Course description  

This course spans four days and is designed to teach you how to use fundamental FortiGate features, including security profiles. You will participate in interactive labs that explore firewall policies, user authentication, high availability, SSL VPN, site-to-site IPsec VPN, Fortinet Security Fabric, and how to protect your network using security profiles, such as IPS, antivirus, web filtering, application control, and more. By the end of the course, you will have a solid understanding of how to implement the most common FortiGate features. Including network security.

This course is part of the FCP Network SecurityFCP Security Operations and FCP Public Cloud Security certification tracks.

Who should attend

Networking and security professionals involved in the management, configuration, administration, and monitoring of FortiGate devices used to secure their organisations’ networks should attend this course.

Full course details available here: https://training.fortinet.com/local/staticpage/view.php?page=library_fortigate-administrator

Agenda

Day 1

  • System and Network Settings
  • Firewall Policies and NAT
  • Routing
Day 2

  • Firewall Authentication
  • Fortinet Single Sign-On (FSSO)
  • Certificate Operations
  • Antivirus
Day 3

  • Web Filtering
  • Intrusion Prevention and Application Control
  • SSL VPN
  • IPsec VPN
Day 4

  • SD-WAN Configuration and Monitoring
  • Security Fabric
  • High Availability
  • Diagnostics and Troubleshooting

Prerequisites  

  • Knowledge of network protocols.  
  • Basic understanding of firewall concepts.

Upcoming sessions:

FortiGate Administrator Hybrid
Date: 7th Oct – 30th October 2025 (Every Tuesday & Thursday for 4 weeks)
Location: Sydney Hybrid
Time: 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm (AEST)

FortiGate Administrator Hybrid
Date: 7th Nov – 28th November 2025 (Every Friday for 4 weeks)
Location: Sydney Hybrid
Time: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (AEDT)

FortiGate Administrator Virtual
Date: 2nd Dec – 5th December 2025 (4 Days in a row)
Location: Virtual
Time: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (AEDT)