Vendor Sheet
Secure Product Development Lifecycle: Supply Chain Security at Every Stage
Fortinet’s Secure Product Development Lifecycle applies security and risk management throughout product design, engineering, component sourcing, manufacturing, delivery, support, and end of life. Security controls are incorporated from the earliest development stages and reinforced through internal scrutiny, external certifications, regular patching, transparent vulnerability disclosure, and coordinated incident response. Fortinet designs core ASIC technologies internally, conducts most research and development in the United States and Canada, and evaluates manufacturing partners through a Trusted Supplier Program aligned with NIST guidance. Its supply chain framework follows five steps: identify, protect, detect, respond, and recover. Public PSIRT advisories, software bills of materials,
