Pre-Conference Workshops are the perfect way to enhance your Accelerate experience and expand your understanding of Fortinet products in an intense, two-day setting. With over 15 workshops to choose from, you'll be able to take a deep dive into authentication troubleshooting or learn the fundamentals of using FortiManager for the centralized network administration of many FortiGate devices.

Workshops are held on April 2 and 3. You will be able to choose your workshop during registration.

12:00 p.m.
Pre-Conference Workshops Registration and Check-In
6:00 p.m.
Pre-Conference Workshop Welcome Reception
7:30 a.m.

Enjoy a hearty breakfast before we meet in the pre-conference workshops.

9:00 a.m.

The training Automation, API & Scripting will focus on different aspects of Automation. On day one, the automation features that are ready-to-use inside FortiOS & FortiManager/FortiAnalyzer (7.2.x) will be explored along with how to set up an environment for demo/testing Automation features. Day two will take automation one step further by exploring and interacting with the API capabilities of FortiOS (7.2.x), FortiManager/FortiAnalyzer, and FortiAuthenticator using various tools. Day two also includes an introduction into python scripting, where you'll learn how to interact with Fortinet devices using SSH and the API to explore the capabilities of automation using python scripts. For more information, download the course description here.

Industrial Control Systems (ICS) and Operational Technology (OT) are part of critical infrastructure environments for many commercial and government organizations. Attacks against assets in these environments have been increasing at an exponential pace. Damage to these environments can cause significant damage to the operations of a business, agency, government entity, and even nations. Attackers understand these are valuable targets and focus on them because of historically successful attacks. This class will focus on cyber offensive attacks in the OT space. We will focus on how attackers exploit systems and IoT/OT devices to compromise critical infrastructure. Learn to think like an attacker and understand how to defend your critical infrastructure. Time required (estimated): 2 days (16 hours) For more information, download the course description here.

The training deep dive in authentication troubleshooting will focus on configuring and troubleshooting different authentication protocols (LDAP, RADIUS, PKI, SAML, Kerberos) across various Fortinet products (FortiGate, FortiADC, FortiWeb, FortiAuthenticator). It also includes a lesson with tips and best practices using Wireshark, where you'll learn how to customize your Wireshark to get the most out of it. For more information, download the course description here.

An introduction course to Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform to create a web service protected with Fortinet products. Going through the basic concepts of IaC necessary for creating a full service with docker images, virtual machines, and networking, protected by FortiGate and FortiWeb, everything deployed using Terraform. Learn more about this Pre-Conference Workshop here.

This course is a preview of the upcoming and new NSE 7 Network Security Troubleshooting v.7.2 course. You will learn how to diagnose and troubleshoot the most common networking and security problems in a FortiGate network security solution. In interactive break-and-fix labs you will use tools, diagnostic, and debug commands to detect, isolate, and resolve problems related with the most commonly used FortiGate features, such as IPsec, routing, web filtering, HA, IPS, and more. These skills and knowledge will give you an advanced understanding of how to support a network security solution based on FortiGate devices. To learn more, view the course description here.

This course is an expanded version (from 1 day to 2 days) of the NSE 4 Immersion v.7.2 course. You will be assigned a series of do-it-yourself (DIY) configuration tasks in a virtual lab environment. The configuration tasks cover some of the topics in the NSE 4 certification exam and include the use of the most common FortiGate features, such as firewall policies, the Fortinet Security Fabric, user authentication, SSL and IPsec VPNs, equal-cost multi-path (ECMP) routing, SD-WAN, high availability (HA), and content inspection. This course is not a replacement for the FortiGate Security and FortiGate Infrastructure courses, and it is meant to complement what you had learned from those courses or from your hands-on working experience with ForiGate devices. For more information, download the course description here.

In this interactive course, you will learn how to use FortiEDR to protect your endpoints against advanced attacks with real-time orchestrated incident response functionality. You will also explore FortiEDR features and how they protect your endpoints automatically in real time. (ISC)² CPE Training Hours: 6 (ISC)² CPE Lab Hours: 6 (ISC)² CISSP Domains: Communication and Network Security To learn more, click here

In this course, you will learn the fundamentals of using FortiManager for the centralized network administration of many FortiGate devices. In interactive labs, you will explore deployment strategies, which include single or multiple ADOMs, device registration, policy packages, shared objects, installing configuration changes, provisioning FortiManager as a local FortiGuard distribution server, and troubleshooting the features that are critical to day-to-day use after you deploy FortiManager. For more information, download the course description here.

