FG-A FortiGate Administrator (NSE4) - FG02

This course will help:

Gain fundamental administration skills for implementing FortiGate solutions
Explore firewall policies, user authentication, and high availability
Configure SSL VPN and site-to-site IPsec VPN
Protect networks using security profiles such as IPS, antivirus, web filtering, and application control
Prepare for the Fortinet NSE 4 certification exam

Pre-requisites:

This course assumes that participants are familiar with the following topics:
Knowledge of network protocols
Basic understanding of firewall concepts

Course syllabus:

System and Network Settings
Firewall Policies and NAT
Routing
Firewall Authentication
Fortinet Single Sign-On (FSSO)
Certificate Operations
Antivirus
Web Filtering
Intrusion Prevention and Application Control
SSL VPN
IPsec VPN
SD-WAN Configuration and Monitoring
Security Fabric
High Availability
Diagnostics and Troubleshooting

You will learn:

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
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