With new, sophisticated cyber threats continuing to impact the security of businesses around the world, it is crucial that organizations have the support needed to defend against them. This includes the partners they rely on for security expertise. Fortinet holds annual, regionally operated XPERTS Summit events for its partners to ensure they are up to date on the latest Fortinet technology and solutions and are maintaining their cybersecurity expertise. Regional events will start kicking off in June.

The Value of the Fortinet XPERTS Summits for Partners

Fortinet regional XPERTS Summits are tailored, hands-on training events designed for highly skilled engineering partners. These summits help partners learn new skills and gain technical training that, in turn, helps them differentiate themselves in a competitive market. In these training events, partners have the opportunity to work with a variety of Fortinet technology offerings to ensure they are up to speed on the latest and greatest, including Secure SD-WAN, OT security, zero-trust access, and FortiManager.

"Fortinet has offered XPERTS Summits to our partners across regions for a number of years," shares Rob Rashotte, VP, Fortinet Training Institute. "At these summits, our technical team delivers advanced training to our partners from our award-winning NSE Certification program. Partners spend the week working with the most elite set of trainers in the cybersecurity industry."       

Partners will also have the chance to increase their Network Security Expert (NSE) certification level through hands-on, instructor-led training. However, to attend a regional event, partners must be NSE 4 or above. With this in mind, we encourage our NSE 3 partners to up-level so they can attend one of this year's events. In addition to the training opportunities offered at regional XPERTS Summit events, partners will also be able to connect with peers and have conversations that will help drive business growth. This year, Fortinet XPERTS Summits will be taking place at the following locations:

• Madrid, Spain: June 27-July 2
• Bangkok, Thailand: October 17-21
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