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The Fortinet Certified Trainer (FCT) assessment is a trainer evaluation process in which each candidate has to prove their training delivery skills. The FCT assessment is a two-day assessment that evaluates the FCT candidate’s ability to maintain Fortinet’s quality standards in technical knowledge, skills and instructional abilities.

Who can apply?

The FCT assessment candidate should be a Fortinet employee or a candidate sponsored by an ATC who has submitted proof of reference, along with an online application form. An FCT candidate who wants to apply for an FCT assessment must meet the following knowledge and experience eligibility requirements:

  • Extensive technical knowledge and skills in network security and cybersecurity
  • Five years of relevant experience in network security and cybersecurity
  • Certification in the required NSE training courses
  • Five years of experience in training delivery in IT security
  • Demonstrable training facilitation and delivery skills

If you meet all of these requirements you can apply for the FCT assessment!

Please contact fct@fortinet.com for queries and suggestions.

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FortiDDoS

In this course, you will learn how to form network baseline data, and how to recognize and mitigate individual and distributed denial of service attacks while preserving service and network performance.

(ISC)² CPE Training Hours: 6
(ISC)² CPE Lab Hours: 4
(ISC)² CISSP Domains: Communication and Network Security

8 self-paced activities

Last updated on July 18th, 2022
FortiGate Essentials

In this course, you will learn how to operate and administer some fundamental FortiGate features.
By the end of the course, you will acquire a solid understanding of how to deploy and maintain a basic network security solution. The course also covers how to enable users to remotely connect to your network in a secure way.
In interactive labs, you will learn how to use firewall policies, user authentication, routing, and SSL VPN, and how to protect your users using web filtering and application control.

(ISC)² CPE Training Hours: 6
(ISC)² CPE Lab Hours: 4
(ISC)² CISSP Domains: Security Operations

15 self-paced activities

Last updated on July 11th, 2022
FortiMonitor

In this course, you will learn about FortiMonitor architecture. The theory lessons and hands-on labs will take you through the process of configuring monitoring for local servers, network devices, and VMware infrastructure, as well as incident handling, alerts, maintenance schedules, countermeasures, and reports.

(ISC)² CPE Training Hours: 3
(ISC)² CPE Lab Hours: 5
(ISC)² CISSP Domains: Security Operations

6 self-paced activities

Last updated on June 26th, 2022
FortiSIEM Parser

In this course, you will learn how to create custom parsers to extend the integration capability of FortiSIEM to a wider range of devices and custom applications. You will learn how parsers recognize the type of device or application that sent the data extract and save key information from the log, and map the device type and log information to an event type.

(ISC)² CPE Training Hours: 4
(ISC)² CPE Lab Hours: 6
(ISC)² CISSP Domains: Security Operations

17 self-paced activities

Last updated on June 6th, 2022
FortiProxy

In this course, you will learn how to use FortiProxy features, including policy types, content analysis, and security profiles. You will also explore FortiProxy policies, deployment, user authentication, high availability, monitoring, and how to protect your web traffic using content inspection, such as IPS, antivirus, web filtering, application control, and logging.

(ISC)² CPE Training Hours: 8
(ISC)² CPE Lab Hours: 4
(ISC)² CISSP Domains: Security Operations

12 self-paced activities

Last updated on April 28th, 2022
Go-Cloud

In this technical training, you will learn how to install and configure Fortinet solutions in the public cloud. You'll learn the basics of the public cloud, its challenges, and how Fortinet solutions help companies migrate and protect in the cloud. This training is divided into basic and advanced and uses demonstrations, use cases and labs in its explanation.
Neste treinamento técnico, você aprenderá como instalar e configurar as soluções da Fortinet na nuvem pública. Você conhecerá os conceitos básicos da nuvem pública, seus desafios e como as soluções da Fortinet auxiliam as empresas no processo de migração e proteção na nuvem. Este treinamento é dividido em básico e avançado e utiliza de demonstrações, casos de uso e laboratórios em sua explicação.
En esta capacitación técnica, aprenderá a instalar y configurar las soluciones de Fortinet en la nube pública. Aprenderá los conceptos básicos de la nube pública, sus desafíos y cómo las soluciones de Fortinet ayudan a las empresas a migrar y protegerse en la nube. Esta formación se divide en básica y avanzada y utiliza demostraciones, casos de uso y laboratorios en su explicación.

42 self-paced activities

Last updated on September 1st, 2021
FortiPortal

In this interactive course, you will learn how to deploy, configure, and troubleshoot FortiPortal. FortiPortal enables service providers to delegate the configuration and analytics to end customers, business units, and departments in a multi-tenant environment, allowing them to monitor client bandwidth usage, and monetize through automation.

(ISC)² CPE Hours: 10.1
(ISC)² CISSP Domains: Security Operations

18 self-paced activities

Last updated on July 23rd, 2020
FortiPortal 5.3 Quiz

This course offers a quiz to help test your knowledge of FortiPortal 5.3. Questions are based off the FortiPortal 5.3 training course.

1 self-paced activities

Last updated on July 23rd, 2020
FortiInsight

In this interactive course, you will learn the fundamentals of using FortiInsight for threat hunting and reporting, including data analysis through setting up policies, collections and investigations, AI settings, and more. These administration fundamentals will provide you with an understanding of how to manage the FortiInsight device and the event information.

(ISC)² CPE Hours: 0.9
(ISC)² CISSP Domains: Communication and Network Security

7 self-paced activities

Last updated on February 20th, 2020
FortiGate 7000 Series

In this interactive course, you will learn about the key features of session-aware load balance cluster (SLBC) and the FortiGate 7000 chassis-based firewall series. Topics include product architecture, as well as system configuration, troubleshooting, and monitoring.

