Full curriculum
12 sections · 72 lectures · 10.5 hours
SEC 01
Course Introduction & FortiGate Fundamentals
45 min
6 lectures
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1.1Welcome & what you will build by end of course5 minVideo
1.2FortiOS overview — versions, licensing, and hardware models8 minVideo
1.3Setting up your lab — VirtualBox + FortiGate VM (free)10 minLab
1.4First login — web GUI and CLI navigation walkthrough8 minVideo
1.5FortiGate dashboard overview — ports, interfaces, system7 minVideo
1.6Section 1 quiz5 minQuiz
SEC 02
Initial Configuration & Network Setup
55 min
7 lectures
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2.1Factory reset and initial setup wizard6 minVideo
2.2Configuring WAN, LAN, and DMZ interfaces10 minLab
2.3Static routing, default gateway, and route table8 minVideo
2.4DNS configuration — FortiGuard DNS and custom DNS servers6 minVideo
2.5DHCP server setup on FortiGate interfaces8 minLab
2.6Administrative access — HTTPS, SSH, admin profiles7 minVideo
2.7Firmware upgrade best practices (real site procedure)10 minVideo
SEC 03
Firewall Policies & NAT
80 min
9 lectures
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3.1Understanding firewall policy logic and traffic flow8 minVideo
3.2Creating your first allow and deny policy10 minLab
3.3Source and destination NAT — SNAT, DNAT, VIPs12 minLab
3.4Policy ordering and implicit deny — why order matters7 minVideo
3.5Schedules and service objects in firewall policies7 minVideo
3.6IP address objects and address groups8 minLab
3.7Policy-based routing — directing traffic by source10 minLab
3.8Local-in policies — protecting the FortiGate itself8 minVideo
3.9Section 3 quiz10 minQuiz
SEC 04
VLAN Segmentation & Network Architecture
90 min
8 lectures
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Real-world context: Based on the multi-VLAN architecture deployed at Eastern Public School (500+ users) and UQNCC Cement Plant, Abu Ghar, Iraq.
4.1Why VLANs? — Network security segmentation concepts8 minVideo
4.2Creating VLANs on FortiGate — sub-interfaces12 minLab
4.3Real-world VLAN design: Staff, Students, Servers, Guest10 minVideo
4.4Inter-VLAN routing and traffic control policies15 minLab
4.5Managed switch integration — trunk & access port config10 minLab
4.6Wireless VLAN — FortiAP and SSID-to-VLAN mapping12 minLab
4.7Industrial VLAN design — OT/IT separation (cement plant)13 minVideo
4.8Section 4 quiz10 minQuiz
SEC 05
VPN Configuration — IPsec & SSL
95 min
9 lectures
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5.1VPN fundamentals — IPsec vs SSL VPN explained simply8 minVideo
5.2IPsec Site-to-Site VPN — Phase 1 and Phase 2 setup15 minLab
5.3Troubleshooting IPsec tunnels — real diagnose commands10 minLab
5.4SSL VPN web mode — browser-based remote access10 minLab
5.5SSL VPN tunnel mode — FortiClient full tunnel setup12 minLab
5.6SSL VPN user groups and split tunneling10 minLab
5.7Two-factor authentication on SSL VPN — FortiToken10 minVideo
5.8VPN monitoring and logs — active sessions overview10 minVideo
5.9Section 5 quiz10 minQuiz
SEC 06
Web Filtering & Application Control
70 min
7 lectures
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6.1FortiGuard subscription services overview7 minVideo
6.2Web filtering profiles — categories, overrides, quotas12 minLab
6.3DNS filtering — blocking domains at DNS level8 minLab
6.4Application control — identifying & blocking apps12 minLab
6.5Deep packet inspection (DPI) — SSL inspection profiles10 minLab
6.6Safe search enforcement and YouTube restrictions8 minLab
6.7Section 6 quiz13 minQuiz
SEC 07
Intrusion Prevention, AV & Security Profiles
75 min
8 lectures
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7.1IPS fundamentals — signatures, anomaly detection8 minVideo
7.2Creating and tuning IPS profiles — reducing false positives12 minLab
7.3Antivirus scanning — file types, protocols, actions10 minLab
7.4Botnet detection and C&C blocking8 minVideo
7.5Email filtering — SPAM detection and SMTP proxy8 minLab
7.6Flow vs proxy inspection modes — when to use each8 minVideo
7.7Security profile groups — attaching to policies efficiently8 minLab
7.8Section 7 quiz13 minQuiz
SEC 08
Network Access Control & User Authentication
65 min
7 lectures
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8.1NAC concepts — identity-based policy enforcement8 minVideo
8.2LDAP / Active Directory integration with FortiGate12 minLab
8.3Captive portal setup — guest network authentication10 minLab
8.4RADIUS authentication — policy per user group10 minLab
8.5Device detection and BYOD policies8 minVideo
8.6802.1X port authentication with FortiSwitch10 minLab
8.7Section 8 quiz7 minQuiz
SEC 09
Monitoring, Logging & FortiView
60 min
6 lectures
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9.1FortiView dashboard — live traffic and threat map8 minVideo
9.2Log types — traffic, event, security, and system logs8 minVideo
9.3Syslog to external server — ELK Stack integration12 minLab
9.4Bandwidth monitoring — identifying top users and apps8 minLab
9.5Automated alerts — email notifications for threats8 minLab
9.6Section 9 quiz16 minQuiz
SEC 10
High Availability & Redundancy
50 min
5 lectures
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10.1HA concepts — Active-Passive vs Active-Active8 minVideo
10.2Configuring FortiGate HA cluster step by step15 minLab
10.3WAN load balancing and failover with dual ISP12 minLab
10.4HA failover testing and monitoring8 minLab
10.5Backup and restore — configuration snapshots7 minVideo
PROJECT 1
Capstone — Industrial Network (Cement Plant, Iraq)
75 min
5 lectures
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Based on Adnan's real deployment at UQNCC Cement Plant, Abu Ghar, Iraq (January 2026). Build the complete network from scratch.
11.1Project overview — plant topology and requirements brief8 minProject
11.2Building the OT/IT VLAN architecture from scratch20 minProject
11.3FortiGate policies — plant operations vs office vs guest20 minProject
11.4IPsec VPN to head office in Saudi Arabia15 minProject
11.5Final review — monitoring, logging, and documentation12 minProject
PROJECT 2
Capstone — Enterprise Campus Network (500+ Users)
80 min
5 lectures
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Based on Adnan's 13-year deployment at Eastern Public School (IB), Bhopal — 500+ student/staff campus with multi-building infrastructure.
12.1Project overview — multi-building school network design8 minProject
12.2Full VLAN setup — Staff, Students, Servers, Library, CCTV20 minProject
12.3Web filtering for students with AD user-group policies18 minProject
12.4SSL VPN for remote teachers and admin staff15 minProject
12.5ELK Stack integration for usage monitoring and reporting19 minProject
