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Fortinet certified trainers (FCTs) are certified Fortinet instructors who have demonstrated expertise and proficiency with Fortinet products and solutions combined with proven instructional training skills. Only FCTs meet the high standards required to deliver training in the Fortinet Cybersecurity certification program.

FCTs commit to fulfilling the following responsibilities:

• To deliver a high-quality learning experience of the NSE training material.
• To keep up to date with NSE training material content.
• To maintain expert-level knowledge of technology, the industry, and Fortinet products and solutions.
• To facilitate and encourage a positive learning environment.

95% of decision-makers believe certifications positively impact their team.
Not surprisingly, 91% of leaders prefer to hire people with certifications.
Reference: 2024 Global Cybersecurity Skills Gap Report

In this course, you will learn about the cyberthreat landscape. This landscape includes the threats that endanger computer networks, the cast of bad actors who are behind these threats, and the cybersecurity first principles that, if followed, can keep you and your computer network safe. This course is designed as an entry point for individuals who are new to cybersecurity.

In this course, you will learn about the basics of cybersecurity. This course is designed as an entry point for anyone who is interested in learning about cybersecurity and introduces basic cybersecurity concepts and technology. You can then build on these concepts to explore more detailed cybersecurity topics.

In this course, you will learn about the basics of cybersecurity. This course is designed as an entry point for anyone who is new to the cybersecurity field and interested in pursuing a career in IT, technology management, or cybersecurity. This course introduces you to cybersecurity concepts and technology, which you can then build on to explore more advanced topics related to these career paths.

In this course, you will learn about the cyberthreat landscape. This landscape includes the threats that endanger computer networks, the cast of bad actors who are behind these threats, and the cybersecurity first principles that, if followed, can keep you and your computer network safe. This course is designed as an entry point for individuals who are new to cybersecurity.

In this course, you will learn how to use the most common FortiGate features. In interactive labs, you will explore firewall policies, user authentication, high availability, logging and monitoring, site-to-site IPsec VPN, FortiGate in Cloud, FortiSASE, and how to protect your network using security profiles, such as IPS, antivirus, web filtering, application control, and more. These administration fundamentals will provide you with a solid understanding of how to implement the most common FortiGate features.

In this course, you will learn how to deploy and manage FortiSASE to provide secure internet access and protect access to Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications for users working from on-site or remote locations. These topics will help you build a fundamental knowledge of FortiSASE basics, and learn how to enforce security policies using endpoint profiles and content inspection.

In this course, you will learn about the basics of SD-WAN deployment scenarios using the Fortinet Secure SD-WAN solution. You will learn how to configure SD-WAN on FortiGate and learn how SD-WAN interacts with FortiGate routing and firewall. This fundamental understanding of SD-WAN topics will help you design, deploy, maintain, and enhance SD-WAN deployments and existing SD-WAN deployment performance.

In this course, you will gain the practical skills of a SOC analyst using FortiAnalyzer for centralized logging and analytics. You will learn how to examine and manage events, and automate threat response using event handlers and playbooks. You will also learn how to identify current and potential threats through incident analysis and outbreak reports. Finally, you will learn how to incorporate FortiAI in your workflow and generate security reports.

OLDER VERSION of course. Newer version available (https://training.fortinet.com/local/staticpage/view.php?page=library_fortinac).

In this interactive course, you will learn how to leverage the powerful and diverse capabilities of FortiNAC, using best practices for achieving visibility, control, and response. These fundamentals will provide you with a solid understanding of how to implement network visibility and security automation.

ISC2 CPE Training Hours: 12
ISC2 CPE Lab Hours: 6
ISC2 CISSP Domains: Communication and Network Security

OLDER VERSION of course. Newer version available (https://training.fortinet.com/local/staticpage/view.php?page=library_fortiweb-administrator).

In this course, you will learn how to deploy, configure, and troubleshoot FortiWeb. You will learn key concepts of web application security, and explore protection and performance features. You will experience traffic and attack simulations that use real web applications. You will learn how to distribute the load from virtual servers to real servers, while enforcing logical parameters, inspecting flow, and securing HTTP session cookies.

