No immediate changes happened to the content of our NSE courses and exams when the certification program was updated (October 1st, 2023). However, incremental updates to courses and exams are ongoing as usual, depending on changes in the industry and cybersecurity roles.
New versions of our courses and exams are being progressively renamed to match the designations in their respective exam badges.
Old Certification Program Course and Exam Names | Current Certification Program Course, Exam and Badge Names |
| NSE 4 FortiOS (FortiGate Security + FortiGate Infrastructure) | FortiGate Administrator |
| NSE 5 FortiAnalyzer Analyst | FortiAnalyzer Analyst |
| NSE 5 FortiClient EMS | FortiClient EMS Administrator |
| NSE 5 FortiEDR | FortiEDR Administrator |
| NSE 5 FortiManager | FortiManager Administrator |
| NSE 5 FortiSIEM | FortiSIEM Administrator |
| NSE 6 FortiAnalyzer Administrator | FortiAnalyzer Administrator |
| NSE 6 FortiAuthenticator | FortiAuthenticator Administrator |
| NSE 6 FortiMail | FortiMail Administrator |
| NSE 6 FortiNAC | FortiNAC Administrator |
| NSE 6 FortiSOAR Administrator | FortiSOAR Administrator |
| NSE 6 FortiSwitch | FortiSwitch Administrator |
| NSE 6 FortiWeb | FortiWeb Administrator |
| NSE 6 Secure Wireless LAN | Secure Wireless LAN Administrator |
| NSE 6 Cloud Security for AWS | Cloud Security Administrator for AWS |
| NSE 6 Cloud Security for Azure | Cloud Security Administrator for Azure |
| NSE 7 Advanced Analytics | Advanced Analytics Architect |
| NSE 7 Enterprise Firewall | Enterprise Firewall Administrator |
| NSE 7 LAN Edge | LAN Edge Architect |
| NSE 7 Network Security Support Engineer | Network Security Support Engineer |
| NSE 7 OT Security | OT Security Architect |
| NSE 7 Public Cloud Security | Cloud Security Architect |
| NSE 7 SD-WAN | SD-WAN Architect |
| NSE 7 Zero Trust Access | Zero Trust Access Architect |
Note that NSE 6 FortiVoice, NSE 6 FortiADC, NSE 6 FortiSandbox, NSE 7 FortiSOAR Design and Development, and NSE 7 Advanced Threat Protection are not included in the current certification levels.
For more information about NSE program updates, see https://www.fortinet.com/nse-training/training-program-update.
For more information about the requirements to achieve the new certifications, see What are the Fortinet requirements for the new certifications?
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