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

[neonbit]

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?

[hklb]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

[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]

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]

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

[abc987]

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]

what http link is the new center at ?