NSE Exam Release Notices - New and Discontinued Exams

Modified on Tue, 5 May at 4:31 PM


New exam releases

Review certification program information and exam descriptions at the NSE Certification Program website.


Exam NameRelease Date
NSE 6 - FortiNAC 7.6 Administrator
Mid-July
NSE 6 - FortiManager 7.6 Administrator
Mid-July
NSE 6 - FortiAnalyzer 7.6 Administrator
Q3 2026
NSE 5 - Secure Wireless LAN 7.6 Administrator
Mid-May
NSE 5 - FortiAppSec 26 Administrator
Q2 2026
NSE 6 - FortiDeceptor 6.0 Administrator
Q2 2026
NSE 6 - FortiNDR 26 Analyst
Q2 2026
NSE 6 - FortiRecon 26 Analyst
Q2 2026
NSE 7 - SASE 7.6 Architect
Q2 2026
NSE 7 - Secure Networking 7.6 Architect
Q2 2026
NSE 6 - FortiDDoS 7.2 Administrator
Q2 2026
NSE 6 - FortiMail Workspace 26.1 Administrator
Q2 2026
NSE 6 - FortiDLP 26 Administrator
Q2 2026
NSE 6 - FortiCNAPP 26 Analyst
Q2 2026
NSE 6 - FortiSIEM 7.4 Analyst
February 12, 2026 
NSE 5 - FortiWeb 8.0 Administrator
February 11, 2026
NSE 6 - OT Security 7.6 ArchitectJanuary 26, 2026
NSE 6 - FortiEDR 7.0 Administrator
January 18, 2026
NSE 8 - Recertification Exam (813)
January 16, 2026




Discontinued exam versions  

Generally, when a new exam is released, the last delivery date for the previous version is four months later. The scheduling lead time for an exam that will be discontinued is at the discretion of the Fortinet Training Institute. Last delivery dates may vary for translated exams because their original release dates might differ from those of the English version. Exam availability dates are also listed on the Fortinet Training Institute certification description pages.


2026


Exam NameLast Delivery Date
NSE 7 - Enterprise Firewall 7.6 Administrator*
July 15, 2026
NSE 7 - FortiSASE 25 Enterprise Administrator*
July 15, 2026
NSE 6 - FortiSOAR 7.3 Administrator*
July 15, 2026
NSE 6 - LAN Edge 7.6 Architect
July 15, 2026
NSE 6 - Network Security 7.6 Support Engineer
July 15, 2026
NSE 6 - SD-WAN 7.6 Enterprise Administrator
July 15, 2026
NSE 6 - OT Security 7.6 Architect*
July 15, 2026
NSE 5 - FortiSandbox 7.6 Administrator
July 15, 2026
NSE 5 - FortiNAC-F 7.6 Administrator*
July 15, 2026
NSE 5 - FortiManager 7.6 Administrator*
July 15, 2026
NSE 6 - FortiSIEM 7.2 Analyst
June 15, 2026
NSE 5 - FortiWeb 7.4 Administrator
May 31, 2026
NSE 6 - OT Security 7.2 Architect
January 31, 2026
NSE 6 - FortiEDR 5.0 Administrator
January 31, 2026
FCP - FortiGate 7.6 Administrator (Japanese)
February 28, 2026


* Replacements for these exams will be released mid-July as part of NSE Program Updates on July 15, 2026.







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