Fortinet FCF case studies
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The Fortinet Certified Fundamentals (FCF) is an entry-level credential in Fortinet's certification program, listed under the Training Institute's certification pages. Note that at retrieval on 2026-11-05 the FCF landing page returned a 404 error, so this page cannot confirm exam numbers, question counts, time limits, passing scores, fees, or retake rules - treat any such figure you see elsewhere with suspicion until Fortinet republishes the page. What can be described is the published domain structure: four areas weighted evenly at 25% each - Network Security Fundamentals, Security Operations Fundamentals, Cloud Security Fundamentals, and Cybersecurity Fundamentals. That spread signals the intent: the credential is for people starting a security career or moving into a security-adjacent role who need broad vocabulary and concepts rather than product configuration depth. The Fortinet FCF case studies are 5 cases and about 2,760 words.
1Branch HA and SD-WAN Voice Failover
Northwind Retail runs a 220-employee distribution branch on a FortiGate 100F active-passive HA pair running FortiOS 7.2. WAN 1 is 500/100 Mbps fiber; WAN 2 is a 100/20 Mbps LTE backup.
650 words, about 3 min2Alert Storm After an IPS Update
MetroParts Manufacturing's SOC runs FortiAnalyzer 3500F with 65 FortiGates, four FortiMail instances, and FortiEDR. Ingest is 8,000 events per second; retention is 180 days; the log disk is at 91%.
564 words, about 3 min3Cloud Egress Bypass and Public Bucket Exposure
Helio Commerce runs four AWS accounts and two Azure subscriptions. Its security team standardized egress inspection through a pair of FortiGate VMs in an inspection VPC, reachable via a transit gateway.
528 words, about 3 min4Helpdesk MFA Reset and Business Email Compromise
Ridgeway Financial has 450 employees. MFA is enforced for VPN and Microsoft 365, but the helpdesk can reset MFA after a phone call.
485 words, about 2 min5TLS Inspection, Certificate Pinning, and Clinical Bypass
Lakeside Regional Hospital has 2,400 staff and 3,000 managed devices. A FortiGate 401F HA pair protects a 1 Gbps ISP link.
533 words, about 3 min