NSE 4 Certification

The Network Security Professional designation identifies your ability to configure, install, and manage the day-to-day configuration, monitoring, and operation of FortiGate to support specific corporate network security policies. Visit the Fortinet NSE Certification Program page for information about certification requirements.

Fortinet NSE 4—FortiOS 7.0

The Fortinet NSE 4—FortiOS 7.0 exam is part of the NSE 4 Network Security Professional program, and recognizes the successful candidate’s knowledge of and expertise with FortiGate.

The exam tests applied knowledge of FortiGate configuration, operation, and day-to-day administration, and includes operational scenarios, configuration extracts, and troubleshooting captures.

Audience

The Fortinet NSE 4—FortiOS 7.0 exam is intended for network and security professionals responsible for the configuration and administration of firewall solutions in an enterprise network security infrastructure.

Exam Topics

Successful candidates have applied knowledge and skills in the following areas and tasks:

· FortiGate deployment

· Perform initial configuration

· Implement the Fortinet Security Fabric

· Configure log settings and diagnose problems using the logs

· Describe and configure VDOMs to split a FortiGate into multiple virtual devices

· Identify and configure different operation modes for an FGCP HA cluster

· Diagnose resource and connectivity problems

· Firewall and authentication

· Identify and configure how firewall policy NAT and central NAT works

· Identify and configure different methods of firewall authentication

· Explain FSSO deployment and configuration

· Content inspection

· Describe and inspect encrypted traffic using certificates

· Identify FortiGate inspection modes and configure web and DNS filtering

· Configure application control to monitor and control network applications

· Explain and configure antivirus scanning modes to neutralize malware threats

· Configure IPS, DoS, and WAF to protect the network from hacking and DDoS attacks

· Routing and Layer 2 switching

· Configure and route packets using static and policy-based routes

· Configure SD-WAN to load balance traffic between multiple WAN links effectively

· Configure FortiGate interfaces or VDOMs to operate as Layer 2 devices

· VPN

· Configure and implement different SSL-VPN modes to provide secure access to the private network

· Implement a meshed or partially redundant IPsec VPN