insider threats, and data exfiltration. Explore FortiGuard DLP Service to safeguard sensitive information and ensure compliance with over 500 data patterns.
FortiGuard AI-based Inline Malware Prevention Service
Performs AI-powered real-time inspection of files for protection against unknown threats, zero-days, and sophisticated file-based attacks.
Case Studies
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Health Regulatory Institution in El Salvador Secures Its Software Development Life Cycle with Fortinet
The Elite Flower
Fortinet Helps a Colombian Flower Exporter Implement an Integrated Platform to Connect and Secure Its Network of 52 Remote Farms
SASTRA Deemed University
Leading Indian University Relies on Fortinet to Secure Students, Faculty, and Research Data and Processes
Encinitas Union School District
A Lesson in Excellence: U.S. School District Builds a Secure, High-Performing Network on the Fortinet Security Fabric
Gartner Peer Reviews
FortiMail receives reviews confirming proven efficacy, ease of use, and extensive configurability to address all manner of cloud, on-premises, and hybrid email environments.
Exploring the Strengths of Fortimail for Email Security
Email security is a piece of the puzzle to complete the security. If you have Fortinet based infrastructure, Fortimail provides email protection and also provides intelligent data for Secure Fabric.
Active Vendor Support and User-Friendly Interface
Vendor support is active and highly Responding, Implementation of the production from scratch didn't take more than 2 days .
Models and Specifications
Fortinet FortiMail Email Security solutions are highly customizable and come in a variety of deployment models to address any complex email security needs, including security for hybrid email environments. It also provides powerful, layered security for cloud-based email services such as Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace.
On-premises, cloud, or hybrid email environments can be managed by your team or managed by Fortinet through our hosted email security solutions.
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FortiMail hardware appliances for on-premises deployments
FortiMail appliances are fully configurable AI-powered email protection for on-premises, private, and public cloud environments. Managed service providers can easily extend email security services to their customers. These appliances are highly scalable and customizable, with high efficacy.
- 5 appliance models
- Filter 40K to 2.6M messages per hour*
- Perpetual licensing with annual subscription
*Performance based on FortiOS 7.0 with FortiGuard Antispam + Virus Outbreak enabled
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FortiMail virtual appliances for on-premises and cloud deployments
FortiMail virtual appliances are fully configurable AI-powered email protection with complete flexibility and portability for organizations wishing to deploy email security infrastructure into a private or public cloud environment. FortiMail virtual machines are highly scalable and customizable, with high efficacy.
- 6 virtual machine options
- CPU and domain-based
- Perpetual licensing with annual subscription
- Full OPEX subscription available
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FortiMail Cloud for on-premises and cloud-based email services
FortiMail Cloud Hosted is fully configurable AI-powered email security hosted in Fortinet’s data centers worldwide. FortiMail Cloud Hosted delivers high-performance email security for organizations that need affordable, enterprise-grade, and highly scalable email security—without the infrastructure.
- Per mailbox per year
- Annual subscription (OPEX)
FortiMail Cloud SaaS for cloud-based email services
FortiMail Cloud SaaS is cloud-native AI-powered SaaS email security with simplified configuration and management for layered protection across Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace. It’s supported 24/7 by incident response experts. FortiMail Cloud SaaS is fully integrated with FortiMail Workspace Security solutions.
- Per user per year
- Annual subscription (OPEX)
FortiCare Support & Professional Services
FortiMail solutions include FortiCare Premium support for expert telephone and web support.
Technical Support Services
Various per-device options are available for efficient operations. FortiCare Elite option provides a 15-minute response time for critical products.
Advanced Support
Various per-account white glove services are available to reduce disruption and increase productivity with operational reviews by designated experts.
Professional Services
Our multi-vendor experts can design and deploy a complete best practice-based solution to help you meet your network or security objectives and adopt new capabilities.
RMA
Priority RMA options are available across the product family for expedited replacement of defective hardware to meet your availability objectives.
Resources
Data Sheets
eBooks
Solution Briefs
Webinars and Videos
White Papers
Training & Certifications
Fortinet provides advanced training for users seeking to take full advantage of FortiMail’s powerful security features. Additional FortiMail resources can be found on docs.fortinet.com.
Fortinet Certified Professional - Public Cloud Security
In this three-day class, you will learn how to use FortiMail to protect your network from email-borne threats, and you will learn how to integrate with FortiSandbox to detect and block advanced persistent threats.
Other Training
Learn how to protect your organization and improve its security against advanced threats that bypass traditional security controls. You will also learn how other advanced threat protection (ATP) components—FortiGate, FortiMail, FortiWeb, and FortiClient—leverage this threat intelligence information to protect organizations from advanced threats.
Free Product Demo
Take a self-guided tour of FortiMail, our comprehensive email security solution.
What to Expect:
- See the breadth of threat prevention technologies available
- Explore the range of data protection capabilities
- Experience the flexibility of policy configuration, dashboards, reports, and more
Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Email Security, 1 December 2025, By Max Taggett, Nikul Patel
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