FCP FortiClient EMS 7.4 case studies

FCP FortiClient EMS 7.4 · Put your knowledge to work in context.

The Fortinet Certified Professional (FCP) in FortiClient EMS 7.4 is a vendor-specific certification for IT and security professionals who deploy, configure, and manage FortiClient EMS as an endpoint management and security platform. It targets administrators, security engineers, and network defenders responsible for endpoint compliance, VPN/ZTNA access, and endpoint protection. The FCP FortiClient EMS 7.4 case studies are 5 cases and about 4,438 words.

EMS publication for a mixed HQ, branch and laptop estate

A regional logistics company runs FortiClient EMS 7.4 on a Windows Server 2022 VM at 10.20.5.10 in its HQ server VLAN. It must manage 620 Windows endpoints: 480 at HQ, 140 across two branch offices, and 90 laptops that are usually off-site.

922 words, about 5 min 2

Consolidating two EMS instances after a merger

Two companies have merged. The acquirer runs FortiClient EMS 7.4 with 900 registered Windows endpoints, synchronising groups from a single AD domain, and assigns profiles by AD group.

836 words, about 4 min 3

Splitting one default profile across three business groups

An 800-endpoint estate is managed by EMS 7.4: Finance 200 desktops, Engineering 250 desktops, Field Sales 350 laptops. Today a single Default profile applies to everyone.

860 words, about 4 min 4

Contractor ZTNA to an SSH bastion with posture checks

Three hundred remote users reach an internal ERP application through FortiGate ZTNA (destination host erp.corp.example.com at 10.50.1.20:443) and an SSH bastion at 10.50.2.30:22. FortiClient 7.4 is registered to EMS 7.4, which is integrated with the FortiGate so that EMS issues zero trust tags consumed in FortiGate policy.

951 words, about 5 min 5

Remediation SLAs, failed patch jobs and auditor evidence

A 350-endpoint Windows 10/11 estate is managed by EMS 7.4 with vulnerability scan and patch management enabled in the assigned profile. After four weeks the vulnerability dashboard shows 1,800 findings.

869 words, about 4 min