NETWORK SECURITY
Advanced Traffic Control with FortiGate
Explore advanced traffic control and policy enforcement solutions available on FortiGate firewall. At the start of this series, you will learn about FortiGate’s powerful inspection modes, application control, and web filtering capabilities, all available to improve the firewall’s inspection capabilities. By configuring security profiles, you’ll be able to monitor network access with precision and better enforce your policies to align with organizational standards.
This course also covers essential security layers, including intrusion prevention, antivirus, file blocking, and IP bans, to protect against a wide array of network threats. Finally, it explores user authentication methods to secure access and implement identity-based security policies. Through hands-on labs and real-world examples, this course equips you with the right skills to apply FortiGate’s advanced traffic control features confidently in any network environment.
Course Summary
This series focuses on advanced policy enforcement, featuring Security Profiles (application control, web filtering, intrusion prevention, etc.) and user authentication for ultimate traffic control.
Piotr Kaluzny
Domain
Network Security
Vendor
Fortinet
Level
Intermediate
Duration
3 hours
Status
Complete
Key Learnings
By the end of this course, participants will learn how to:
- Distinguish between different traffic inspection modes in FortiGate
- Implement application control to manage network access to specific applications
- Configure web filtering to secure access to appropriate online content
- Use intrusion prevention systems to protect networks from advanced threats
- Leverage antivirus, file blocking, and IP bans to enhance security layers
- Configure and apply user authentication for secure, identity-based network access
Intended Audience
This course is ideal for professionals involved in network security design, configuration, and maintenance who want to extend their understanding of traffic control and enforcement mechanisms available on FortiGate firewalls. This content will also be very helpful for students preparing for FCA Cybersecurity and FCP Network Security certifications.
Course Prerequisites
There are no formal prerequisites, but participants should already understand the FortiGate’s firewall policy and be able to configure it.
Course Playlist
Introduction
0. Course Introduction
Inspection Engine
1. Traffic Inspection Modes
Security Profiles
2. Encrypted Traffic Handling
3. Application Control
4. Web Filtering
5. Intrusion Prevention
6. Other Profiles and Features
Identity-based Policies