Fortinet FortiGate 40F Inline Malware Prevention Service, 1-Year (FC-10-0040F-577-02-12)

Sandboxing catches unknown files, but only after they have been allowed through and detonated. FC-10-0040F-577-02-12 closes that gap on the FortiGate 40F with FortiGuard AI-based Inline Malware Prevention, which holds suspicious files at the firewall and returns a sub-second verdict before they reach a user. This is a one-year subscription license for one 40F, delivered electronically, with no hardware in the box.

What the service does

Inline malware prevention (often called ILMPS) uses AI models running in line with traffic to block unknown and zero-day files in real time, rather than alerting on them after delivery. It pairs that with a built-in MITRE ATT&CK mapping that speeds investigation when something is blocked, so the security outcome is fewer files reaching endpoints and less manual triage afterward. On a 40F protecting a small site, that is meaningful coverage against the ransomware and zero-day payloads that target branches precisely because they tend to be less defended.

One service, or the bundle that contains it

Inline malware prevention is included in the Enterprise Protection bundle and is also sold à la carte, which is exactly what this SKU is. Buying it on its own makes sense when the rest of your FortiGuard coverage is already in place and you only need to add zero-day inline defense. If you are still assembling protection for the 40F, the Enterprise bundle folds this service in together with web, DNS, botnet, and data-loss controls. The table below shows where this single line sits against the broader bundles.

Activation and delivery

The entitlement registers to your FortiGate 40F through the Fortinet support portal and activates electronically. Nothing ships, and delivery is the same to any country.

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