In this course, you will learn about FortiSIEM initial configurations, architecture, and the discovery of devices on the network. You will also learn how to collect performance information and aggregate it with syslog data to enrich the overall view of the health of your environment, how to use the configuration database to greatly facilitate compliance audits, and how to integrate FortiSIEM into your network awareness infrastructure. To learn more, click here

In this course, you will learn how to deploy, configure, and secure FortiAnalyzer. You will also learn how to register and manage devices with FortiAnalyzer. Finally, you will explore the fundamentals of the logging and reporting management capabilities included in FortiAnalyzer. These skills will provide you with a solid foundation for becoming a professional FortiAnalyzer administrator. To learn more, click here

During this two-day training, you will learn the most important topics and concepts that are covered in the NSE 6 FortiNAC v.7.2 course. You will learn how to leverage the powerful and diverse capabilities of FortiNAC, using best practices for achieving visibility, control, and response. These fundamentals will provide you with a solid understanding of how to implement network visibility and security automation. To learn more, click here

During this two-day training, you will learn the most important topics and concepts that are covered in the NSE 6 FortiSwitch v7.2 course. You will learn how to deploy, provision, and manage a FortiSwitch with FortiGate using FortiLink. This course also covers the deployment and troubleshooting of Layer 2 and Layer 3 features, as well as the most common FortiSwitch stack topologies, including those that leverage multichassis link aggregation group (MCLAG) for redundancy and higher performance. You will also learn about FortiSwitch in standalone mode, its unique features, and how to manage a standalone switch directly, or from FortiSwitch Cloud. To learn more, click here

In this course, you will learn how to use FortiSIEM in a multi-tenant environment. You will learn about rules and their architecture, how incidents are generated, how baseline calculations are performed, the different remediation methods available, and how the MITRE ATT&CK framework integrates with FortiSIEM. You will also learn how to integrate FortiSOAR with FortiSIEM. For more information, download the course description here.

This course is a preview of the upcoming NSE 7 Enterprise Firewall v7.2 course. You will learn how to implement, troubleshoot, and centrally manage an enterprise security infrastructure composed of multiple FortiGate devices. To learn more, click here

This course will teach you how to secure your OT infrastructure using Fortinet solutions. You will learn how to design, deploy, administrate, and monitor FortiGate, FortiNAC, FortiAnalyzer, and FortiSIEM devices to secure OT infrastructures. These skills will provide you with a solid understanding of designing, implementing, and operating an OT security solution based on Fortinet products. For more information, download the course description here.

In this course, you will learn how to deploy FortiGate VMs in the public cloud using various methods. You will learn how to use third-party automation tools to deploy FortiGate VMs and secure your network. You will take a deep dive into AWS SD-WAN Connect deployments and learn how to utilize AWS Transit Gateway to secure east-west and north-south traffic. You will also learn how to effectively troubleshoot FortiGate deployments in Azure and how to use FortiCNP to simplify risk management for your AWS workloads. To learn more, click here

This course is a preview of the upcoming and new NSE 7 SD-WAN v.7.2 course. You will learn about common SD-WAN deployment scenarios using the Fortinet Secure SD-WAN solution. You will explore different situations, from a single enterprise site to multiple data center environments, that will help you to enhance and troubleshoot SD-WAN deployments. To learn more, click here

In this course, you will learn how to define, design, deploy, and manage Zero Trust Access (ZTA) using different Fortinet solutions. You will also learn how to configure FortiGate, FortiClient EMS, FortiAuthenticator, FortiNAC, and FortiAnalyzer to secure network and application access, monitor ZTA enforcement, and automate incident response. To learn more, click here

The NSE 8 Immersion is an all-hands-on lab that students preparing for the NSE 8 practical exam can do to get an exam-like experience. Based on the previous NSE 8 practical exam, students will be tasked with completing the lab in a challenging learning environment. Fortinet products in the lab include FortiGate, FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer, FortiWeb, FortiMail, FortiADC, FortiAuthenticator, and FortiSandbox. During the sessions, an NSE8-certified instructor is available for questions and to help gain knowledge to prepare for becoming NSE 8 certified. For more information, download the course description here.

