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

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?
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hklb
Contributor II

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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hklb
Contributor II

I was hoping to see my NSE #4 as I hold a FCNSP but this doesn' t seem to show up. Any idea how I map my FCNSP to the training portal?
You can send an email to training@fortinet.com with your fortinet ID and he will mark your course as completed..
Faulty_Male
New Contributor III

can send an email to training@fortinet.com with your fortinet ID
Thanks, I have just done this - hopefully a new certificate to impress my friends with!!
Faulty_Male
New Contributor III

faulty_Male what training portal are you accessing? Please provide a link.
I was accessing the portal via the partner portal (under the training tab)
emnoc
Esteemed Contributor III

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

PCNSE 

NSE 

StrongSwan  

PCNSE NSE StrongSwan
abc987
New Contributor II

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

FCNSP/WCSP

FCNSP/WCSP
Istvan_Takacs_FTNT

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
New Contributor III

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
Esteemed Contributor III

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

PCNSE 

NSE 

StrongSwan  

PCNSE NSE StrongSwan
abc987
New Contributor II

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.

FCNSP/WCSP

FCNSP/WCSP
emnoc
Esteemed Contributor III

what http link is the new center at ?

PCNSE 

NSE 

StrongSwan  

PCNSE NSE StrongSwan
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