Course Overview
In this course, you will learn about FortiSIEM initial configurations, architecture, and the discovery of devices on the network and SOAR products in the industry. You will also learn how to collect performance information and aggregate it with Syslog data to enrich the overall view of the health of your environment, how to use the configuration database to greatly facilitate compliance audits, and how to integrate FortiSIEM into your network awareness infrastructure.
Prerequisite(s)
- Network Defense Essential (FortiGate) , Basic knowledge of networking, routing, and switching and OS.
Credits
1.0
Domestic fees
$222.30
International fees are typically 3.25 times the domestic tuition. Exact cost will be calculated upon completion of registration.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Identify business drivers for using SIEM tools
- Describe key features of FortiSIEM
- Understand how collectors, workers, and supervisors work together
- Create new users
- Describe and enable devices for discovery
- Configure users when to use agents
- Perform real-time, historic structured searches
- Group and aggregate search results
- Create custom incident rules
- Edit existing, or create new, reports
- Configure and customize the dashboards
- Identify Windows agent components
- Describe the purpose of Windows agents
- Understand how the Windows agent manager works in various deployment models
- Identify reports that relate to Windows agents
- Understand the FortiSIEM Linux file monitoring agent
- Understand agent registration
- Monitor agent communications after deployment
- Describe SOAR
Effective as of Winter 2022
Related Programs
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)/Security Orchestration Automation & Response (SOAR) (XCSA 1103) is offered as a part of the following programs:
- Indicates programs accepting international students.
School of Energy
- Cybersecurity Analysis for Network Administrators
Microcredential Part-time
Course Offerings
Spring/Summer 2026
Below is one offering of XCSA 1103 for the Spring/Summer 2026 term.
CRN 68166
Dates
May 18 - Jul 24 Loading
- CRN 68166
- $222.30 Domestic fees
Class meeting times
| Dates | Days | Times | Locations |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 18 - Jul 24 | N/A | N/A | Online |
Duration
10 weeks
Instructor
Hamidreza Talebi
Course outline
Course outline TBD — see Learning Outcomes in the interim.
Important information
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