Which of the following Fortinet hardware accelerators can be used to offload flow-based antivirus inspection? (Choose two.)

The correct answer is A. SP3 B. CP8. Fortinet uses three families of custom ASICs: NP (Network Processor), CP (Content Processor), and SP (Security Processor). CP processors (e.g., CP8, CP9) are specifically designed to offload computationally intensive content inspection tasks such as antivirus scanning, IPS…

Submitted by katya_ua· Apr 18, 2026Security Profiles and Content Inspection

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ASP3
BCP8
CNP4
DNP6

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(49 responses)

A
92% (45)
C
6% (3)
D
2% (1)

Explanation

Fortinet uses three families of custom ASICs: NP (Network Processor), CP (Content Processor), and SP (Security Processor). CP processors (e.g., CP8, CP9) are specifically designed to offload computationally intensive content inspection tasks such as antivirus scanning, IPS pattern matching, and SSL/TLS inspection. SP processors (e.g., SP3) are next-generation ASICs that combine both network and content processing and can also offload antivirus and other security inspection functions. NP processors (NP4, NP6) are optimized for network-layer tasks such as session setup, IPv4/IPv6 forwarding, NAT, and IPsec - they do not perform content inspection and cannot offload antivirus scanning. Therefore SP3 and CP8 are correct.

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#Hardware Accelerators#ASIC#Content Processing#Antivirus

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