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FortiOS Administrator
Course Description
CODE: FNT_FT-FGT-ADM
LENGTH: 32 Hours
COST: 2.000 €
Product Version: FortiOS 7.6.0
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, 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.
Partnership with IST College
IST College provides applied education through its Diploma in Cyber Security, offering students strong theoretical training and a practical understanding of contemporary challenges in the field of information systems security.
The program includes a specialized four-hour Fortinet-Focused Workshop, which serves as an introduction to the Fortinet technology ecosystem, while also acting as a bridge to official training and certifications.
At the same time, IDEAL Technology offers Fortinet’s official Certification Pathway, enabling participants to obtain internationally recognized certifications and enhance their professional competitiveness.
Objectives of the partnership:
The creation of a modern and comprehensive educational framework that links academin knowledge with international professional certification, responding to the growing market demand for specialized cybersecurity professionals
Reducing the skills gap in cybersecurity
Developing a new generation of specialized professionals in the industry
Available FortiOS Administrator Training Dates
Below you can see the available dates for the FortiOS Administrator training.
Select the date that works best for you, and we will notify you once the sessions are finalized.
Morning Sessions: 9:30 – 5:30
Evening Sessions: 18:00 – 21:15
Saturday Sessions: 9:00 – 5:00
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- 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
- Configure static routing
- Route packets using static routes for multi-path and loadbalanced deployments
- Authenticate users using LDAP and RADIUS
- 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 SD-WAN and verify traffic distribution
- 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
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 Operator course before attending the FortiGate Administrator course.
- Knowledge of network protocols
- Basic understanding of firewall concepts
- System and Network Settings
- Logging & Monitoring
- Firewall Policies and NAT
- Routing
- Firewall Authentication
- Fortinet Single Sign-On (FSSO)
- Certificate Operations
- Antivirus
- Web Filtering
- Intrusion Prevention and Application Control
- IPsec VPN
- SD-WAN Configuration and Monitoring
- High Availability
- Diagnostics and Troubleshooting
- FortiGate in the Cloud
- FortiSASE
- Test and Certification
- This course is intended to help you prepare for the FCP – FortiGate 7.6 Administrator exam. This exam is part of the following certification tracks:
- Fortinet Certified Professional – Secure Networking
- Fortinet Certified Professional – Cloud Security
- Fortinet Certified Professional – Security Operations
- Fortinet Certified Professional – SASE
- CISSP domains: Security Operations
This training is also available as onsite training in our premises or virtual.
Please contact us to find out more
