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

·    Route packets using policy-based and static routes for multi-path and load-balanced deployments

·    Authenticate users using firewall policies

·    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 static routing

·    Configure SD-WAN underlay, overlay, and local breakout

·    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