FORTINET XPERTS26 Canada — November 22 to 27, 2026
Join Fortinet's premier Canadian technical training event intended for Canadian Fortinet Partners with valid* Fortinet NSE Certification levels NSE 4-8 (FCX, FCSS, or FCP). Spend four days learning directly from Fortinet's Consulting Systems Engineers, technical leaders, and product experts. Explore the latest innovations across the Fortinet Security Fabric, compete in the Ultimate Fabric Challenge, and connect with peers from across Canada.
Fee: $500 USD (~$710 CAD) + applicable provincial taxes (see FAQ).
Why Attend?
Four full days of exclusive, forward-looking keynotes and technical workshops delivered by Fortinet’s senior technical executives and experts. Compete for bragging rights and prizes in the Ultimate Fabric Challenge, explore the newest Fortinet solutions, and network with peers while experiencing all that Montreal has to offer.
You’ll gain access to exclusive workshops led by Fortinet’s Consulting Systems Engineers, featuring real-world use cases and topics including:
Unified SASE |
Security Operations |
Secure Networking |
Secure SD-WAN |
Data Loss Prevention |
AI-Powered Security |
The Ultimate Fabric Challenge (UFC)
Think you have what it takes? Join the Canadian qualifier for an e‑sports‑style technical showdown.
Teams of two will tackle live environments: SOC ops, automated playbooks, threat‑hunting in FortiAnalyzer, and configuring SASE architectures.
Top performers will qualify for the Global Championship, at Fortinet Accelerate 2027.
Agenda
Tracks & Workshops
Open the accordion tabs below to review the sessions you can select from, for Tuesday to Thursday's workshop sessions. Availability will be based on registrants nominations — in priority order (maximum of 5).
WAN Edge & Secure Access Foundations
Build a resilient active-active data center SD-WAN from scratch in FortiManager, then break it on purpose to master the failover and troubleshooting commands that save you at 2 AM. Bring switching under the same roof: FortiLink, MC-LAG, VXLAN, and templates, so your entire access layer is provisioned and validated from one console. Leave able to design, deploy, and defend a converged WAN-and-switch fabric.
Products: FortiGate 7.6, FortiManager 7.6, FortiAnalyzer 7.6, FortiSwitch VM v7 build 6216
FortiSASE 7.6: Securing the Hybrid Workforce
One full day, one complete SASE deployment. Start with identity and endpoint posture, layer on threat prevention, SSL inspection, CASB, and DLP that even governs SaaS and LLM usage, then extend Zero Trust access to private apps and branches with full Digital Experience Monitoring. Walk out having turned SASE buzzwords into a working, end-to-end architecture.
Products: FortiSASE v26.1.2 Feature, FortiGate 7.6, FortiManager 7.6
Wireless & FortiOS 8.0 Innovations
Stop guessing at Wi-Fi. Master RF design, Wi-Fi 7 on the new FortiAP K-Series, and let FortiAIOps and AI-ARRP self-optimize your channels and slash MTTR. Afternoon: step into the future of FortiOS 8.0, covering post-quantum VPN crypto, GenAI/SaaS controls, simplified ZTNA, and a tighter Security Fabric. A single day that future-proofs both your wireless and your edge.
Products: FortiOS, FortiAP, FortiAIOps, FortiGate 8.0, FortiManager 8.0, FortiAnalyzer 8.0
Advanced Anomaly Detection
Strengthen your cybersecurity resilience with Fortinet's SecOps Platform by uncovering the anomalies others miss. Using advanced detection and response techniques across FortiNDR, FortiPAM, FortiSOAR, FortiGate, and FortiAnalyzer, you'll learn how to identify suspicious activity, investigate threats, and accelerate response workflows. Gain hands-on experience leveraging integrated SecOps capabilities to detect the subtle indicators that often signal larger security risks.
Products: FortiGate, FortiAnalyzer, FortiPAM, FortiSOAR, FortiNDR
Anti-Ransomware
Gain hands-on experience investigating, containing, and responding to ransomware attacks using Fortinet's SecOps Platform. Leveraging FortiEDR, FortiSOAR, FortiDLP, and FortiClient, you'll learn how to detect threats, accelerate response workflows, and coordinate security operations during critical incidents. Understand ransomware defense from both framework and platform perspectives while building the skills needed to improve cyber resilience and response effectiveness.
Products: FortiDLP, FortiClient, FortiEDR, FortiSOAR
NOC Automation
Move from manual firefighting to automated, intelligence-driven operations with Fortinet's Security Fabric. Begin by using FortiSOAR's Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP) capabilities to automatically deploy and provision FortiGate devices through FortiManager, reducing manual effort and ensuring consistent policy enforcement at scale. Then explore how FortiRecon identifies external risks and digital threats, while FortiSOAR orchestrates investigations and remediation through automation and integration. Gain hands-on experience streamlining security workflows, accelerating response, and improving operational efficiency through end-to-end automation.
Products: FortiSOAR, FortiManager, FortiGate, FortiRecon
AI Visibility, Control & Data Leak Hunting
Your employees are already using AI you didn’t approve. See which AI tools they use and what data they share. Stop sensitive files from reaching ChatGPT and Claude, catch what gets pasted or typed into a prompt, and coach users in the moment. Extend the same protection to webmail, file sharing, downloads and unapproved apps. Then hunt down every leak attempt: who, what and where, with the evidence to act on it. Witness true endpoint DLP with full visibility into GenAI activity.
Products: FortiDLP, FortiAI
AI-Driven Policy & Web Protection
Let AI do the grunt work: point FortiAI Assist at a 500-rule firewall mess and watch it surface the dead, shadowed, and redundant policies, then clean up safely. After lunch, put ML on the front line with FortiWeb zero-day detection and MCP server protection. Cut policy bloat and block the unknown, all AI-assisted.
Products: FortiGate, FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer, FortiAI Assist, FortiWeb
Securing AI Applications
The apps you're building on LLMs are a new attack surface. Learn to prevent data leakage, vet AI-generated code, and enforce locked-down access to critical systems with FortiPAM, FortiAIGate, and FortiCNAPP. Ship AI applications your security team can actually sign off on.
Products: FortiPAM, FortiAIGate, FortiCNAPP
Securing OT Environments
This hands-on day dives into securing OT environments with Fortinet. Participants start with Layer 2 OT traffic visibility and prioritization, then split into red and blue teams to run and detect an attack inspired by a simulated environment modeled on real production conditions. Next comes secure remote access to PLCs via FortiPAM, and the day wraps up building a redundant FortiSwitch ring with MRP and FortiLink.
Products: FortiGate, FortiSwitch, FortiAnalyzer, FortiPAM, FortiClient, FortiGuard, FortiAI
SPEAKERS
Discover MONTREAL
Expand your technical expertise by day and experience the best of Montréal by night. From its renowned culinary scene and historic Old Montréal to vibrant nightlife and cultural attractions, Fortinet XPERTS26 Canada combines world-class technical training with one of Canada's most unforgettable destinations.
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