Fortinet FortiGate 1800F AI-Based Inline Malware Prevention Service, 1-Year (FC-10-F18HF-577-02-12)

A FortiGate 1800F protecting a data center edge or campus core sees files it has never encountered before every day. The FC-10-F18HF-577-02-12 license turns on AI-based Inline Malware Prevention (ILMPS) for that firewall for twelve months, holding suspicious files inline while FortiGuard’s cloud engine returns a sub-second verdict, then blocking or releasing them before they ever reach a user or server.

What this license covers

ILMPS inspects files in the traffic path rather than after the fact. Instead of waiting on a static signature update, the FortiGate 1800F sends the file’s behavioral profile to FortiGuard’s AI-powered sandbox and gets a verdict back in real time, typically well under a second. The service includes the built-in MITRE ATT&CK mapping that FortiGuard attaches to detections, so an analyst reviewing an alert on the 1800F sees which technique triggered the block instead of a bare signature ID. It is purpose-built for zero-day and unknown-file threats: variants that haven’t been seen widely enough to earn a traditional AV signature, and the kind of payload a determined attacker custom-builds to avoid one.

Who needs it

This is an à la carte add-on for a FortiGate 1800F that already has FortiCare and a baseline security profile, or that runs the ATP or UTP bundle and wants inline zero-day file protection layered on top. Organizations that see it as worthwhile tend to run the 1800F at a segment boundary that carries a lot of unknown file traffic: data center ingress/egress, a DMZ facing partner uploads, or a branch aggregation point where east-west file transfers are common. If most of the malware risk on the network already comes through email or endpoint, this license is a smaller piece of the picture than for a site where the firewall is the last line of defense against unknown executables.

Activation & delivery

Nothing ships. Once the order is placed, DataCenter360.ca registers the license to the 1800F’s serial number on the FortiCare account and the entitlement shows up in the unit’s dashboard, typically within one business day and often within minutes. From there it’s a policy change: enable AI-powered Cloud Sandbox / inline scanning in the applicable AV profile and set the scan strategy to inline. No reboot, no hardware, and the term clock starts from activation, not from the order date, so there is no lost coverage waiting on paperwork.

One service vs. the bundle

ILMPS is included automatically in the FortiGate 1800F Enterprise Protection bundle (809). It is not part of the UTP (950) or ATP (928) bundles, which cover zero-day detection through cloud-based sandboxing instead of this inline, sub-second-verdict path. Buying it à la carte makes sense when the 1800F is already on ATP or UTP and only the inline malware layer is missing; if the unit is being licensed from scratch, it’s worth comparing this single line against Enterprise, since Enterprise folds ILMPS in with DLP, inline CASB, and attack-surface visibility for one combined renewal date.

Buying this license from DataCenter360.ca

DataCenter360.ca registers this license directly against the 1800F’s serial number as soon as the order clears, so there’s no back-and-forth waiting for a quote to process before the entitlement lands. If the goal is to consolidate onto Enterprise instead of adding ILMPS on its own, our team can compare the renewal math for both paths before checkout, worldwide, electronic delivery, no shipping involved.