I am currently NSE 7 certified. What is required to achieve one of the FCSS certifications?

Case 1:

If the Enterprise Firewall exam is the only Fortinet proctored exam that you have passed, to become a Fortinet Certified Solution Specialist (FCSS) in Network Security, you need to pass one of the exams listed below -- within two years of passing the Enterprise Firewall exam:

- LAN Edge - Network Security Support Engineer - SD-WAN

Case 2:

If the SD-WAN exam is the only Fortinet proctored exam that you have passed, to become a Fortinet Certified Solution Specialist (FCSS), you need to pass one of the exams listed below -- within two years of passing the SD-WAN exam:

• You need to pass the Enterprise Firewall exam to become FCSS in Network Security
• You need to pass the FortiSASE Administrator exam to become FCSS in Secure Access Service Edge

-Enterprise Firewall	- FortiSASE Administrator

Case 3:

If the LAN Edge or Network Security Support Engineer exam is the only Fortinet proctored exam that you have passed, to become a Fortinet Certified Solution Specialist (FCSS) in Network Security, you need to pass the Enterprise Firewall exam -- within two years of passing the LAN Edge or Network Security Support Engineer exams:

- Enterprise Firewall

Case 4:

If you have completed any of the following NSE 7 exams before October 1, 2023, you would have received the Fortinet Certified Solution Specialist (FCSS) certification listed below on October 1, 2023.

For more information about NSE program updates, see https://www.fortinet.com/nse-training/training-program-update.

For more information about transitioning from the legacy NSE Certification program to the current NSE Certification program launched on October 1, 2023, see NSE Transition Policies.