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FortiGate Administrator
In this course, you will learn how to use the most common FortiGate features. In interactive labs, you will explore firewall policies, user authentication, high availability, SSL VPN, site-to-site IPsec VPN, Fortinet Security Fabric, 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 the most common FortiGate features.
Certification: This course is intended to help you prepare for the FCP - FortiGate 7.4 Administrator exam. This exam is part of the following certification tracks:
- Fortinet Certified Professional - Network Security
- Fortinet Certified Professional - Public Cloud Security
- Fortinet Certified Professional - Security Operations
Course Overview
Overall Proficiency Level
2 - Intermediate
Course Prerequisites
- Knowledge of network protocols
- Basic understanding of firewall concepts
Training Purpose
Management Development
Skill Development
Specific Audience
All
Delivery Method
Classroom
Online, Instructor-Led
Course Locations
8890 McGaw Road
Suite 200
Columbia, MD 21045
625 W Adams Street
Chicago, IL 60661
5908 Headquarters Drive
Suite 400
Plano, TX 75024
201 N Franklin St
Floor 37
Tampa, FL 33602
40 E. Rio Salado Parkway
Suite 200
Tempe, AZ 85281
Learning Objectives
- Configure FortiGate basic networking from factory default settings
- Configure and control administrator access to FortiGate
- Use the GUI and CLI for administration
- Control network access to configured networks using firewall policies
- Apply port forwarding, source NAT, and destination NAT
- Analyze a FortiGate route table
- Route packets using policy-based and static routes for multi-path and load-balanced deployments
- Authenticate users using firewall policies
- Monitor firewall users from the FortiGate GUI
- Offer Fortinet Single Sign-On (FSSO) access to network services, integrated with Microsoft Active Directory (AD)
- 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
- Offer an SSL VPN for secure access to your private network
- Establish an IPsec VPN tunnel between two FortiGate devices
- Configure static routing
- Configure SD-WAN underlay, overlay, and, local breakout
- Identify the characteristics of the Fortinet Security Fabric
- Deploy FortiGate devices as an HA cluster for fault tolerance and high performance
- Diagnose and correct common problems
Framework Connections
The materials within this course focus on the NICE Framework Task, Knowledge, and Skill statements identified within the indicated NICE Framework component(s):
Competency Areas
Feedback
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