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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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FortiGate Security

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Course Description

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.

Who Should Attend

Networking and security professionals involved in the management, configuration, administration, and monitoring of FortiGate devices used to secure their organizations' networks should attend this course.

You should have a thorough understanding of all the topics covered in the FortiGate Security course before attending the FortiGate Infrastructure course.

Prerequisites
  • Knowledge of network protocols
  • Basic understanding of firewall concepts
Agenda
  1. Introduction and Initial Configuration
  2. Firewall Policies
  3. Network Address Translation
  4. Firewall Authentication
  5. Logging and Monitoring
  6. Certificate Operations
  7. Web Filtering
  8. Application Control
  9. Antivirus
  10. Intrusion Prevention and Denial of Service
  11. Security Fabric
Objectives

After completing this course, you will be able to:

  • Deploy the appropriate operation mode for your network
  • Use the GUI and CLI for administration
  • Control network access to configured networks using firewall policies
  • Apply port forwarding, source NAT, and destination NAT
  • Authenticate users using firewall policies
  • Understand encryption functions and certificates
  • Inspect SSL/TLS-secured traffic to prevent encryption used to bypass security policies
  • Configure security profiles to neutralize threats and misuse, including viruses, torrents, and inappropriate websites
  • Apply application control techniques to monitor and control network applications that might use standard or non-standard protocols and ports
  • Fight hacking and denial of service (DoS)
  • Collect and interpret log entries
  • Identify the characteristics of the Fortinet Security Fabric
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 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
  • FortiOS 7.2
Course Duration
  • Lecture time (estimated): 9 hours
  • Lab time (estimated): 6 hours
  • Total course duration (estimated): 15 hours
    • 3 full days or 4 half days
Formats
  • Instructor-led (classroom and online)
  • Self-paced online
ISC2
  • CPE training hours: 9
  • CPE lab hours: 6
  • CISSP domains: Security Operations
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Exam

This course prepares you for the Fortinet NSE 4 - FortiOS 7.2 exam. By passing this exam, you will be awarded the associated exam badge.

  

Certification

This exam is part of the FCP Network Security, FCP Security Operations and FCP Public Cloud Security certification tracks.

  

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