(ISC)² CPE Hours: 9.25
(ISC)² CISSP Domains: Security Operations

20 self-paced activities

Last updated on July 17th, 2020
Custom Workshops

Our custom training service allows customers to have training with condensed, customized agendas of training modules from the NSE curriculum plus, optionally, ad-hoc content for products or services not part of our certification training. 

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0 self-paced activities

FortiGate Essentials 7.0. Self-Paced

In this interactive course, you will learn how to operate and administrate some fundamental FortiGate features.
By the end of the course, you will acquire a solid understanding of how to deploy and maintain a basic network security solution. The course also covers how to enable users to remotely connect to your network in a secure way.
In interactive labs, you will learn how to use firewall policies, user authentication, routing, SSL VPN, and how to protect your users using web filtering and application control.

(ISC)² CPE Training Hours: 5.6
(ISC)² CPE Lab Hours: 3.3
(ISC)² CISSP Domains: Security Operations

15 self-paced activities

Last updated on July 20th, 2021
FortiGate Essentials 6.4 Self-Paced ***END OF TRAINING SUPPORT***

This course is no longer being updated. Limited support is available.

End of support: March 31, 2022

If you have any questions, please visit the Fortinet Training Institute Helpdesk page.

25 self-paced activities

Last updated on September 3rd, 2020
FortiSIEM Parser 5.2 Self-Paced

In this interactive course, you will learn how to create custom parsers to extend FortiSIEM’s scope to as-yet-unknown devices and custom applications whose log formats would not otherwise be understood by FortiSIEM. You will learn how parsers recognize the type of device or application that sent the data, extract and save key information from the log, and map the device type and log information to an event type.

(ISC)² CPE Training Hours: 4.0
(ISC)² CPE Lab Hours: 4.75
(ISC)² CISSP Domains: Security Operations

35 self-paced activities

Last updated on December 3rd, 2019
FortiMonitor 2021 Self-Paced

In this interactive course, you will explore the basic features of FortiMonitor. The theory lessons and hands-on labs will take you through the process of configuring monitoring for local servers, network devices, and VMware infrastructure, as well as incident handling, alerts, maintenance schedules, and reports.

15 self-paced activities

Last updated on September 28th, 2021
FortiWLC

This course is no longer being updated. Limited support is available.

End of support: Feb 16, 2023

If you have any questions, please visit the Fortinet Training Institute Helpdesk page.

29 self-paced activities

Last updated on July 8th, 2020
FortiWLC 8.5 Sample Questions

This course offers sample questions to help you prepare for the FortiWLC 8.5 Specialist certification exam; part of the NSE certification program. These sample questions cover content from the FortiWLC 8.5 training course.
NSE 6 certification is achieved by passing four (4) NSE 6 specialist certification exams at a Pearson VUE testing center: http://pearsonvue.com/fortinet/

1 self-paced activities

Last updated on August 26th, 2020
Private Cloud Security 6.0 Self-Paced

In this interactive course, you will learn about the different components that make up the infrastructures of private clouds and the security challenges these environments present. You will learn how to address these security challenges with the Fortinet cloud security offering, using the Software Defined Networks (SDN) connectors, and how to deploy a FortiGate-VMX and configure the Fortinet integration with OpenStack.

(ISC)² CPE Hours: 8.5
(ISC)² CISSP Domains: Communication and Network Security

17 self-paced activities

Last updated on February 25th, 2020
Web Application Security

In this course, you will explore web application threats and countermeasures focused on Fortinet solutions. Comprised of theory lessons and hands-on labs, this course will guide you from the very motivations of attacks on web applications through to understanding and executing attack techniques. You will gain insight into recognizing such attacks, and, finally, configure Fortinet solutions to mitigate them.

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

7 self-paced activities

Last updated on August 22nd, 2023
Threat Hunting

In this course, you will explore the practical use of Fortinet solutions as threat intelligence and threat hunting platforms. You will explore fundamental concepts about cyber threat intelligence and how to leverage Fortinet solutions to perform threat intelligence management (collection, enrichment, and so on) and threat hunting.

0 self-paced activities

Last updated on November 8th, 2022
Security Operations

In this two-day course, you will explore the practical use of Fortinet security operations solutions to detect, investigate, and respond to Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs). Comprised of theory lessons and hands-on labs, this course will guide you to understand how to execute advanced threats, how threat actors behave, and how security operations handle such threats. You will leverage widely adopted industry frameworks and models to comprehend advanced complex attacks (APTs) and adversary behavior. Then, you will use these foundations to build detection capabilities and emulate adversary activity. Finally, you will go through industry guidelines for incident handling and practical utilization of Fortinet solutions to detect, analyze, and respond to the previously emulated incident.

0 self-paced activities

Last updated on September 1st, 2021
Web Application Security 1.0. Self-Paced

In this interactive course Powered by FortiGuard Labs, you will explore web application threats and countermeasures focused on Fortinet solutions. Comprised of theory lessons and hands-on labs, this course will guide you from the very motivations of attacks on web applications through to understanding and executing attack techniques. You will gain insight into recognizing such attacks, and, finally, configure Fortinet solutions to mitigate them.

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

17 self-paced activities

Last updated on February 10th, 2021
FCT Assessment EMEA, NSE 4-March 3, 2021

Online Instructor Led

0 self-paced activities

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Canceled: FCT Assessment APAC NSE 5 ONLINE India Time - Datacipher - December 24, 2020

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