The cloud presents a variety of new opportunities for Fortinet, ranging from how we leverage our own cloud-based technologies to make networks more secure, to actually developing the solutions that help secure the cloud infrastructure.

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Cyber security is a dynamic space. The user faces different challenges every year because there are always new applications and data.

Actually, we got paid because the name Fortinet is so close to Fortnite, so I'm fine with their name being close to ours.

Fortinet was founded in 2000 with the goal of making an impactful change in the network security space.

All the new data, applications, and e-commerce that are created have to be managed and protected. Additionally, when there is a new application, the old application is still there, and has to be protected.

Ninety percent of cyber security companies begin in the detection stage. The issue is there are so many applications and alarming messages it is difficult for the user or the administrator to manage.

My parents, who were both professors at Tsinghua University, hoped that I would follow in their footsteps and become a professor.