Fortinet, the $75 billion cybersecurity giant, has acquired Perception Point, a leader in advanced collaboration and email security. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
This acquisition highlights Fortinet’s strategy to expand its cybersecurity solutions beyond email, with the aim of securing the broader digital workplace as businesses increasingly adopt cloud and hybrid environments.
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Michael Aminov, Yoram Salinger (center) and Shlomi Levin of Perception Point.
(Photo: Perception Point)
Perception Point’s AI-powered technologies provide protection for critical collaboration tools such as Slack, Teams and cloud storage applications, as well as web browsers and social platforms. These capabilities will be integrated into Fortinet Security Fabric, the company’s unified platform designed to simplify and consolidate cybersecurity solutions.
Founded in 2015 by Michael Aminov and Shlomi Levin, alumni of the Israeli Army Intelligence Corps Technology Unit, Perception Point is led by CEO Yoram Salinger, former CEO of RedBand. To date, the company has raised $74 million from investors including Red Dot Capital, the European arm of Nokia Growth Partners (NGP Capital), Pitango and SOMV.
This is not Fortinet’s first acquisition in Israel. The company previously acquired EnSilo, another Israeli cybersecurity company, in 2019.