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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!

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FortiADC

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Course Description

In this course, you will learn how to configure and administer the most commonly used features of FortiADC. You will explore Layer 4 and Layer 7 server load balancing, link load balancing, global load balancing, high availability (HA), firewall policies, advanced routing, and more.

Who Should Attend

Anyone who is responsible for day-to-day management of a FortiADC VM or hardware device.

Prerequisites
  • TCP/IP networking experience
  • Basic understanding of web applications
Agenda
  1. Introduction and Initial Configuration
  2. Virtual Servers and Load Balancing
  3. Advanced Server Load Balancing
  4. Link Load Balancing and Advanced Networking
  5. Global Load Balancing
  6. Security
  7. Advanced Configurations
  8. Monitoring, Troubleshooting, and System Maintenance
Objectives

After completing this course, you should be able to:

  • Describe the advanced load balancing features of FortiADC VM or hardware platforms
  • Deploy FortiADC
  • Intelligently distribute traffic among multiple servers based on the content of the TCP or HTTP layer
  • Automatically route the traffic to another server if a problem is detected
  • Load balance inbound and outbound traffic among multiple redundant Internet uplinks
  • Distribute traffic among data centers in two different geographical locations
  • Improve performance by offloading compression and encryption/decryption of SSL/TLS traffic to FortiADC
  • Protect your servers from connection attempts coming from malicious IP addresses
  • Implement HA for failover protection
  • Harden the network by using security features on FortiADC
  • Leverage the REST API
System Requirements

If you take the online format of this class, you must use a computer that has the following:

  • A high-speed Internet connection
  • An up-to-date web browser
  • A PDF viewer
  • Speakers or headphones
  • One of the following:
    • HTML 5 support
    • An up-to-date Java Runtime Environment (JRE) with Java Plugin enabled on your web browser

You should use a wired Ethernet connection, not a WiFi connection. Firewalls, including Windows Firewall or FortiClient, must allow connections to the online labs.

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Product Versions

  • FortiADC 6.2

Course Duration
  • Lecture time (estimated): 6 hours
  • Lab time (estimated): 6 hours
  • Total course duration (estimated): 12 hours / 2 days
Formats
  • Instructor-led classroom
  • Instructor-led online
  • Self-paced online
(ISC)2

  • CPE training hours: 6
  • CPE lab hours: 6
  • CISSP domains: Communication and Network Security

Part Number (SKU)
  • FT-FAD: Instructor-led course
  • FT-FAD-LAB: Lab access within self-paced course
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Certification

This course does not have a certification exam.

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