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Fortinet Certified Fundamentals Cybersecurity

Fortinet

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The FCF in Cybersecurity certification validates that you have mastered the technical knowledge and skills that are required for any entry-level job role in cybersecurity. This curriculum will offer courses that cover today’s threat landscape and the fundamentals of cybersecurity.

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Who Should Attempt the FCF Certification? We recommend this certification to entry-level cybersecurity professionals and everybody that would like to pursue a career in cybersecurity. We also recommend this certification for professionals that need to have a high-level understanding of the most common cybersecurity concepts. - Getting Started in Cybersecurity: Fortinet recommends this elective to professionals in sales and non-technical roles. - Technical Introduction to Cybersecurity: Fortinet recommends this elective to professionals in technical roles and to anybody that wants to pursue other Fortinet certifications. Program Requirements To achieve this certification, you are required to pass the Introduction to the Threat Landscape and either Getting Started in Cybersecurity OR Technical Introduction to Cybersecurity online exams presented at the end of the course. To prepare for the certification exams, we recommend that you take the associated NSE courses. Digital Badges You will receive digital badges under the following circumstances: - Exam badge: Each time you pass any version of the exam included in FCF - Cybersecurity. - Certification badge: Once you achieve the requirements for the FCF - Cybersecurity.

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Skills & Competencies

Skills developed through this program

  • Explain core cybersecurity concepts including threats, attack vectors, and basic defensive strategies to build foundational security awareness
  • Identify common cyber threats such as malware, phishing, and ransomware and recognize their impact on users and organizations
  • Apply fundamental security controls including authentication, access management, and data protection to reduce cyber risk
  • Use cybersecurity best practices to support safe behavior across devices, networks, and cloud environments
  • Demonstrate foundational understanding of cybersecurity careers, frameworks, and industry standards
Career Pathways

Occupations this program prepares you for

  • Information Security Analysts15-1212.00
What You'll Learn

Key competencies developed through this program

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Mastery: developing (Level 2)(based on Certification)

  • Multi-source alert investigations — correlate across SIEM, EDR, identity, and network with reduced oversight.
  • Routine incident response — execute tier-2 containment and eradication on familiar threat types.
  • Vulnerability prioritization — assess CVSS, exploitability, and asset context to drive patching decisions.
  • Threat-intel ingestion and operationalization — turn IOCs and TTPs into detection rules.
  • Cloud-security configuration (AWS, Azure, GCP IAM and network controls) — review and remediate in routine cases.
  • Detection engineering (basic SIEM queries, custom rules) — write and tune for the SOC's standard threats.
  • Junior analysts on alert triage — coach during their first 90 days.
  • On-call shifts in the SOC rotation — handle independently with senior backstop.
  • Compliance audit evidence collection — produce for SOC 2 / ISO 27001 cycles without manager involvement.
  • Tabletop exercises — participate substantively in SOC and broader-IR drills.

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