Fortinet named a Challenger in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

FortiSIEM, Fortinet’s next-generation SIEM platform, delivers centralized IT/OT event collection, advanced detection analytics, and incident management to meet the demands of modern SOC teams. Featuring rich pre-built content, a unique configuration management database (CMDB), and built-in automation and generative AI (GenAI) assistance, FortiSIEM enables faster detection, investigation, and response while providing the flexibility and scalability required by organizations of any size.

Fortinet has been included for the eighth consecutive time in the Magic Quadrant for Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), and Gartner has once again positioned Fortinet as a Challenger. We believe this latest recognition, combined with Fortinet being one of only two vendors recognized as a 2024 Gartner Peer Insights™ Customers’ Choice for SIEM underscores our continued innovation, customer trust, and differentiated value through deep Fortinet Security Fabric integration, unified automation, and IT/OT-aware analytics.

Since the completion of Gartner’s evaluation, Fortinet has expanded FortiSIEM’s capabilities with version 7.4, delivering even greater automation, visibility, and AI-driven insights that strengthen SOC performance across IT and OT environments; further advancing FortiSIEM beyond the features evaluated for this year’s Magic Quadrant.

FortiSIEM: Advanced Threat Detection, Investigation, and Response

Building on Fortinet’s proven innovation in IT/OT convergence and SOC automation, FortiSIEM helps security teams unify detection, investigation, and response across hybrid infrastructures. Its design emphasizes operational speed, visibility, and ease of use, empowering analysts to act on intelligence faster and with greater confidence. Core capabilities include:

• A comprehensive IT/OT CMDB with asset discovery and performance monitoring.
• User and entity behavior analytics (UEBA) and other advanced detection analytics powered by FortiGuard intelligence.
• An intuitive user experience based on built-in automation, pre-built playbooks, and FortiAI-Assist, the Fortinet GenAI assistant.
• High-performance distributed processing, multi-tenancy, and MSSP features.
• Flexible pricing and deployment options that support organizations of all sizes.

Recent Innovations Enhance SOC Efficiency

FortiSIEM 7.4, introduced in May 2025 after Gartner’s evaluation period, delivers powerful new capabilities to streamline SOC workflows, accelerate analyst efficiency, and expand visibility across complex environments. These enhancements reflect Fortinet’s ongoing investment in FortiSIEM:

• Built-in SOAR automation and a library of pre-built playbooks to standardize and accelerate incident response.
• Greatly expanded visualizations and dashboards that provide deeper insight into system health, performance and threat activity.
• Enhanced FortiAI-Assist GenAI capabilities that guide analysts with context-aware search and investigation recommendations.
• Federated search across popular data lake technologies, enabling unified visibility across distributed data sources.

Unique Value for Fortinet Fabric Customers

While FortiSIEM supports multi-vendor products and hundreds of third-party integrations, it provides distinctive value for organizations operating with the Fortinet Security Fabric. Through native interoperability and shared threat intelligence, FortiSIEM extends unified visibility, automation, and response across Fortinet’s portfolio.

• Integrated FortiGate NGFW visibility that discovers detailed asset information, performance metrics, and configuration changes for comprehensive monitoring across FortiGate, FortiSwitch, and FortiAP infrastructure.
• Integrated FortiGuard Outbreak Detection service and IOC intelligence streams, enabling immediate response to emerging threats with real-time data drawn from hundreds of thousands of Fortinet deployments worldwide.
• ZTNA policy integration that enables FortiSIEM to coordinate rapid enforcement of security policy changes across endpoints and firewalls in response to detected attacks.
• Integrated incident response across other Fortinet Security Fabric components including: FortiSOAR, FortiEDR, FortiNDR, FortiCNAPP, FortiWeb, FortiClient, and FortiDLP – streamlining operations and accelerating containment.

From SMBs to Global Enterprises: The Fortinet SOC Platform

FortiSIEM is designed to meet the needs of organizations of every size, from small and midsize businesses to large enterprises and managed security service providers (MSSPs). Smaller organizations benefit from out-of-the-box connectors, analytics, reports, and automation that deliver immediate value and simplified compliance. Larger enterprises and service providers rely on FortiSIEM for its advanced multi-tenancy, distributed processing, and flexible deployment models that provide the scalability and resiliency expected of a modern SOC backbone.

Fortinet extends this value through the Fortinet SOC Platform, which integrates FortiSIEM, FortiAnalyzer, and FortiSOAR to deliver end-to-end visibility, automation, and coordinated response. Together, these solutions enable security teams, from small IT departments to fully staffed SOCs, to reduce detection and response times with real-time analytics, GenAI assistance, and flexible scalability as operations mature.

Download your complimentary copy of the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) report to see why Fortinet was recognized in the SIEM market, and read our December 2024 Gartner Voice of the Customer for Security Information and Event Management to learn more about our customer perspectives on FortiSIEM.

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Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Security Information and Event Management, By Andrew Davies, Eric Ahlm, Angel Berrios, Darren Livingstone, 8 October 2025