FortiGate Security Course Overview:

In this course, you’ll gain proficiency in utilizing key FortiGate features, notably security profiles. Through interactive labs, you’ll delve into topics such as firewall policies, the Fortinet Security Fabric, user authentication, and safeguarding your network through security profiles. These foundational administrative skills will equip you with a robust grasp of implementing fundamental network security measures.

Intended Audience:

• 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.

Learning Objectives of FortiGate Security:

Upon completing this course, you will gain the following skills:

• Select the appropriate network operation mode.
• Utilize both GUI and CLI for network administration.
• Manage network access through firewall policies.
• Implement port forwarding, source NAT, and destination NAT.
• Authenticate users using firewall policies.
• Understand encryption mechanisms and certificates.
• Inspect SSL/TLS-encrypted traffic to prevent security policy circumvention.
• Configure security profiles to counter threats and misuse, such as viruses, torrents, and inappropriate websites.
• Apply application control techniques to monitor and regulate network applications, whether they use standard or non-standard protocols and ports.
• Counteract hacking attempts and denial of service (DoS) attacks.
• Collect and analyze log entries effectively.
• Recognize the attributes of the Fortinet Security Fabric.