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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
  • Certification in the required NSE training courses
  • Five years of experience in training delivery in IT security
  • Demonstrable training facilitation and delivery skills

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FortiWeb Administrator

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Course Description

In this course, you will learn about FortiWeb deployment, configuration, and management. You will learn how to set up server objects, define security policies, and implement HA. This course covers protection against advanced threats using data validation, client-side security, and machine learning. You will also explore API security, bot mitigation, and application delivery features such as URL rewriting, single sign-on, caching, and acceleration. Additional topics include DoS prevention, logging, FortiAI integration, compliance standards (PCI DSS, OWASP), and basic troubleshooting.

Who Should Attend

Security professionals involved in the management, configuration, administration, and monitoring of FortiWeb in small to large enterprise deployments should attend this course.

Prerequisites

You must have an understanding of the topics covered in NSE 4 - FortiOS Administrator, or have equivalent experience.

It is also recommended that you have an understanding of the following topics:

  • HTTP protocol
  • Basic knowledge of HTML, JavaScript, and server-side dynamic page languages, such as PHP
Agenda
  1. Introduction
  2. Basic Setup
  3. Web Application Security
  4. API Discovery and Protection
  5. Bot Mitigation
  6. Application Delivery
  7. Additional Configuration
  8. Compliance
  9. Troubleshooting
Objectives

After completing this course, you will be able to:

  • Define web application firewall and describe its role in the network
  • Perform basic configuration and initial deployment
  • Configure FortiWeb for deployment in a load balanced network environment
  • Implement SSL/TLS encryption, including inspection and offloading
  • Configure and customize FortiWeb signatures
  • Configure FortiWeb to protect against DoS
  • Configure API protection and bot mitigation
  • Implement FortiWeb machine learning capabilities
  • Configure user authentication and access control features
  • Configure FortiWeb to ensure Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliance of your web applications
  • Configure FortiWeb to perform HTTP content based routing, rewriting, and redirection
  • Perform basic troubleshooting of FortiWeb
System Requirements

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

  • High-speed Internet connection
  • Up-to-date web browser
  • PDF viewer
  • Speakers or headphones
  • One of the following:
    • HTML 5 support or
    • Up-to-date Java runtime environment (JRE) with Java plugin enabled in your web browser

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

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Product Versions

FortiWeb 8.0

Course Duration
  • Lecture time (estimated): 7 hours
  • Lab time (estimated): 7 hours
  • Total course duration (estimated): 14 hours
    • 3 full days or 4 half days
Formats
  • Instructor-led (classroom and online)
  • Self-paced online
ISC2
  • CPE training hours: 7
  • CPE lab hours: 7
  • CISSP domains: Communications and Network Security
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Certification

This course is intended to help you prepare for the Fortinet NSE 5 - FortiWeb Administrator exam. This exam is part of the FCP Cloud Security certification track.

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