Modular,
Self-Paced Classes Prepare Network Admins to Implement, Manage and
Operate Fortinet Products within a Network at No Cost to Channel
Partners
Dubai,
UAE: May 21, 2014 ―
Fortinet®
(NASDAQ: FTNT) ― a world leader in high-performance
network security ― today announced new segmented online courses
that prepare network administrators to implement, manage and operate
Fortinet products within a network. The courses, accessible from
Fortinet’s Learning Center, cover Fortinet’s expansive network
security portfolio, building in-depth expertise around a wide range
of products that include the FortiGate,
FortiAnalyzer,
FortiManager,
FortiMail
and FortiWeb
platforms. All courses have been strategically-designed for
self-paced instruction and are available free to all registered
Fortinet channel partners.
Two
new preparatory online courses, Fortinet Certified Network Security
Associate (FCNSA) and Fortinet Certified Network Security
Professional (FCNSP), can be taken at any time and help prepare
partners to take proctored Fortinet network security product
certification exams.
FCNSA
Preparation consists of 10 online modules plus one day of proctored
online lab exercises. When completed, FCNSA prepares network
administrators to implement, manage and operate Fortinet’s
FortiGate products. Course topics include firewall policy setting,
user authentication, VPN, virus detection, email filtering, Web
filtering, application control and more.
FCNSP
Preparation consists of 12 online modules as well as two days of
proctored online lab exercises. The second course in the series
covers routing, virtual domains, high availability, advanced IPSec
VPN, intrusion prevention, diagnostics and resource utilization,
among other topics.
“Education
is a key enabler, allowing us to expand our businesses and
differentiate in the market,” said John Gapinski, president of
Secured Retail Networks. “Today, Fortinet has found a way to make
this fundamental training more flexible and accessible, and at no
cost to partners.”
“These
courses have proven to be very popular because they provide both
theoretical and practical knowledge, as well as cover topics that
Fortinet administrators and architects need to know,” said Matt
Phillips, director of training services at Fortinet.
Fortinet
is implementing these online courses to make training more flexible
and widely available to a larger number of channel partners. That, in
turn, better enables the company’s channel sales teams to deliver
award-winning network security solutions and a wide range of
additional services to customers.
“We
believe strongly that a trained channel is a more effective channel,”
said Joe Sykora, VP Americas sales operations and channels. “Not
only does technical training reduce sales cycles, it enables our
partners to deliver additional professional services and support
offerings.”
Previously,
both FCNSA and FCNSP courses were only offered in traditional
classroom or live online formats. In order to make training more
accessible for partners, the content of both courses were rewritten
for self-paced instruction and broken into segments, which now allows
students to focus on specific topics of interest. Both courses still
include an online hands-on lab session that is proctored by a
Fortinet trainer.
“Someone
with a question about IPSec VPN, for example, can just take the
module that covers IPSec VPN and not have to take the whole course
series,” Phillips said.
In
addition to self-paced online courses, Fortinet offers a full range
of instructor led courses, in both online and traditional classroom
formats, as well as custom training. For more information on
Fortinet’s full breadth of educational
offerings, please visit: www.fortinet.com/training
