Course description
Training is provided by the Authorized Training Center (ATC), DNS a.s.
Required knowledge
- Knowledge of network protocols
- Basic understanding of firewall concepts
Participants should have a thorough understanding of all the topics covered in the NSE4 – FortiGate I Security course before attending the NSE4 – FortiGate II Infrastructure course.
Target audience
Networking and security professionals involved in the management, configuration, administration, and monitoring of FortiGate devices used to secure their organizations' networks.
Certification
The participants will obtain certificates signed by Fortinet.
This course and the NSE4 – FortiGate II Infrastructure course are intended to help participants prepare for the NSE4 certification exam. Exam is not included.
Materials
You will get accredited trainings materials from Fortinet.
Objectives
After completing this course, you should be able to:
- Deploy the appropriate operation mode for your network.
- Use the GUI and CLI for administration.
- Identify the characteristics of the Fortinet security fabric.
- Control network access to configured networks using firewall policies.
- Apply port forwarding, source NAT, and destination NAT.
- Authenticate users using firewall policies.
- 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.
- Fight hacking and denial of service (DoS).
- Defend against data leaks by identifying files with sensitive data, and block them from leaving your private network.
- Offer an SSL VPN for secure access to your private network.
- Collect and interpret log entries.
