Fortinet FortiGate 1801F AI-based Inline Malware Prevention, 1-Year (FC-10-F18F1-577-02-12)

Signature-based antivirus catches what it has already seen. The FortiGate 1801F 1-Year FortiGuard AI-based Inline Malware Prevention Service (FC-10-F18F1-577-02-12) is built for what it hasn’t: a dedicated inline scan engine that analyzes file content in real time and returns a block/allow verdict in under a second, closing the gap between a zero-day payload landing on the wire and a signature update reaching the appliance. Subscription only, no hardware included, delivered electronically to any country.

What this service covers

AI-based Inline Malware Prevention (often shortened to ILMPS in Fortinet ordering docs) sits directly in the traffic path of the FortiGate 1801F rather than waiting on a scheduled signature push or a cloud sandbox round trip:

• Sub-second inline verdicts: files are analyzed as they cross the firewall, with AI/ML models trained on Fortinet’s global threat telemetry returning a decision fast enough to hold in production traffic flows.
• Unknown and zero-day file detection: the engine is built to flag malware that has no existing signature, not just match against known hashes.
• Built-in MITRE ATT&CK mapping: detections are correlated against the ATT&CK matrix, which shortens the investigation and response cycle when an incident does surface.

This is a different mechanism from the cloud-based FortiSandbox check that ships in the ATP and UTP subscription bundles: that path submits a file to the cloud and waits on a verdict, while ILMPS runs the inspection inline on the appliance itself. The two are complementary, not interchangeable, which is why ILMPS is offered separately.

Who adds this license

This fits a FortiGate 1801F that already has FortiCare and a security subscription in place, where the team wants a real-time inline barrier against unknown malware specifically, rather than a broader rebuild of the license stack. Data center edges, DMZ segments, and any deployment where file transfers move through the firewall constantly are the typical candidates. If the 1801F has no FortiGuard subscription active yet, the Enterprise bundle is the more direct route since it already bundles this protection with everything else.

Inline Malware Prevention vs. the Enterprise bundle

AI-based Inline Malware Prevention ships as an à la carte add-on and is also built into the Enterprise Protection bundle for the FortiGate 1801F; it is not part of the UTP or ATP tiers, which rely on cloud sandbox scanning instead for zero-day coverage. The table below shows where this service sits against the three tiers:

If the goal is to consolidate onto one subscription instead of layering an à la carte add-on, the Enterprise subscription (FC-10-F18F1-809-02-12) covers this service plus DLP, attack surface security, and IoT detection in a single line.

Activation and delivery

The license is issued electronically and tied to the FortiGate 1801F’s serial number through the FortiCare account. Once applied, inline malware prevention activates for the full 12-month term with no reboot or hardware change required. Nothing physical ships; a registered FortiGate 1801F is the only prerequisite.

Buying this license from DataCenter360.ca

DataCenter360.ca issues Fortinet subscription licenses electronically to customers anywhere, and this SKU is no exception: order confirmation and activation typically land inside one business day. If you’re weighing this standalone add-on against rolling the 1801F onto the Enterprise bundle instead, our team can run the cost comparison before you check out.