Enterprise Firewall (NSE 7)
Formerly FortiGate III

  • Duration: 3 days
  • Price: $2,625.00
  • Certifications: NSE7
  • Exams: NSE7
Course Overviewremove_circle_outline

This 3-day class provides more in-depth work with FortiGate infrastructure and architecture, combined with enhanced troubleshooting methods and tools to isolate and fix the most common issues in networks with FortiGate devices.

In interactive labs, you will explore how to configure BGP and OSPF, and to resolve misconfigurations and improve performance.

This course is part of preparation for the NSE 7 certification exam.

Target Audienceadd_circle_outline

This course is intended for networking and security professionals involved in the administration and support of a security infrastructure using FortiGate appliances.

Course Objectivesadd_circle_outline

After completing this course, you will be able to:

  • Monitor traffic passing through FortiGate
  • Optimize FortiGate memory usage
  • Diagnose using FortiGate tools such as the built-in sniffer and "diagnose debug flow" command
  • Monitor statistics for user traffic, traffic shaping, user authentication, IPsec, web proxy, BGP, OSPF and HA
  • Troubleshoot issues with conserve mode, high CPU, firewall policies, session helpers, user authentication, *IPsec, FortiGuard, UTM inspection, explicit web proxy, routing, and HA
  • Describe the processing flow of FortiGate packet inspection
  • Configure FortiGate for external BGP and OSPF
Course Outlineadd_circle_outline

DAY ONE

Module 1: Security Fabric

  • Configuring the Security Fabric
  • Troubleshooting: Security Fabric
  • Physical and logical topology views

Module 2: FortiOS Architecture

  • System information

Module 3: System Troubleshooting

  • Crash Logs

Module 4: Traffic and Session Monitoring

  • Exploring the session table
  • Troubleshooting: Connectivity issues

Module 5: Routing

  • Failover of existing sessions
  • Troubleshooting: Routing

DAY TWO

Module 6: FortiGuard

  • Troubleshooting: Local FDS issue
  • Troubleshooting: Rating lookups

Module 7: Central Management

  • FortiManager and registration

Module 8: OSPF

  • Configuring OSPF
  • Troubleshooting: OSPF

Module 9: Web Filtering and Antivirus

  • Configuring Web Filtering and AV
  • Troubleshooting: Web Filetering
  • Troubleshooting: Antivirus

DAY THREE

Module 10: IPS

  • Configuring IPS
  • IPS custom signatures

Module 11: BGP

  • Configuring BGP
  • Troubleshooting: BGHP neighbor
  • Troubleshooting: BGP routing
  • Configuring prefix lists

Module 12: IPsec

  • Troubleshooting: IPsec
  • VPN Manager

Module 13: Auto Discovery VPN

  • Configuring ADVPN and IBGP
  • Troubleshooting: OSPF and BGP
Prerequisitesadd_circle_outline

This course assumes advanced knowledge of networking and FortiGate-specific fundamentals. As a result, if you are new to FortiGate, we do not recommend that you skip FortiGate I and II.

The student should also possess:

  • Knowledge of network protocols
  • Knowledge of network security concepts
  • FortiGate I AND FortiGate II (NSE 4)

You must have a computer with:

  • High-speed Internet connection
  • Up-to-date web browser
  • PDF viewer
  • Speakers / headphones
  • Either: HTML 5 support or Up-to-date Java runtime environment (JRE) with Java plugin enabled in your web browser
  • Wired Ethernet connection (not Wi-Fi) recommended. Firewalls including Windows Firewall or FortiClient must allow connections with the online labs.
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