Fortinet Certified Associate (FCA) in Cybersecurity

The FCA certification validates your ability to execute high-level operation of FortiGate devices. This curriculum will offer a course that covers the fundamental operating procedures for the most common FortiGate features.

Who Should Attempt the FCA Certification?

We recommend this certification for cybersecurity professionals that need to execute high-level configuration and monitoring tasks on FortiGate devices. We also recommend this certification for network security administrators of small and medium size companies.

Program Requirements

To achieve this certification, you are required to pass the corresponding online exam presented at the end of the course:

Certification	NSE 3 Exam
	FortiGate Operator

To prepare for the certification exam, we recommend that you take the associated NSE course.

Digital Badges

You will receive digital badges under the following circumstances:

• Exam badge: Each time you pass any version of the exam included in FCA – Cybersecurity.
• Certification badge: Once you achieve the requirement for the FCA – Cybersecurity certification.

For more information, see the following knowledge base article in the Fortinet Training Institute Helpdesk.

Recertification

• If your FCA certification has expired, you must complete the FortiGate Operator course and pass the NSE 3 online exam to earn active status.
• If your FCA certification is still active, you can extend its expiration date to two years from the date you complete one of the following requirements:
  • Completing the FortiGate Operator course and passing the NSE 3 exam.
  • Passing the NSE 4 or any NSE 5 exam.
  • Passing any NSE 6 or NSE 7 exam.
• If your FCA certification is still active, you can extend its expiration date to three years from the date you achieve or renew the FCX in Cybersecurity certification.
• Completing the FortiGate Operator course and passing the FortiGate Operator exam recertifies your FCF certification if it is still active.

For more information, see the following knowledge base article in the Fortinet Training Institute Helpdesk.

How to Enroll in Training?

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