NSE6 - Network Security Support Engineer

Learn to diagnose and troubleshoot common Fortinet network security issues.

Requirements:
  • An understanding of the topics covered in the FortiGate Administrator course, or have equivalent experience.
  • An understanding of the topics covered in the Enterprise Firewall course is recommended.

Network Security Support Engineer is designed for professionals who manage or support enterprise network security built on FortiGate.

The course focuses on hands-on troubleshooting of the most common operational issues—from session analysis and debug flow to IPsec VPNs, HA clusters, routing, OSPF/BGP, authentication (LDAP/RADIUS), and FortiGuard/web filtering. Through interactive break-and-fix labs, you will gain confidence in resolving outages, service instability, and real-world security incidents.

  • Network Security Engineer

  • Firewall / FortiGate Administrator

  • Network Support Engineer

  • SOC / Security Operations Analyst

What will you learn

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  • Set up a baseline for FortiGate and analyze the first steps to diagnose a FortiGate
  • Monitor process activity, diagnose conserve mode, and troubleshoot unexpected reboots and frozen devices
  • Analyze information in the session table and debug flow output
  • Troubleshoot common problems related to local, LDAP, RADIUS, and SAML authentication
  • Procvičíte si troubleshooting klíčových funkcí jako FortiGuard/web filtering, HA cluster, IPsec VPN a routing včetně OSPF a BGP.
  • Monitor OSPF status and troubleshoot common OSPF problems with debug commands
  • Monitor and verify the BGP status with commands and troubleshoot common BGP issues

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Agenda

  • Troubleshooting Concepts
  • System Resources
  • Sessions, Traffic Flow, and Networking
  • Security Fabric
  • Firewall Authentication
  • FSSO
  • Security Profiles
  • High Availability
  • IPsec
  • IPsec―IKEv2
  • Routing
  • BGP
  • OSPF
  • Block length 90
  • Teaching hours 24
  • Refreshments Yes
  • Exam No

In this course, you will learn how to diagnose and troubleshoot the most common networking and security issues in a Fortinet-protected environment. 

Through interactive break-and-fix labs, you will work with troubleshooting tools, diagnostics, and debug commands to identify, isolate, and resolve problems across key FortiGate features such as IPsec VPN, routing, web filtering, high availability (HA), IPS, and more. 

Prestigious certification included

Certification

The Fortinet NSE 6 - Network Security 7.6 Support Engineer certification exam validates your knowledge and practical skills in working with Fortinet solutions within enterprise security infrastructure environments. It focuses primarily on your ability to diagnose and troubleshoot enterprise firewall solutions running FortiOS 7.6.

Certification instructions

Exam format

  • Duration: 75 minutes

  • Number of questions: 35-45

  • Scoring: Pass/Fail (results and score report available in your Pearson VUE account)

  • Language: English

  • More information about the exam: here.

The exam is not included in the course price.

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What is Fortinet?

Fortinet is a global technology company specializing in cyber security. It is best known for its firewall products and other security solutions to protect networks, devices and data from malicious threats and cyber attacks.

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