NSE 6 - Network Security Support Engineer
Learn to troubleshoot common FortiGate networking and security issues in hands-on break-and-fix labs. Use diagnostics and debug tools to resolve problems with IPsec, routing, web filtering, HA, IPS, and more.
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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
- 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 session helpers
- Troubleshoot common problems related to local, LDAP, RADIUS, and SAML authentication
- Troubleshoot common FSSO problems
- Troubleshoot FortiGuard and web filtering problems
- Monitor an HA cluster and troubleshoot common HA problems
- Troubleshoot and diagnose IPsec VPNs with debug and sniffer commands
- Troubleshoot routing problems with debug commands
- Monitor OSPF status and troubleshoot common OSPF problems with debug commands
- Monitor and verify the BGP status with commands and troubleshoot common BGP issues
Why this course
After completing the course, you will gain advanced knowledge and confidence to professionally support and operate a FortiGate-based security infrastructure.
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
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.
- Block duration 90 minutes
- Hours 24 hours
- Refreshments Yes
- Exam No
Prerequisites
- 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.
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.
Exam details:
- 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.
System Requirements
If you take the online format of this class, you must use a computer that has the following:
- A high-speed internet connection
- An up-to-date web browser
- A PDF viewer
- Speakers or headphones
- HTML 5 support
You should use a wired Ethernet connection, not a WiFi connection. Firewalls, including Windows Firewall or FortiClient, must allow connections to the online labs.
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