(ISC)² CPE Training Hours: 10
(ISC)² CPE Lab Hours: 7
(ISC)² CISSP Domains: Communications and Network Security

In this course, you will learn how to use the most common FortiGate features, including security profiles.
In interactive labs, you will explore firewall policies, the Fortinet Security Fabric, user authentication, and how to protect your network using security profiles, such as IPS, antivirus, web filtering, application control, and more. These administration fundamentals will provide you with a solid understanding of how to implement basic network security.

(ISC)² CPE Training Hours: 9
(ISC)² CPE Lab Hours: 6
(ISC)² CISSP Domains: Security Operations

In this course, you will learn how to use the most common FortiGate networking and infrastructure features. Topics include features commonly applied in complex or larger enterprise or MSSP networks, such as advanced routing, redundant infrastructure, virtual domains (VDOMs), zero trust network access (ZTNA), SSL VPN, site-to-site IPsec VPN, single sign-on (SSO), and diagnostics.

(ISC)² CPE Training Hours: 6
(ISC)² CPE Lab Hours: 5
(ISC)² CISSP Domains: Security Operations

OLDER VERSION of course. Newer version available (https://training.fortinet.com/local/staticpage/view.php?page=library_fortigate-immersion).

In this course, you are assigned a series of do-it-yourself (DIY) configuration tasks in a virtual lab environment. The configuration tasks cover some of the topics in the NSE 4 certification exam and include the use of the most common FortiGate features, such as firewall policies, the Fortinet Security Fabric, user authentication, SSL and IPsec VPNs, equal-cost multi-path (ECMP) routing, SD-WAN, high availability (HA), and content inspection.

This course is not a replacement for the FortiGate Security and FortiGate Infrastructure courses.

(ISC)² CPE Lab Hours: 7
(ISC)² CISSP Domains: Security Operations

OLDER VERSION of course. Newer version available (https://training.fortinet.com/local/staticpage/view.php?page=library_fortianalyzer-analyst).

In this course, you will learn the fundamentals of using FortiAnalyzer for centralized logging. You will also learn how to identify current and potential threats through log analysis. Finally, you will examine the management of events, incidents, reports, and task automation with playbooks. These skills will provide you with a solid foundation for becoming a SOC analyst in an environment using Fortinet products.

(ISC)² CPE Training Hours: 3
(ISC)² CPE Lab Hours: 4
(ISC)² CISSP Domains: Security Operations

OLDER VERSION of course. Newer version available (https://training.fortinet.com/local/staticpage/view.php?page=library_fortimanager-administrator).

In this course, you will learn the fundamentals of using FortiManager for the centralized network administration of many FortiGate devices. In interactive labs, you will explore deployment strategies, which include single or multiple ADOMs, device registration, policy packages, shared objects, installing configuration changes, provisioning FortiManager as a local FortiGuard distribution server, and troubleshooting the features that are critical to day-to-day use after you deploy FortiManager.

(ISC)² CPE Training Hours: 7
(ISC)² CPE Lab Hours: 5
(ISC)² CISSP Domains: Security Operations

In this interactive course, you will learn how to deploy, provision, and manage a FortiSwitch with FortiGate using FortiLink. This course also covers the deployment and troubleshooting of Layer 2 and Layer 3 features, as well as the most common FortiSwitch stack topologies, including those that leverage multichassis link aggregation group (MCLAG) for redundancy and higher performance. You will also learn about FortiSwitch in standalone mode, its unique features, and how to manage a standalone switch directly, or from FortiLAN Cloud.

(ISC)² CPE Training Hours: 11
(ISC)² CPE Lab Hours: 6
(ISC)² CISSP Domains: Communication and Network Security

In this course, you will learn how to leverage the powerful and diverse capabilities of FortiNAC, using best practices for achieving visibility, control, and response. These fundamentals will provide you with a solid understanding of how to implement network visibility and security automation.

