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Fortinet Certified Network Security Administrator Roadmap to Success

Definition

Individuals with the FCNSA designation need to have a solid understanding of the day-to-day configuration and monitoring of FortiGate devices in support of specific corporate policies. In addition to FortiGate devices Fortinet Certified Network Security Administrators also have a good understanding of the entire Fortinet product family of services and hardware.

Preparation

Fortinet provides a number of resources ranging from white papers, to classroom training courses, in order to assist candidates in their pursuit of Fortinet Certification. The following steps represent the suggested approach to obtaining the Fortinet Certified Network Security Administrator designation:

Suggested Read the following documents available from the Fortinet website: Fortinet Product Overview brochure http://www.fortinet.com/doc/FortinetBroch.pdf Product Datasheets http://www.fortinet.com/products/ FortiGuard Subscription Services http://www.fortinet.com/doc/ServiceDS.pdf SOHO and SMB Firewall Configuration Example Guide http://kc.forticare.com/default.asp?id=426 Keep up to date with the latest Fortinet Knowledgebase articles http://kc.forticare.com/      Highly Recommended Be familiar with the information in your FortiGate Installation Guide and your FortiGate Administration Guide. Attend course # 201 FortiGate Multi-Threat Security Systems I - Administration and Content Inspection Install and configure a FortiGate unit in Transparent mode Install and configure a FortiGate unit in NAT/Route mode      Mandatory Successfully complete the FCNSA exam (exam number FCNSA-2V0)