FortiGate - Firewall Configuration and Management (FORTI1)

Networking, Fortinet

This course teaches network and security staff how to deploy and maintain FortiGate firewalls with hands-on labs. You will learn device setup, interfaces, VLANs, aggregation and routing, and gain skills to configure FortiGate, manage interfaces, handle routing.

You will practice building Site-to-Site IPsec VPN tunnels, setting up SSL remote access, and applying advanced security and filtering rules. Labs include Application Control, IPS, web and antivirus filtering, high availability and VPN setup, security policies, logging.

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The course:

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  • Basic setup
    1. Interface configuration (Interfaces)
    2. VLAN
    3. Aggregation
    4. Use of services such as DNS, NTP, DHCP
  • Management Access
    1. Console access
    2. Web GUI and authentication
    3. 2FA options
    4. External management via FortiManager
    5. Securing access to interfaces
  • Routing protocol setup
    1. Static routing
    2. BGP
    3. Use of SD-WAN zones
  • Virtual Domain (VDOM) management
    1. Global settings and VDOM-based settings
    2. Practical use cases for VDOM
  • Firewall Policy
    1. Creating and configuring rules
    2. Managing rules with objects
  • NAT configuration
    1. Source NAT
    2. Destination NAT and advanced options
  • Application Control, IPS, Web Filtering, Antivirus
    1. Flow-based vs proxy-based inspection
  • Site-to-Site VPN setup
    1. IPsec tunnel between two FortiGate firewalls
    2. Configuration examples from CLI and GUI
  • SSL VPN Remote Access
    1. Remote access using FortiClient
    2. Differences when deploying with FortiClient EMS
  • HA – High Availability
    1. Basic differences between modes and use cases
    2. active/passive
    3. active/active
    4. virtual clustering
  • Logging and monitoring
  • Troubleshooting using the FortiGate console and other tools as needed
Assumed knowledge:
Basic knowledge of the TCP/IP protocol.
Recommended previous course:
Basics of the TCP/IP Protocol (TCP1)
Recommended subsequent course:
FortiManager - Central management of FortiGate firewalls (FORTI2)
Schedule:
3 days (9:00 AM - 5:00 PM )
Course price:
992.00 € (1 200.32 € incl. 21% VAT)
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Vybrané zákaznické reference

EG.D, s.r.o., Luděk Š.
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Nemocnice Pardubického kraje, a.s., Miloš H.
FortiGate - Firewall Configuration and Management ( FORTI1)
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Agentura pro podporu podnikání a investic CzechInvest, Martin Š.
FortiGate - Firewall Configuration and Management ( FORTI1)
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FortiGate - Firewall Configuration and Management ( FORTI1)
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