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New Features

Overview
GUI
- General usability enhancements
- FortiView
  - Graphical display for application performance monitoring analytics
Network
SD-WAN
- Overlays and underlays
- Performance SLA
  - SD-WAN speed test scheduling improvements
Policy and objects
- Policies
  - Upstream SSL/TLS support for virtual load-balancing servers
- Objects
  - Custom tags for addresses, policies, and dynamic tag address groups
Zero Trust Network Access
- General
  - ZTNA configuration simplification
  - ZTNA service connector
- Security posture and EMS connectors
  - Support tags in dual stack IPv4/IPv6 ZTNA policies
Security profiles
- Others
- Protecting LLM and GenAI
  - Application control support for generative AI
  - Agentic AI protocol support in FortiOS
VPN
- IPsec and Agentless VPN
User and authentication
- Authentication
  - Enable secure LDAP connection by default in the GUI
LAN Edge
- Wireless
- Switch controller
System
Security Fabric
- Fabric settings and connectors
- External SDN connectors
  - Support for Cisco ACI External EPG Subnets in Direct Connector
  - Negation support in ACI direct connector address filters
Log and report
- Logging
Cloud
- Public and private cloud
  - AWS SDN connector EKS filtering support
FortiOS Carrier
FortiASIC
- Hardware acceleration
- Hyperscale firewall
Operational Technology
- System
  - MACsec support for FortiGate Rugged Models with hardware switch
  - FortiGate Rugged digital I/O trigger logging enhancement
Index
- 8.0.0
Change Log

Home FortiGate / FortiOS 8.0.0 New Features

8.0.0

Change Log

Date	Change Description
2026-04-21	Initial release.

Change Log

Date	Change Description
2026-04-21	Initial release.

Secure Networking

Hybrid Mesh Firewall

NOC Management

LAN

WAN

Unified SASE

Single Vendor SASE

Cloud Network Security

Secure Endpoint Connectivity

Web Application / API Protection

Security Operations

Security Operations Automation

Identity

Early Detection & Prevention

Secure Networking

Hybrid Mesh Firewall

NOC Management

LAN

WAN

Communication & Surveillance

Unified SASE

Single Vendor SASE

Secure Endpoint Connectivity

Cloud Network Security

Cloud-Native Security

Web Application / API Protection

Security Operations

Security Operations Automation

Endpoint

Data Protection

Identity

Email

Early Detection & Prevention

Expert Services

Edge Firewall

Orchestration & management

SD Branch

Application Delivery

Single Vendor SASE

Secure Endpoint Connectivity

Secure Private Access

Thin Edge

Identity

Application Gateway

Enterprise Asset Management

Endpoint Agent

Agentless Security Posture

Identity

Wireless

Switching

Identity

Privilege Acccess Management

Next Generation Firewall

Orchestration & management

Expert Services

Web Application / API Protection

All

All

Account Management

SAAS Management

SAAS Application Security

Managed Services

Platform as a service (PAAS)

Other SAAS Services

4D Pillars

Cloud

Popular Solutions

All Products

New Features

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