# Fortinet (فورتينت)

> Fortinet is currently blocked in Syria, as of 2026-09-05.

- Status: blocked
- Outreach: No Response
- Company: [Fortinet](https://unblocksyria.com/en/companies/fortinet.md)
- Categories: Security Tools, Antivirus & Endpoint Protection, IT & Network Management, VPN Services
- Official site: https://www.fortinet.com
- Community votes: 13
- Last updated: 2026-09-05
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/fortinet

## About

Cybersecurity company known for FortiGate firewalls and enterprise VPN solutions

## Activity summary

Blocked in Syria under Fortinet's own trade compliance policy. The team wrote to Fortinet's legal department in February 2026 requesting a review, and no response has been recorded.

## Official timeline

- 2026-02-09 — Contacted Company. UnblockSyria wrote to Fortinet's legal team requesting a review of Syria IP restrictions for individual professionals working for foreign employers, under the post-sanctions legal framework.

## Community reports

- 2026-01-20 — Investigated. The founding submission reported Fortinet as blocked in Syria, citing the company's own published trade-compliance policy restricting the country.

## Context

These are geo-restrictions the companies applied themselves, not filtering by Syrian ISPs and not a legal requirement. US and EU sanctions on Syria were lifted in 2025. See https://unblocksyria.com/llms.txt for the regulatory summary and https://unblocksyria.com/en/about for citations to the specific orders and regulations.

## Machine-readable

- JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/fortinet?locale=en
- Timeline JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/fortinet/timeline-entries?locale=en
- HTML: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/fortinet
- Other languages: https://unblocksyria.com/ar/services/fortinet.md, https://unblocksyria.com/ku/services/fortinet.md