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What is FortiGuard Labs Outbreak Alerts
FortiGuard Labs Outbreak Alerts is a threat-intelligence alerting service from Fortinet that publishes timely notifications about active malware campaigns, vulnerabilities, and other emerging security events. It is used by security operations teams and Fortinet customers to prioritize investigations and apply mitigations across Fortinet security controls. The service is delivered as advisories/alerts backed by FortiGuard Labs research and is typically consumed alongside Fortinet’s broader security platform and telemetry.
Timely outbreak-focused advisories
The product focuses on near-term, actionable outbreak notifications rather than long-form research only. Alerts commonly include indicators, affected technologies, and recommended mitigations that SOC teams can operationalize. This supports faster triage when new campaigns or high-impact vulnerabilities emerge.
Backed by FortiGuard research
FortiGuard Labs is Fortinet’s threat research organization, and Outbreak Alerts reflects that internal analysis and telemetry. This can help teams align response actions with the vendor’s detection and prevention updates. It also provides a consistent source of intelligence for organizations already standardizing on Fortinet security controls.
Aligns with Fortinet controls
Outbreak Alerts is designed to complement Fortinet’s security stack (for example, network security and endpoint controls) by informing what to block, detect, or patch. This can reduce translation work between intelligence and enforcement when the organization uses Fortinet products. It is particularly relevant for teams managing multiple control points (network, endpoint, and email/web gateways) under one vendor.
Not a full TI platform
Outbreak Alerts is an alerting/advisory feed rather than a complete threat intelligence platform with broad collection, enrichment, and workflow features. Organizations that need automated ingestion, correlation, scoring, and case management may require additional tooling. It is best viewed as a component of a larger intelligence and response process.
Fortinet-centric operationalization
While the intelligence can be read independently, the most direct operational value typically comes when paired with Fortinet products and services. Teams using heterogeneous security stacks may need to manually map guidance to non-Fortinet controls. This can add effort compared with intelligence sources designed for vendor-neutral integrations.
Limited transparency on coverage
Public-facing alerts do not always provide complete detail on collection methodology, global coverage, or how indicators are validated over time. This can make it harder to benchmark breadth and false-positive handling against other intelligence providers. Some organizations may need supplementary sources for specific regions, industries, or digital-risk use cases.
Plan & Pricing
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Public FortiGuard Labs Outbreak Alerts (email subscription / public reports) | Free | Public outbreak reports on FortiGuard Labs; subscribe via email on Fortinet/FortiGuard to receive alerts. |
| FortiAnalyzer Outbreak Detection Service (licensed feature) | Not publicly priced – contact Fortinet / FortiCare | Licensed feature for FortiAnalyzer that automatically downloads event handlers and outbreak reports from FortiGuard; requires a valid FortiAnalyzer license/subscription. |
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Fortinet, Inc.
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