1:00 p.m.
Before we head out for the VIP Partner Summit activity, enjoy a buffet lunch.
2:00 p.m.

The training Automation, API & Scripting will focus on different aspects of Automation. On day one, the automation features that are ready-to-use inside FortiOS & FortiManager/FortiAnalyzer (7.2.x) will be explored along with how to set up an environment for demo/testing Automation features. Day two will take automation one step further by exploring and interacting with the API capabilities of FortiOS (7.2.x), FortiManager/FortiAnalyzer, and FortiAuthenticator using various tools. Day two also includes an introduction into python scripting, where you'll learn how to interact with Fortinet devices using SSH and the API to explore the capabilities of automation using python scripts. For more information, download the course description here.

Industrial Control Systems (ICS) and Operational Technology (OT) are part of critical infrastructure environments for many commercial and government organizations. Attacks against assets in these environments have been increasing at an exponential pace. Damage to these environments can cause significant damage to the operations of a business, agency, government entity, and even nations. Attackers understand these are valuable targets and focus on them because of historically successful attacks. This class will focus on cyber offensive attacks in the OT space. We will focus on how attackers exploit systems and IoT/OT devices to compromise critical infrastructure. Learn to think like an attacker and understand how to defend your critical infrastructure. Time required (estimated): 2 days (16 hours) For more information, download the course description here.

The training deep dive in authentication troubleshooting will focus on configuring and troubleshooting different authentication protocols (LDAP, RADIUS, PKI, SAML, Kerberos) across various Fortinet products (FortiGate, FortiADC, FortiWeb, FortiAuthenticator). It also includes a lesson with tips and best practices using Wireshark, where you'll learn how to customize your Wireshark to get the most out of it. For more information, download the course description here.

An introduction course to Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform to create a web service protected with Fortinet products. Going through the basic concepts of IaC necessary for creating a full service with docker images, virtual machines, and networking, protected by FortiGate and FortiWeb, everything deployed using Terraform. Learn more about this Pre-Conference Workshop here.

This course is a preview of the upcoming and new NSE 7 Network Security Troubleshooting v.7.2 course. You will learn how to diagnose and troubleshoot the most common networking and security problems in a FortiGate network security solution. In interactive break-and-fix labs you will use tools, diagnostic, and debug commands to detect, isolate, and resolve problems related with the most commonly used FortiGate features, such as IPsec, routing, web filtering, HA, IPS, and more. These skills and knowledge will give you an advanced understanding of how to support a network security solution based on FortiGate devices. To learn more, view the course description here.

This course is an expanded version (from 1 day to 2 days) of the NSE 4 Immersion v.7.2 course. You will be assigned a series of do-it-yourself (DIY) configuration tasks in a virtual lab environment. The configuration tasks cover some of the topics in the NSE 4 certification exam and include the use of the most common FortiGate features, such as firewall policies, the Fortinet Security Fabric, user authentication, SSL and IPsec VPNs, equal-cost multi-path (ECMP) routing, SD-WAN, high availability (HA), and content inspection. This course is not a replacement for the FortiGate Security and FortiGate Infrastructure courses, and it is meant to complement what you had learned from those courses or from your hands-on working experience with ForiGate devices. For more information, download the course description here.

This course teaches you the fundamentals of using FortiAnalyzer for centralized logging and reporting. You will learn how to configure and deploy FortiAnalyzer, and identify threats and attack patterns through logging, analysis, and reporting. Finally, you will examine the management of events, incidents, playbooks, and some helpful troubleshooting techniques.

In this interactive course, you will learn how to use FortiEDR to protect your endpoints against advanced attacks with real-time orchestrated incident response functionality. You will also explore FortiEDR features and how they protect your endpoints automatically in real time. (ISC)² CPE Training Hours: 6 (ISC)² CPE Lab Hours: 6 (ISC)² CISSP Domains: Communication and Network Security To learn more, click here

In this course, you will learn the fundamentals of using FortiManager for the centralized network administration of many FortiGate devices. In interactive labs, you will explore deployment strategies, which include single or multiple ADOMs, device registration, policy packages, shared objects, installing configuration changes, provisioning FortiManager as a local FortiGuard distribution server, and troubleshooting the features that are critical to day-to-day use after you deploy FortiManager. For more information, download the course description here.

