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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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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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Google Cloud Security Administrator

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Course Description

In this course, you will learn about the different components that make up the Google Cloud infrastructure and the security challenges these environments present, including high availability (HA), load balancing, and software-defined network (SDN) connectors, as well as how to manage traffic in the cloud with Fortinet products.

Who Should Attend

Anyone who is responsible for the deployment or day-to-day management of Fortinet solutions in Google Cloud should attend this course.

Google Cloud Security Prerequisites

To run the labs in Google Cloud, students must have their own Google Cloud accounts with the following:

  • A Google Cloud account with:
    • A free trial account with a valid payment method. Some changes may still apply for deploying Fortinet and Microsoft Compute Engine instances
    • A paid cloud billing account with a valid payment method
  • Permissions to enable APIs to deploy Fortinet products from Google Cloud Marketplace
  • Permissions to allow metadata API access for Compute Engine
  • Deployment service account (or permissions to create one) with the following roles:
    • config.agent
    • compute.network.Admin
    • compute.admin
    • iam.serviceAccountUser
  • Permissions to create the following:
    • New projects (optional)
    • Cloud storage bucket
    • Virtual private cloud (VPC) networks
    • Subnets
    • IP addresses
    • Firewall rules
    • Custom routes
    • Compute Engine VM instances from Google Cloud Marketplace (up to four vCPUs)
    • Instance groups
    • Health checks
    • Load balancers
  • The ability to do the following:
    • Access Google Cloud Shell
    • Access Google Cloud Shell Editor
    • Clone a GitHub repository in Google Cloud Shell Editor
    • Deploy Terraform templates using Google Cloud Shell
    • Disable billing for projects (optional)
  • Permissions to delete the following:
    • All resources created
    • Projects (optional)
    • Solution deployments
    • Deployments under Deployments Manager

The estimated cost per student for running the lab, if done within the specified lab times and everything is deleted at the end, is USD $20 per day.

Agenda
  1. Introduction to the Public Cloud
  2. Google Cloud Components
  3. Fortinet Products and Deployments for Google Cloud
  4. Load Balancers in Google Cloud
  5. High Availability in Google Cloud
Objectives

After completing this course, you should be able to:

  • Explain the concept of the public cloud
  • Define public cloud service terms
  • Identify threats and challenges in the public cloud
  • Secure Google Cloud
  • Identify various public cloud deployment types
  • Explain Fortinet licensing models
  • Describe Fortinet Github
  • Describe Google Cloud service components
  • Identify Google Cloud core networking components
  • Identify Google Cloud security components
  • Identify FortiGate architectures
  • Examine use cases for deploying FortiGate
  • Describe traffic flow for FortiGate Google Cloud architectures
  • Identify Fortinet products on Google Cloud Marketplace
  • Understand FortiGate Google Cloud SDN integration
  • Identify Fortinet WAF solutions for Google Cloud
  • Describe FortiWeb Cloud
  • Identify different types of load balancers
  • Understand various load balancing operations
  • Understand symmetric hashing
  • Explore load balancing NAT
  • Identify supported protocols
  • Explain different HA architectures in Google Cloud
  • Describe FGCP A-P HA
  • Describe FGCP A-A HA
  • Define auto-scaling in Google Cloud
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:
    • 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 Wi-Fi connection. Firewalls, including Windows Firewall or FortiClient, must allow connections to the online labs.

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Product Versions
  • FortiOS 7.6
  • FortiWeb 7.6
Course Duration
  • Lecture time (estimated): 4 hours
  • Lab time (estimated): 6 hours
  • Total course duration (estimated): 10 hours
    • 2 full day or 3 half days
Formats
  • Instructor-led (classroom and online)
  • Self-paced online
ISC2
  • CPE training hours: 4
  • CPE lab hours: 6
  • CISSP domains: Communication and Network Security
Part Number (SKU)

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Exam

This course prepares you for the FCP - Google Cloud Security 7.6 Administrator exam. By passing this exam, you will be awarded the associated exam badge.

Certification

This exam is part of the FCP Public Cloud Security certification track.

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