Exam FCNSA

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Exam FCNSA

Training goals

As companies around the world continue to invest in their security infrastructures, they are also looking for a ways to validate the knowledge and skills of their network operations staff. In response to this, Fortinet has recently introduced the Fortinet Certified Network Security Associate designation (FCNSA). This designation certifies that individuals have the expertise necessary to manage the day-to-day operations of FortiGate devices in support of specific corporate policies. Certification not only enriches an individual's professional development, but it also offers many benefits to an organization by providing a reliable benchmark to evaluate skills and knowledge.

Individuals with the FCNSA designation need to have a solid understanding of the day-to-day configuration and monitoring of FortiGate devices as well as a general understanding of the entire Fortinet product family of services and hardware.

Training days

1 day

Conspect

The Fortinet Certified Network Security Associate (FCNSA) exam is broken down into the following seven sections (40 questions):

Knowledge of Fortinet Product Family
General understanding of FortiGate Feature and Functionality
Familiarity with FortiGate Admin Interface
Configuration of Firewall Policies
Configuration of Virus Scanning & URL Filtering
Understanding of Basic FortiGate Maintenance
General Networking and Security Knowledge

The Fortinet Certified Network Security Associate - Roadmap to Success" provides a suggested approach to prepare for this exam. The "Roadmap" can be located at: http://www.fortinet.com/support/fcnsaRoadmap.html

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 Associate 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 the 925-101 course OR purchase the course materials and complete all of the labs.
Install and configure a FortiGate unit in Transparent mode
Install and configure a FortiGate unit in NAT/Route mode

Requirements

Required Score: 65%

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