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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.

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

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FortiEDR

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Course Description

In this class, you will learn how to use FortiEDR to protect your endpoints against advanced attacks with real-time orchestrated incident response functionality. You will also explore FortiEDR features and how they protect your endpoints automatically in real time.

Who Should Attend

IT and security professionals involved in the administration and support of FortiEDR should attend this course.

Prerequisites
  • A basic understanding of cybersecurity concepts
Agenda
  1. Product Overview and Installation
  2. Administration
  3. Security Policies
  4. Fortinet Cloud Security and Playbooks
  5. Communication Control
  6. Events and Alerting
  7. Threat Hunting and Forensics
  8. RESTful API
  9. Troubleshooting
Objectives

After completing this course, you should be able to:

  • Explain the FortiEDR approach and how it works
  • Identify the communicating components and how they are configured
  • Perform important administrative tasks, including: managing console users, updating collectors, deleting personal data for GDPR compliance, deploy multi-tenant environment and viewing system events
  • Carry out basic troubleshooting steps, including: verifying that FortiEDR is installed and actively blocking malware, identifying whether FortiEDR has blocked a process or connection, finding logs, and contacting FortiEDR Support
  • Perform important administrative tasks, including: managing console users, updating collectors, deleting personal data for GDPR compliance, and viewing system events
  • Recognize what Fortinet Cloud Service is and how it works
  • Complete basic tasks in of each area of the management console: the Dashboard, the Event Viewer, the Forensics tab, the Threat Hunting module, Communication Control, Security Policies, Playbooks, Inventory, and the Administration tab
  • Manage security events and their status
  • Block communication from applications that are risky or unwanted, but not inherently malicious
  • Find and remove malicious executables from all the devices in your environment
  • Understand how FortiEDR integrates with Fortinet Security Fabric, and how FortiXDR works
  • Use RESTful API to manage your FortiEDR environment
  • Prioritize, investigate, and analyze security events
  • Remediate malicious events and create exceptions to allow safe processes
  • Carry out basic troubleshooting tasks on all FortiEDR components
  • Obtain collector logs and memory dumps
System Requirements

If you take an online version of this class, you must have a computer with:

  • A high-speed Internet connection
  • An up-to-date web browser
  • A PDF viewer
  • Speakers / headphones
  • One of the following:
    • HTML5 support
    • An up-to-date Java Runtime Environment (JRE) with Java plugin enabled in 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

  • FortiEDR 5.0

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

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

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

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Certification

This course prepares you for the FortiEDR Specialist exam.

NSE 5 Network Security Analyst certification requires passing at least two NSE 5 Specialist exams.

Learn more about the NSE 5 Certification.

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