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Your thoughts on the new Fortinet certification path - Network Security Expert

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July 29, 2014
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Hi guys, Not sure if anyone' s noticed, but it seems that Fortinet will be moving away from the FCNSA and FCNSP certification levels, and going towards an eight level ' NSE' cert. More details can be found here: http://www.fortinet.com/sites/default/files/basicfiles/NSE-Learning-Path.pdf To go-to the next certification level, you would need to hold all the previous ones. So to reach NSE-6 for example, you would need to be NSE-5 certified. The levels in a nutshell are: NSE-1: Completed FCNSA on-line material NSE-2: Passing FCNSA exam NSE-3: Achieving ' Silver' status on the Fortinet forums NSE-4: Passing FCNSP exam NSE-5: Attending FortiManager & FortiAnalyzer training and pass the exams NSE-6: Attending the FortiOS Troubleshooting course and pass the exam NSE-7: Achieving ' Gold' status on the Fortinet forums NSE-8: Pass an oral and practical exam (that has yet to be created) I personally think it' s a great idea and the courses/exams required are perhaps the most useful for FortiGate engineers (finally gives me an excuse to do the Troubleshooting course!). The requirement to be active on the forums is a nice touch too; and although it will probably mean a few more ' filler' type posts, the more people that will be engaged and reading the forums the better it is for all of us in the Fortinet community. Was hoping to get your thoughts on the new certification levels and their requirements. Do you think it' s a move in the right direction or an unnecessary change?

Best answer by hklb

I think that before end of this year, fortinet will not be ready.. So the best thing is to wait and when they will be ready, they will inform us by a newsletter (for partners at least..).

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emnoc

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Thanks Fortinet training is obvious backdating stuff. They show all completion as dec-2011 which is in correct for FCESP-2011FCNSA-2009 FCNSP-2009.

abc987

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@emnoc where do you see your ' old stuff' at the new learning center?

Istvan_Takacs_FTNT

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The following document has details about to what level of NSE you can convert your existing Fortinet certificate. http://www.fortinet.com/sites/default/files/basicfiles/NSE-Learning-Path.pdf

Faulty_Male

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Update from Fortinet training team: " The historical information (FCNSA, FCNSP etc) is still in the process of being migrated over. We hope to have this completed by the end of this month. Thank you for your patience and understanding." So we will just have to be patient for our historical qualifications to be pulled through.

emnoc

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here on campus https://campus.training.fortinet.com/blocks/php_report/render_report_page.php?report=individual_user

abc987

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ok, ' campus' was the old learning center at the new center I found nothing

You can send an email to training@fortinet.com with your fortinet ID and he will mark your course as completed..

I have done so. I only got back an useless mail with infos for the new NSE certifications.

emnoc

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what http link is the new center at ?

Dave_Hall

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Haven' t checked to see if the old site is up, but it did have link pointing to http://www.fortinet.com/training/.

dasilva13

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If you ask me, all the portals that fortinet have are very hard to find and use, including the learning one that they seem to be making a mess out of. I would rather wait and have everything done correctly then wait for all these issues to be fixed on the live version. Guess we should accept that since we all know we upgrade firmware out our own risk!!

Nihas

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So , if some one wants to take the FCNSA&FCNSP now will be a wise decision?

To located an instructor version of the FCNSA Class, complete the following steps 1. Login to the FLC 2. Click Learning and Metrics 3. Click Catalog 4. Click Featured Courses (tab) 5. Scroll to FortiGate Multi-Threat Security Systems 01 (FCNSA Prep) then select an available class. Complete the following steps to take the FCNSA Prep Class in a self-paced online format: 1. Login to the FLC 2. Click Learning and Metrics 3. Click Catalog 4. Click Bundles (tab) 5. Locate and click the FCNSA Bundle 6. Register for the FCNSA Bundle 7. Complete all 10 training modules in the course 8. Register for the FCNSA Proctored Lab by: a. Repeat steps 1-3 above b. Click Features Courses (tab) c. Locate, register and attend the FCNSA Facilitated Lab 9. Purchase the FCNSA Exam Voucher either through the reselling channel or the FLC. To locate an exam voucher in the FLC, navigate to the Catalog as described above

Do we have to purchase the 1000$ online stuffs to achieve the levels?

Michael_Ledet

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It looks like they are trying to incorporate things into a nice path. It might not exactly fit everyone' s idea' s. But they are trying to build the community as part of the certification process.

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