Fortinet FortiGate 1001F AI-Based Inline Malware Prevention, 1-Year (FC-10-F1K1F-577-02-12)

The FC-10-F1K1F-577-02-12 license activates FortiGuard AI-based Inline Malware Prevention on a FortiGate 1001F for one year. It is a single, a-la-carte security service, not a bundle: it holds files inline and returns a machine-learning verdict in under a second, catching unknown and zero-day payloads that signature-based antivirus misses on first contact.

What This License Covers

Inline Malware Prevention (sometimes shortened to ILMPS) inspects file traffic as it crosses the FortiGate 1001F and holds each unverified file just long enough for FortiGuard’s machine-learning engine to render a verdict, typically sub-second. Files that come back malicious are blocked before they reach the endpoint. This differs from cloud sandboxing (bundled in ATP and UTP), which detonates a file remotely and can take longer to return a result; the inline engine runs the analysis locally against the appliance’s own traffic path. Fortinet also maps detections to the MITRE ATT&CK framework, which shortens the investigation once an analyst is looking at an alert.

Inline Malware Prevention vs. the Bundles

Fortinet ships this feature two ways: as this a-la-carte 12-month license, or folded into the Enterprise Protection bundle. It is not part of UTP or ATP, which lean on cloud sandboxing instead for zero-day coverage. If a 1001F is already licensed for UTP or ATP and only this one capability is missing, this SKU is the cheaper path than jumping to Enterprise.

Zero-day detection still exists under UTP and ATP through cloud-based sandbox scanning; what those bundles don’t include is the local, inline, sub-second engine this license turns on.

Who Needs This

Teams running a FortiGate 1001F at a data center edge or campus core where file transfers are heavy, think file shares, email gateways, or east-west traffic between segments, get the most from this license. It suits organizations that already have UTP or ATP in place and want the Enterprise-grade inline engine without re-licensing the whole bundle, and organizations that need a documented, low-latency line of defense against unknown malware for compliance or cyber-insurance requirements.

Activation & Delivery

This is an electronic license: DataCenter360.ca emails the entitlement and registers it against the unit’s serial number, usually within one business day of order confirmation. No hardware ships with this SKU. Once registered, enable the Inline Malware Prevention profile in FortiOS and apply it to the relevant firewall policies; no reboot is required. Delivery is worldwide since the license is not tied to a shipping address.

Buying from DataCenter360.ca

DataCenter360.ca issues this license against your FortiGate 1001F’s serial number and confirms activation before closing the order, so there’s no guesswork about whether the entitlement landed. As a Fortinet Select Partner we also flag, before checkout, whether stepping up to UTP or Enterprise makes more sense for your renewal cycle than buying this service alone.