Fortinet
FortiNet FortiGate Administrator
Configure and secure FortiGate firewalls.
1 dayIntermediate15 modules
About this course
Configure and secure FortiGate firewalls. You will set up system and network settings, firewall policies and NAT, routing, authentication and single sign-on, certificates, antivirus, web filtering, intrusion prevention, application control and VPNs.
What you'll learn
- Configure FortiGate from factory default to a fully secured network setup
- Create and manage firewall policies, NAT, and user authentication
- Set up and troubleshoot IPsec and SSL VPN connections
- Apply security profiles like antivirus, web filtering, and application control
- Implement high availability, SD-WAN, and diagnostic tools for resilient network performance
Curriculum
15 modules
- Configure interfaces, zones, and DNS
- Set up administrative access and accounts
- Explore GUI and CLI tools
- Review system information and licensing
- Create and manage IPv4 and IPv6 policies
- Apply security profiles to policies
- Configure SNAT and DNAT
- Monitor traffic sessions and policy hits
- Analyze the route table
- Configure static and policy-based routes
- Implement ECMP routing
- Set up route priority and administrative distance
- Implement identity-based policies
- Configure local and remote user authentication
- Monitor firewall-authenticated sessions
- Enforce policy authentication methods
- Integrate FSSO with Microsoft AD
- Configure polling and agent-based modes
- Create FSSO-based policies
- Troubleshoot FSSO user identification
- Understand digital certificates and encryption
- Import and generate local certificates
- Configure certificate inspection for SSL/TLS
- Use certificates in authentication and VPNs
- Apply antivirus profiles to policies
- Understand proxy vs. flow-based inspection
- Manage quarantine settings
- Interpret antivirus logs and alerts
- Block or allow websites by category or URL
- Use static and dynamic web filtering
- Customize warning and block pages
- Monitor filter logs and events
- Detect and block known vulnerabilities
- Create application control profiles
- Monitor app usage and behavior
- Control access for risky applications
- Set up SSL VPN portals and policies
- Configure split tunneling and authentication
- Assign internal resource access
- Troubleshoot VPN connection issues
- Configure IPsec site-to-site tunnels
- Understand phase 1 and phase 2
- Use route-based and policy-based VPNs
- Verify and troubleshoot VPN tunnels
- Define SD-WAN members and rules
- Configure health checks and SLAs
- Prioritize traffic and set thresholds
- Monitor SD-WAN performance
- Identify Security Fabric components
- Enable device discovery and integration
- Share threat intelligence
- Use connectors with third-party services
- Understand HA modes and failover
- Configure HA clustering
- Sync sessions and configurations
- Test redundancy and simulate failover
- Use CLI for debugging
- Analyze logs and sessions
- Perform packet captures and flow traces
- Resolve policy and routing issues
Who it's for
Network and security administrators deploying FortiGate.
Before you start
- Familiarity with all topics presented in the FortiGate Security (FORT-SECI) and FortiGate Infrastructure (FORT-INFRA) courses.
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