FortiOS 7.6 vs 8.0: What Has Changed in the Fortinet NSE 4 Exam Topics?
When talking about the Fortinet NSE4 exam, candidates may be more familiar with the NSE4_FGT_AD-7.6 Fortinet NSE 4 - FortiOS 7.6 Administrator exam. Candidates always choose the latest NSE4_FGT_AD-7.6 practice tests to make preparations. However, Fortinet has pulished the scope of its NSE 4 - FortiOS 8.0 Administrator exam. Even the 8.0 exam is coming soon, but we should undrstand what have changed in the exam topics.
FortiOS NSE 4 Exam: 7.6 vs 8.0
The Fortinet NSE 4 - FortiOS 8.0 Administrator certification exam is an upgraded version for the NSE 4 exam, which keeps the same five domains as the Fortinet NSE 4 - FortiOS 7.6 Administrator exam, but raises the weighting range for deployment and system configuration and adds more detail on AI, identity and tagging, data protection, and VPN security.
Exam format: the question range changes, but the time limit does not
| Detail | FortiOS 7.6 Administrator | FortiOS 8.0 Administrator |
| Status shown | Available | Coming Soon |
| Product version | FortiOS 7.6.0 | FortiOS 8.0.0 |
| Exam time | 100 minutes | 100 minutes |
| Questions | 50–55 | 50–60 |
| Languages currently listed | English and Japanese | English |
| Result | Pass or fail | Same |
Five domains, with a higher range for deployment and system configuration
| Exam domain | 7.6 weighting range | 8.0 weighting range |
| Deployment and system configuration | 20–25% | 25–35% |
| Firewall policies and authentication | 20–25% | 20–25% |
| Content inspection | 25–30% | 25–30% |
| Routing | 10–15% | 10–15% |
| VPNs | 10–15% | 10–15% |
Deployment and system configuration is the only domain with a changed weighting range. The other four ranges remain the same, although several of their listed tasks have changed.
Where the topic lists differ
| Task | Listed on the 7.6 page | Added or rewritten on the 8.0 page |
| Initial setup | Defaults, licenses, admin access, DHCP, backup and restore, upgrades | Added: FortiAI and generative AI integration on the CLI |
| Logging and visibility | Log workflow and storage, FortiAnalyzer registration, log viewing and search | Added: session helper statistics visibility; telemetry and visibility hooks |
| Public cloud | Explicitly names FortiGate CNF and cloud FortiGate VMs | Reworded: task names AWS and Azure; adds automation-ready configurations and telemetry address |
| FortiSASE | Architecture, components, security features, user onboarding | Added: ZTNA, identity and tagging, FortiData labels, OCR on DLP, DLP for GenAI chatbots |
| Firewall policies | Policies, inspection modes, traffic logs | Added: address and policy tags, dynamic tagging, color or tag-based organization |
| FSSO authentication | DC agent, collector agent, login issues | Added: FSSO versus ZTNA identity; FortiIdentity Cloud and SSO |
| Content inspection and IPS | SSL/SSH, web filtering, application control, antivirus, IPS | Added: GenAI-related DLP, AI/ML detection of DNS tunneling, FortiGuard Extended SaaS DB |
| SD-WAN | Link use, quality status, routing behavior | Added: SD-WAN based on underlay bandwidth utilization |
| IPsec VPN | Wizard, redundancy, logs, troubleshooting | Added: Fortinet's terms Ipsec v2, TLS 1.3-based VPN negotiation, Quantum safe for IPsec |
The Fortinet NSE 4 - FortiOS 8.0 Administrator certification exam is new updated version with added topics. As a coming soon version, you can expect as your new NSE 4 exam for Fortinet certification.
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