(ISC)² CPE Training Hours: 11
(ISC)² CPE Lab Hours: 6
(ISC)² CISSP Domains: Communication and Network Security

OLDER VERSION of course. Newer version available (https://training.fortinet.com/local/staticpage/view.php?page=library_forticlient-ems-administrator).

In this course, you will learn how to use the FortiClient EMS features, provision FortiClient endpoints, integrate the FortiClient EMS Security Fabric, and deploy and configure the zero-trust network access (ZTNA) agent and endpoint security features. Learning these product fundamentals provide you with a solid understanding ofhow to deploy, manage, andmaintain endpoint security using FortiClient EMS.

ISC2 CPE Training Hours: 7 
ISC2 CPE Lab Hours: 4 
ISC2 CISSP Domains: Communication and Network Security

OLDER VERSION of course. Newer version available (https://training.fortinet.com/local/staticpage/view.php?page=library_fortigate-administrator).

In this course, you will learn how to use the most common FortiGate features.

In interactive labs, you will explore firewall policies, user authentication, high availability, SSL VPN, site-to-site IPsec VPN, Fortinet Security Fabric, and how to protect your network using security profiles, such as IPS, antivirus, web filtering, application control, and more. These administration fundamentals will provide you with a solid understanding of how to implement the most common FortiGate features.

(ISC)² CPE Training Hours: 12
(ISC)² CPE Lab Hours: 10
(ISC)² CISSP Domains: Security Operations

OLDER VERSION of course. Newer version available (https://training.fortinet.com/local/staticpage/view.php?page=library_fortianalyzer-analyst).

In this course, you will learn the fundamentals of using FortiAnalyzer for centralized logging. You will also learn how to identify current and potential threats through log analysis. Finally, you will examine the management of events, incidents, reports, and task automation with playbooks. These skills will provide you with a solid foundation for becoming a SOC analyst in an environment using Fortinet products

ISC2 CPE Training Hours: 4
ISC2 CPE Lab Hours: 4
ISC2 CISSP Domains: Security Operations

OLDER VERSION of course. Newer version available (https://training.fortinet.com/local/staticpage/view.php?page=library_fortiswitch).

In this interactive course, you will learn how to deploy, provision, and manage a FortiSwitch with FortiGate using FortiLink. This course also covers the deployment and troubleshooting of Layer 2 and Layer 3 features, as well as the most common FortiSwitch stack topologies, including those that leverage multichassis link aggregation group (MCLAG) for redundancy and higher performance. You will also learn about FortiSwitch in standalone mode, its unique features, and how to manage a standalone switch directly, or from FortiSwitch Cloud.

(ISC)² CPE Training Hours: 12
(ISC)² CPE Lab Hours: 6
(ISC)² CISSP Domains: Communication and Network Security

In this course, you will learn how to deploy, configure, and troubleshoot FortiWeb. You will learn key concepts of web application security, and configure protection and performance features. You will learn how to distribute traffic load from virtual servers to real servers, while enforcing logical parameters, inspecting flow, and securing HTTP session cookies. You will also learn how to train and configure machine learning, and how to configure API protection and bot mitigation.

ISC2 CPE Training Hours: 9
ISC2 CPE Lab Hours: 8
ISC2 CISSP Domains: Communications and Network Security

OLDER VERSION of course. Newer version available (https://training.fortinet.com/local/staticpage/view.php?page=library_fortigate-immersion).

In this course, you will be assigned a series of do-it-yourself (DIY) configuration tasks in a virtual lab environment.

The configuration tasks cover some of the topics in the FCP - FortiGate 7.4 Administrator certification exam and include the use of the most common FortiGate features, such as firewall policies, the Fortinet Security Fabric, user authentication, SSL and IPsec VPNs, equal-cost multi-path (ECMP) routing, IPS, high availability (HA), and content inspection.

This course is not a replacement for the FCP - FortiGate Administrator course.

(ISC)² CPE Lab Hours: 7
(ISC)² CISSP Domains: Security Operations