In this course, you will learn about FortiSIEM initial configurations, architecture, and the discovery of devices on the network. You will also learn how to collect performance information and aggregate it with syslog data to enrich the overall view of the health of your environment, how to use the configuration database to greatly facilitate compliance audits, and how to integrate FortiSIEM into your network awareness infrastructure. To learn more, click here

During this two-day training, you will learn the most important topics and concepts that are covered in the NSE 6 FortiNAC v.7.2 course. You will learn how to leverage the powerful and diverse capabilities of FortiNAC, using best practices for achieving visibility, control, and response. These fundamentals will provide you with a solid understanding of how to implement network visibility and security automation. To learn more, click here

During this two-day training, you will learn the most important topics and concepts that are covered in the NSE 6 FortiSwitch v7.2 course. You will learn how to deploy, provision, and manage a FortiSwitch with FortiGate using FortiLink. This course also covers the deployment and troubleshooting of Layer 2 and Layer 3 features, as well as the most common FortiSwitch stack topologies, including those that leverage multichassis link aggregation group (MCLAG) for redundancy and higher performance. You will also learn about FortiSwitch in standalone mode, its unique features, and how to manage a standalone switch directly, or from FortiSwitch Cloud. To learn more, click here

During this two-day training, you will learn the most important topics and concepts that are covered in the NSE 7 Advanced Analytics v6.6 course. You will learn how to use FortiSIEM in a multi-tenant environment. You will learn about rules and their architecture, how incidents are generated, how baseline calculations are performed, the different remediation methods available, and how the MITRE ATT&CK framework integrates with FortiSIEM. You will also learn how to integrate FortiSOAR with FortiSIEM.

To learn more, click here

This course is a preview of the upcoming NSE 7 Enterprise Firewall v7.2 course. You will learn how to implement, troubleshoot, and centrally manage an enterprise security infrastructure composed of multiple FortiGate devices. To learn more, click here

This course will teach you how to secure your OT infrastructure using Fortinet solutions. You will learn how to design, deploy, administrate, and monitor FortiGate, FortiNAC, FortiAnalyzer, and FortiSIEM devices to secure OT infrastructures. These skills will provide you with a solid understanding of designing, implementing, and operating an OT security solution based on Fortinet products. For more information, download the course description here.

In this course, you will learn how to deploy FortiGate VMs in the public cloud using various methods. You will learn how to use third-party automation tools to deploy FortiGate VMs and secure your network. You will take a deep dive into AWS SD-WAN Connect deployments and learn how to utilize AWS Transit Gateway to secure east-west and north-south traffic. You will also learn how to effectively troubleshoot FortiGate deployments in Azure and how to use FortiCNP to simplify risk management for your AWS workloads. To learn more, click here

This course is a preview of the upcoming and new NSE 7 SD-WAN v.7.2 course. You will learn about common SD-WAN deployment scenarios using the Fortinet Secure SD-WAN solution. You will explore different situations, from a single enterprise site to multiple data center environments, that will help you to enhance and troubleshoot SD-WAN deployments. To learn more, click here

In this course, you will learn how to define, design, deploy, and manage Zero Trust Access (ZTA) using different Fortinet solutions. You will also learn how to configure FortiGate, FortiClient EMS, FortiAuthenticator, FortiNAC, and FortiAnalyzer to secure network and application access, monitor ZTA enforcement, and automate incident response. To learn more, click here

The NSE 8 Immersion is an all-hands-on lab that students preparing for the NSE 8 practical exam can do to get an exam-like experience. Based on the previous NSE 8 practical exam, students will be tasked with completing the lab in a challenging learning environment. Fortinet products in the lab include FortiGate, FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer, FortiWeb, FortiMail, FortiADC, FortiAuthenticator, and FortiSandbox. During the sessions, an NSE8-certified instructor is available for questions and to help gain knowledge to prepare for becoming NSE 8 certified. For more information, download the course description here.

