In this three day course, you will learn how to use basic FortiGate features, including security profiles. In interactive labs, you will explore firewall policies, user authentication, SSL VPN, dial up IPsec VPN, and how to protect your network using security profiles such as IPS, antivirus, web filtering, application control, and more. These administration fundamentals will provide you with a solid understanding of how to implement basic network security.

Target Audience

Networking and security professionals involved in the management, configuration, administration, and monitoring of FortiGate devices used to secure their organisations networks. Participants should have a thorough understanding of all the topics covered in the FortiGate Security course before attending the FortiGate Infrastructure course.

Duration: 3 Days

Course Topics

Deploy the appropriate operation mode for your network. Use the GUI and CLI for administration. Identify the characteristics of the Fortinet security fabric. Control network access to configured networks using firewall policies. Apply port forwarding, source NAT, and destination NAT. Authenticate users using firewall policies. Understand encryption functions and certificates. Inspect SSL TLS secured traffic to prevent encryption used to bypass security policies. Configure security profiles to neutralise 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. Fight hacking and denial of service DoS. Defend against data leaks by identifying files with sensitive data, and block them from leaving your private network. Offer an SSL VPN for secure access to your private network. Implement a dial up IPsec VPN tunnel between FortiGate and FortiClient. Collect and interpret log entries.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of network protocols Basic understanding of firewall concepts