Keith Barker
Networking & Network Security
Fortinet Training & Certification Courses for Security Teams
Standardize your network security team on Fortinet — from FortiGate administration and FCP readiness through FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer, SD-WAN, and enterprise firewall architecture. Built for teams operating the Fortinet Security Fabric, with certification paths layered on top of real firewall operations.
10
Courses
853
Videos
105h 10m
Total
Security fabric ready
Built for teams operating FortiGate, FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer, and SD-WAN.
Most Popular Fortinet Certifications
5 coursesCore Fortinet training for firewall administrators, SOC analysts, and network security engineers operating FortiGate environments.
Certification architecture
Build Fortinet capability from firewall admin to security architect
Start with FortiGate and FCP readiness, expand into centralized management and product support, then develop the FCSS-level bench that owns enterprise firewall and SD-WAN architecture.
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Certification tier
Tier 1 — FortiGate / FCP Baseline
Bring firewall administrators and security engineers to a shared FortiGate operating baseline: routing, policies, NAT, VPN, authentication, and inspection. This is the practical layer every Fortinet team should share before specializing.
FortiGate Administrator / FCP Secure Networking
1 courseFortiOS administration for teams deploying and maintaining FortiGate firewalls. Covers routing, failover, DHCP, policies, and the FortiGate control plane security teams touch daily.
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Certification tier
Tier 2 — Centralized Operations & Product Depth
Develop the operators who keep Fortinet estates manageable at scale: FortiManager for policy and configuration control, FortiAnalyzer for visibility and SOC analytics, and NSE 6 product specializations for secure LAN and access management.
FortiManager & FortiAnalyzer
2 coursesCentralized policy management, configuration change control, log analytics, incident management, and playbooks. The pair that turns a FortiGate fleet into an operable security program.
Secure LAN, Wireless, Switching & Authentication
5 coursesNSE 6 product skills for network teams supporting FortiSwitch, secure wireless LAN, FortiAuthenticator, and FortiADC in distributed environments.
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Certification tier
Tier 3 — FCSS / Architecture Bench
Build the senior bench that designs, troubleshoots, and hardens Fortinet at enterprise scale. NSE 7 / FCSS work is where architecture, SD-WAN, and incident response ownership live.
Enterprise Firewall / FCSS Secure Networking
1 courseAdvanced enterprise firewall administration, troubleshooting, and architecture across FortiOS, FortiManager, and FortiAnalyzer. The track for senior network security engineers.
Fortinet SD-WAN
1 courseAdvanced SD-WAN design and operations for distributed teams standardizing branch security and connectivity through the Fortinet stack.
Customer outcome
Turn Fortinet coverage into operational readiness
For Fortinet teams, ROI is easiest to defend when training maps to the work people own: FortiGate administration, centralized management, SOC analytics, secure LAN/access, and architecture. CBT Nuggets helps managers document that role coverage for compliance reviews and onboarding plans.
5 role paths
Training assignments, completion, and role coverage in one team view
Role-based paths
Fortinet Training by IT Job Role
Match Fortinet training to the actual roles your team holds. Each path bundles the right cert tracks plus the operational depth engineers need day-to-day.
Fortinet Training for Firewall Administrators
1 courseFor engineers configuring FortiGate firewalls day-to-day: interfaces, routing, NAT, VPN, authentication, policies, inspection, and high availability.
Fortinet Training for SOC Analysts
1 courseFor analysts who need actionable visibility from Fortinet telemetry. FortiAnalyzer adds logging, reporting, incident handling, playbooks, and SOC analytics depth.
Fortinet Training for Security Platform Admins
1 courseFor teams managing Fortinet at scale: centralized policy packages, shared objects, configuration drift, change control, and fleet operations through FortiManager.
Fortinet Training for Secure LAN Engineers
5 coursesFor network engineers extending Fortinet across switching, wireless, authentication, and access-control services in campus and branch environments.
Fortinet Training for Security Architects
2 coursesFor the senior bench designing secure networking, SD-WAN, and enterprise firewall architecture across distributed Fortinet environments.
Platform depth
Learn Fortinet Tools and Platforms
Platform-by-platform deep dives for the specificFortinet tools your team operates.
Learn FortiGate
1 courseFortiGate firewall administration, policies, routing, authentication, VPN, and inspection. The operational baseline for any Fortinet security team.
Learn FortiManager
1 courseCentralized FortiGate management: shared policy packages, configuration changes, object control, and consistent operations across distributed firewalls.
Learn FortiAnalyzer
1 courseLogging, analytics, reporting, and incident-management workflows for SOC teams that need visibility across Fortinet estates.
Learn Fortinet SD-WAN
2 coursesAdvanced SD-WAN operations and architecture for distributed branches, secure connectivity, and performance-aware routing.
Learn Fortinet Secure LAN & Access
5 coursesSecure switching, wireless LAN, authentication, and application delivery for teams extending Fortinet beyond the firewall edge.
Hands-on Fortinet practice
Human-led training is the point: engineers practice real skills with expert guidance, not just video playback.
Why CBT Nuggets
How CBT Nuggets is different for Fortinet teams
The platform features IT directors evaluating us against Pluralsight, Udemy Business, and LinkedIn Learning ask about most often.
Practitioner-led
Fortinet training your team learns from
Built and taught by engineers who have spent decades running production Fortinet infrastructure — not crowd-sourced contributors.
Jeff Kish
Data Center & Network Design
Kelvin Tran
Networking & Network Security
Team outcome
Audit-ready training visibility
Manager reporting gives IT leaders a clearer view of assigned training, completion progress, and certification coverage.
Best fit for: compliance-sensitive teams that need evidence of progress before a review, renewal, or internal governance checkpoint.
Frequently asked questions about Fortinet training
Common questions IT directors ask when evaluating Fortinet training for their team.