7:30 a.m.
Breakfast
9:00 a.m.

The training Automation, API & Scripting will focus on different aspects of Automation. On day one, the automation features that are ready-to-use inside FortiOS & FortiManager/FortiAnalyzer (7.2.x) will be explored along with how to set up an environment for demo/testing Automation features. Day two will take automation one step further by exploring and interacting with the API capabilities of FortiOS (7.2.x), FortiManager/FortiAnalyzer, and FortiAuthenticator using various tools. Day two also includes an introduction into python scripting, where you'll learn how to interact with Fortinet devices using SSH and the API to explore the capabilities of automation using python scripts. For more information, download the course description here.

Industrial Control Systems (ICS) and Operational Technology (OT) are part of critical infrastructure environments for many commercial and government organizations. Attacks against assets in these environments have been increasing at an exponential pace. Damage to these environments can cause significant damage to the operations of a business, agency, government entity, and even nations. Attackers understand these are valuable targets and focus on them because of historically successful attacks. This class will focus on cyber offensive attacks in the OT space. We will focus on how attackers exploit systems and IoT/OT devices to compromise critical infrastructure. Learn to think like an attacker and understand how to defend your critical infrastructure. Time required (estimated): 2 days (16 hours) For more information, download the course description here.

This cybersecurity module will explore web application threats and countermeasures focused on Fortinet solutions. Comprised of theory lessons and hands-on labs, this course will get the students from the very motivations of attacks to web applications through understanding and executing attack techniques, recognizing such attacks, and configuring Fortinet solutions to mitigate them. Learn more about this Pre-Conference Workshop here.

The training deep dive in authentication troubleshooting will focus on configuring and troubleshooting different authentication protocols (LDAP, RADIUS, PKI, SAML, Kerberos) across various Fortinet products (FortiGate, FortiADC, FortiWeb, FortiAuthenticator). It also includes a lesson with tips and best practices using Wireshark, where you'll learn how to customize your Wireshark to get the most out of it. For more information, download the course description here.

This course is a preview of the upcoming and new NSE 7 Network Security Troubleshooting v.7.2 course. You will learn how to diagnose and troubleshoot the most common networking and security problems in a FortiGate network security solution. In interactive break-and-fix labs you will use tools, diagnostic, and debug commands to detect, isolate, and resolve problems related with the most commonly used FortiGate features, such as IPsec, routing, web filtering, HA, IPS, and more. These skills and knowledge will give you an advanced understanding of how to support a network security solution based on FortiGate devices. To learn more, view the course description here.

This course is an expanded version (from 1 day to 2 days) of the NSE 4 Immersion v.7.2 course. You will be assigned a series of do-it-yourself (DIY) configuration tasks in a virtual lab environment. The configuration tasks cover some of the topics in the NSE 4 certification exam and include the use of the most common FortiGate features, such as firewall policies, the Fortinet Security Fabric, user authentication, SSL and IPsec VPNs, equal-cost multi-path (ECMP) routing, SD-WAN, high availability (HA), and content inspection. This course is not a replacement for the FortiGate Security and FortiGate Infrastructure courses, and it is meant to complement what you had learned from those courses or from your hands-on working experience with ForiGate devices. For more information, download the course description here.

This course teaches you the fundamentals of using FortiAnalyzer for centralized logging and reporting. You will learn how to configure and deploy FortiAnalyzer, and identify threats and attack patterns through logging, analysis, and reporting. Finally, you will examine the management of events, incidents, playbooks, and some helpful troubleshooting techniques.

In this interactive course, you will learn how to use FortiEDR to protect your endpoints against advanced attacks with real-time orchestrated incident response functionality. You will also explore FortiEDR features and how they protect your endpoints automatically in real time. (ISC)² CPE Training Hours: 6 (ISC)² CPE Lab Hours: 6 (ISC)² CISSP Domains: Communication and Network Security To learn more, click here

In this course, you will learn the fundamentals of using FortiManager for the centralized network administration of many FortiGate devices. In interactive labs, you will explore deployment strategies, which include single or multiple ADOMs, device registration, policy packages, shared objects, installing configuration changes, provisioning FortiManager as a local FortiGuard distribution server, and troubleshooting the features that are critical to day-to-day use after you deploy FortiManager. For more information, download the course description here.

