Fortinet

The ladder was climbed once in 2022, NSE 1 through NSE 4 under the legacy program, then again as Fortinet reorganized certification into the FCF, FCA, and FCP tracks: Fundamentals and Associate in Cybersecurity, Professional in Network Security, with the FortiGate, FortiAnalyzer, FortiManager, and FortiAuthenticator administrator badges alongside. In 2024 came the credential that matters most to a teacher: Fortinet Certified Trainer.

As FCT, I deliver five official Fortinet courses across the FortiGate operating stack and its management plane. On July 15, 2026, Fortinet retired the FCP and FCSS era names and restored the eight-level NSE progression, converting active certifications forward, so this chapter's credentials now read NSE 1 through NSE 4 again, exactly where they began, one program generation later. The credentials page records that transition first-hand.