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FortiNAC Administrator

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Certification

This exam is part of the following certification track:

Visit the Cybersecurity Certification page for information about certification requirements.

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 Fortinet NSE 6 - FortiNAC-F 7.6 Administrator

Status: Available

The Fortinet NSE 6 - FortiNAC-F 7.6 Administrator exam evaluates your knowledge of, and expertise with, FortiNAC devices.

The exam tests applied knowledge of FortiNAC configuration, operation, and day-to-day administration, and includes operational scenarios, configuration extracts, and troubleshooting captures. This exam also tests your knowledge of FortiNAC HA and FortiNAC Manager.

Once you pass the exam, you will receive the following exam badge:

Audience

The Fortinet NSE 6 - FortiNAC-F 7.6 Administrator exam is intended for network and security professionals responsible for the configuration and administration of FortiNAC in a network security infrastructure.

Exam Details
Time allowed 60–70 minutes
Exam questions 30–35 questions
Scoring Pass or fail. A score report is available from your Pearson VUE account.
Language English
Product version FortiNAC-F 7.6, FortiOS 7.6
Exam Topics

Successful candidates have applied knowledge and skills in the following areas and tasks:

Concepts and initial configuration (10–20% of the exam)
Tasks Details
Model and organize infrastructure devices
  • Key features of FortiNAC-F
  • FortiNAC-F architecture
  • Model and organiz infrastructure devices
  • Information gathering and network visibility
  • Groups for the logical organization of elements
  • Use cases—network device discovery, group creation and population
Explain isolation networks and the configuration wizard
  • Different device and deployment configurations
  • Device deployment configurations and captive networks
  • Administrative user creation and management
  • Initial device configuration settings
  • Use cases—initial configuration, administrative account creation and management
Deployment and provisioning (30–40% of the exam)
Tasks Details
Configure security automation
  • Security automation
  • Security device integration
  • Security rules
  • Use cases—security rules for automated threat response, custom security event parser, security rule validation
Configure access control on FortiNAC-F
  • Access control concepts
  • Enforcement
  • Modeled devices for enforcement
  • Portal pages
  • Host inventory management
  • Logical networks
  • Use cases
Configure and monitor high availability (HA)
  • HA functions with FortiNAC-F—hot standby mode
  • HA—hot standby mode configuration
  • ailover—hot standby mode
  • HA functions with FortiNAC-F—N+
  • HA—N+
  • ailover—N+
  • Use cases—N+ load balancing, FortiNAC-F for HA
  • HA status and successful failover
Configure FortiNAC-F security policies
  • FortiNAC-F security policies
  • Use cases—user/host profiles and network access policies for card readers and cameras
  • Use cases—user/host profiles and network access policies for contractors
  • FortiNAC-F as a abric connector
  • Group and tag information is passed to FortiGate
  • Firewall tags
  • Use cases—firewall tags through network access configurations
  • Use cases—firewall tags through FortiGate model configurations
  • Use cases—logical networks and creating a firewall tag
  • FortiNAC-F integration into the ecurity Fabric
Integration (15–25% of the exam)
Tasks Details
Integrate with third-party devices using syslog and SNMP trap input
  • hird-party device using syslog and SNMP trap input
  • Administrative group for alarm notification
  • FortiNAC-F syslog messages for automated response
  • Use cases
Configure and use FortiNAC-F Manager
  • FortiNAC-F Manager integrat in a distributed deployment
  • FortiNAC-F Manager in a distributed environment
  • Use cases—managing FortiNAC-F with FortiNAC-F Manager
Configure FortiGate VPN integration with FortiNAC-F
  • FortiNAC-F managment for FortiGate VPN sessions
  • Use cases—FortiNAC-F configuration to manage FortiGate VPN sessions
Explain and configure MDM integration
  • Vendor OUI tables
  • Device profiling rules
  • Use cases
Network visibility and monitoring (25–35% of the exam)
Tasks Details
Configure guests and contractors
  • Guest and contractor administration
  • Use cases
Explain and configure device profiling
  • Classified devices and rogues
  • Device profiling rule concepts
  • evice profiling rule
  • Endpoint fingerprints
  • Automated host registration
  • Manual host registration
  • Host and device records from CSV files
  • Data preservation and system recovery
Troubleshoot network devices and device status
  • Information stored in the database
  • Us the administrative visibility views and generat reports
  • Access enhanced visibility information using FortiGate sessions
  • Set user and host aging and management settings
  • etermin if a host is in the database
  • etermin if a host is a rogue
  • etermin if a host is classified
  • Understanding logging
  • Explor different logging options and views
  • Use cases—filters on the hosts page, troubleshooting a host connectivity issue, upstream logging for FortiNAC-F events
Training Resources

The following resources are recommended for attaining the knowledge and skills that are covered on the exam. The recommended training is available as a foundation for exam preparation. In addition to training, you are strongly encouraged to have hands-on experience with the exam topics and objectives.

  • FortiNAC 7.6 course and hands-on labs
  • FortiNAC-F—Administration Guide 7.6
  • FortiNAC-F—Deployment Guide 7.6
  • FortiNAC-F—Manager 7.6
Experience

Minimum of six months of hands-on experience with FortiNAC-F devices deployed in a network.

Exam Sample Questions

A set of sample questions is available from the Fortinet Training Institute. These questions represent the exam content in question type and content scope. However, the questions do not necessarily represent all the exam content, nor are they intended to assess your readiness to take the certification exam.

See the Fortinet Training Institute for the course that includes the sample questions

Examination Policies and Procedures

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