In this course, you will learn about FortiSIEM initial configurations, architecture, and the discovery of devices on the network. You will also learn how to collect performance information and aggregate it with syslog data to enrich the overall view of the health of your environment, how to use the configuration database to greatly facilitate compliance audits, and how to integrate FortiSIEM into your network awareness infrastructure. To learn more, click here

During this two-day training, you will learn the most important topics and concepts that are covered in the NSE 6 FortiNAC v.7.2 course. You will learn how to leverage the powerful and diverse capabilities of FortiNAC, using best practices for achieving visibility, control, and response. These fundamentals will provide you with a solid understanding of how to implement network visibility and security automation. To learn more, click here

During this two-day training, you will learn the most important topics and concepts that are covered in the NSE 6 FortiSwitch v7.2 course. You will learn how to deploy, provision, and manage a FortiSwitch with FortiGate using FortiLink. This course also covers the deployment and troubleshooting of Layer 2 and Layer 3 features, as well as the most common FortiSwitch stack topologies, including those that leverage multichassis link aggregation group (MCLAG) for redundancy and higher performance. You will also learn about FortiSwitch in standalone mode, its unique features, and how to manage a standalone switch directly, or from FortiSwitch Cloud. To learn more, click here

During this two-day training, you will learn the most important topics and concepts that are covered in the NSE 7 Advanced Analytics v6.6 course. You will learn how to use FortiSIEM in a multi-tenant environment. You will learn about rules and their architecture, how incidents are generated, how baseline calculations are performed, the different remediation methods available, and how the MITRE ATT&CK framework integrates with FortiSIEM. You will also learn how to integrate FortiSOAR with FortiSIEM.

To learn more, click here

This course is a preview of the upcoming NSE 7 Enterprise Firewall v7.2 course. You will learn how to implement, troubleshoot, and centrally manage an enterprise security infrastructure composed of multiple FortiGate devices. To learn more, click here

This course will teach you how to secure your OT infrastructure using Fortinet solutions. You will learn how to design, deploy, administrate, and monitor FortiGate, FortiNAC, FortiAnalyzer, and FortiSIEM devices to secure OT infrastructures. These skills will provide you with a solid understanding of designing, implementing, and operating an OT security solution based on Fortinet products. For more information, download the course description here.

In this course, you will learn how to deploy FortiGate VMs in the public cloud using various methods. You will learn how to use third-party automation tools to deploy FortiGate VMs and secure your network. You will take a deep dive into AWS SD-WAN Connect deployments and learn how to utilize AWS Transit Gateway to secure east-west and north-south traffic. You will also learn how to effectively troubleshoot FortiGate deployments in Azure and how to use FortiCNP to simplify risk management for your AWS workloads. To learn more, click here

This course is a preview of the upcoming and new NSE 7 SD-WAN v.7.2 course. You will learn about common SD-WAN deployment scenarios using the Fortinet Secure SD-WAN solution. You will explore different situations, from a single enterprise site to multiple data center environments, that will help you to enhance and troubleshoot SD-WAN deployments. To learn more, click here

In this course, you will learn how to define, design, deploy, and manage Zero Trust Access (ZTA) using different Fortinet solutions. You will also learn how to configure FortiGate, FortiClient EMS, FortiAuthenticator, FortiNAC, and FortiAnalyzer to secure network and application access, monitor ZTA enforcement, and automate incident response. To learn more, click here

The NSE 8 Immersion is an all-hands-on lab that students preparing for the NSE 8 practical exam can do to get an exam-like experience. Based on the previous NSE 8 practical exam, students will be tasked with completing the lab in a challenging learning environment. Fortinet products in the lab include FortiGate, FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer, FortiWeb, FortiMail, FortiADC, FortiAuthenticator, and FortiSandbox. During the sessions, an NSE8-certified instructor is available for questions and to help gain knowledge to prepare for becoming NSE 8 certified. For more information, download the course description here.

1:00 p.m.
Lunch
2:00 p.m.

The NSE 8 Immersion is an all-hands-on lab that students preparing for the NSE 8 practical exam can do to get an exam-like experience. Based on the previous NSE 8 practical exam, students will be tasked with completing the lab in a challenging learning environment. Fortinet products in the lab include FortiGate, FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer, FortiWeb, FortiMail, FortiADC, FortiAuthenticator, and FortiSandbox. During the sessions, an NSE8-certified instructor is available for questions and to help gain knowledge to prepare for becoming NSE 8 certified. The training Automation, API & Scripting will focus on different aspects of Automation. On day one, the automation features that are ready-to-use inside FortiOS & FortiManager/FortiAnalyzer (7.2.x) will be explored along with how to set up an environment for demo/testing Automation features. Day two will take automation one step further by exploring and interacting with the API capabilities of FortiOS (7.2.x), FortiManager/FortiAnalyzer, and FortiAuthenticator using various tools. Day two also includes an introduction into python scripting, where you'll learn how to interact with Fortinet devices using SSH and the API to explore the capabilities of automation using python scripts. For more information, download the course description here.

Industrial Control Systems (ICS) and Operational Technology (OT) are part of critical infrastructure environments for many commercial and government organizations. Attacks against assets in these environments have been increasing at an exponential pace. Damage to these environments can cause significant damage to the operations of a business, agency, government entity, and even nations. Attackers understand these are valuable targets and focus on them because of historically successful attacks. This class will focus on cyber offensive attacks in the OT space. We will focus on how attackers exploit systems and IoT/OT devices to compromise critical infrastructure. Learn to think like an attacker and understand how to defend your critical infrastructure. Time required (estimated): 2 days (16 hours) For more information, download the course description here.

This cybersecurity module will explore web application threats and countermeasures focused on Fortinet solutions. Comprised of theory lessons and hands-on labs, this course will get the students from the very motivations of attacks to web applications through understanding and executing attack techniques, recognizing such attacks, and configuring Fortinet solutions to mitigate them. Learn more about this Pre-Conference Workshop here.

The training deep dive in authentication troubleshooting will focus on configuring and troubleshooting different authentication protocols (LDAP, RADIUS, PKI, SAML, Kerberos) across various Fortinet products (FortiGate, FortiADC, FortiWeb, FortiAuthenticator). It also includes a lesson with tips and best practices using Wireshark, where you'll learn how to customize your Wireshark to get the most out of it. For more information, download the course description here.

This course is a preview of the upcoming and new NSE 7 Network Security Troubleshooting v.7.2 course. You will learn how to diagnose and troubleshoot the most common networking and security problems in a FortiGate network security solution. In interactive break-and-fix labs you will use tools, diagnostic, and debug commands to detect, isolate, and resolve problems related with the most commonly used FortiGate features, such as IPsec, routing, web filtering, HA, IPS, and more. These skills and knowledge will give you an advanced understanding of how to support a network security solution based on FortiGate devices. To learn more, view the course description here.

This course is an expanded version (from 1 day to 2 days) of the NSE 4 Immersion v.7.2 course. You will be assigned a series of do-it-yourself (DIY) configuration tasks in a virtual lab environment. The configuration tasks cover some of the topics in the NSE 4 certification exam and include the use of the most common FortiGate features, such as firewall policies, the Fortinet Security Fabric, user authentication, SSL and IPsec VPNs, equal-cost multi-path (ECMP) routing, SD-WAN, high availability (HA), and content inspection. This course is not a replacement for the FortiGate Security and FortiGate Infrastructure courses, and it is meant to complement what you had learned from those courses or from your hands-on working experience with ForiGate devices. For more information, download the course description here.

This course teaches you the fundamentals of using FortiAnalyzer for centralized logging and reporting. You will learn how to configure and deploy FortiAnalyzer, and identify threats and attack patterns through logging, analysis, and reporting. Finally, you will examine the management of events, incidents, playbooks, and some helpful troubleshooting techniques.

In this interactive course, you will learn how to use FortiEDR to protect your endpoints against advanced attacks with real-time orchestrated incident response functionality. You will also explore FortiEDR features and how they protect your endpoints automatically in real time. (ISC)² CPE Training Hours: 6 (ISC)² CPE Lab Hours: 6 (ISC)² CISSP Domains: Communication and Network Security To learn more, click here

In this course, you will learn the fundamentals of using FortiManager for the centralized network administration of many FortiGate devices. In interactive labs, you will explore deployment strategies, which include single or multiple ADOMs, device registration, policy packages, shared objects, installing configuration changes, provisioning FortiManager as a local FortiGuard distribution server, and troubleshooting the features that are critical to day-to-day use after you deploy FortiManager. For more information, download the course description here.

In this course, you will learn about FortiSIEM initial configurations, architecture, and the discovery of devices on the network. You will also learn how to collect performance information and aggregate it with syslog data to enrich the overall view of the health of your environment, how to use the configuration database to greatly facilitate compliance audits, and how to integrate FortiSIEM into your network awareness infrastructure. To learn more, click here

During this two-day training, you will learn the most important topics and concepts that are covered in the NSE 6 FortiNAC v.7.2 course. You will learn how to leverage the powerful and diverse capabilities of FortiNAC, using best practices for achieving visibility, control, and response. These fundamentals will provide you with a solid understanding of how to implement network visibility and security automation. To learn more, click here

During this two-day training, you will learn the most important topics and concepts that are covered in the NSE 6 FortiSwitch v7.2 course. You will learn how to deploy, provision, and manage a FortiSwitch with FortiGate using FortiLink. This course also covers the deployment and troubleshooting of Layer 2 and Layer 3 features, as well as the most common FortiSwitch stack topologies, including those that leverage multichassis link aggregation group (MCLAG) for redundancy and higher performance. You will also learn about FortiSwitch in standalone mode, its unique features, and how to manage a standalone switch directly, or from FortiSwitch Cloud. To learn more, click here

During this two-day training, you will learn the most important topics and concepts that are covered in the NSE 7 Advanced Analytics v6.6 course. You will learn how to use FortiSIEM in a multi-tenant environment. You will learn about rules and their architecture, how incidents are generated, how baseline calculations are performed, the different remediation methods available, and how the MITRE ATT&CK framework integrates with FortiSIEM. You will also learn how to integrate FortiSOAR with FortiSIEM.

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This course is a preview of the upcoming NSE 7 Enterprise Firewall v7.2 course. You will learn how to implement, troubleshoot, and centrally manage an enterprise security infrastructure composed of multiple FortiGate devices. To learn more, click here

This course will teach you how to secure your OT infrastructure using Fortinet solutions. You will learn how to design, deploy, administrate, and monitor FortiGate, FortiNAC, FortiAnalyzer, and FortiSIEM devices to secure OT infrastructures. These skills will provide you with a solid understanding of designing, implementing, and operating an OT security solution based on Fortinet products. For more information, download the course description here.

In this course, you will learn how to deploy FortiGate VMs in the public cloud using various methods. You will learn how to use third-party automation tools to deploy FortiGate VMs and secure your network. You will take a deep dive into AWS SD-WAN Connect deployments and learn how to utilize AWS Transit Gateway to secure east-west and north-south traffic. You will also learn how to effectively troubleshoot FortiGate deployments in Azure and how to use FortiCNP to simplify risk management for your AWS workloads. To learn more, click here

This course is a preview of the upcoming and new NSE 7 SD-WAN v.7.2 course. You will learn about common SD-WAN deployment scenarios using the Fortinet Secure SD-WAN solution. You will explore different situations, from a single enterprise site to multiple data center environments, that will help you to enhance and troubleshoot SD-WAN deployments. To learn more, click here

In this course, you will learn how to define, design, deploy, and manage Zero Trust Access (ZTA) using different Fortinet solutions. You will also learn how to configure FortiGate, FortiClient EMS, FortiAuthenticator, FortiNAC, and FortiAnalyzer to secure network and application access, monitor ZTA enforcement, and automate incident response. To learn more, click here

The NSE 8 Immersion is an all-hands-on lab that students preparing for the NSE 8 practical exam can do to get an exam-like experience. Based on the previous NSE 8 practical exam, students will be tasked with completing the lab in a challenging learning environment. Fortinet products in the lab include FortiGate, FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer, FortiWeb, FortiMail, FortiADC, FortiAuthenticator, and FortiSandbox. During the sessions, an NSE8-certified instructor is available for questions and to help gain knowledge to prepare for becoming NSE 8 certified. For more information, download the course description here.