Amrita School of Engineering Signed a Strategic Partnership with Fortinet

Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, has signed a strategic partnership with Fortinet. Getting engaged with them in their Fortinet Network Security Academy (FNSA) program will bring benefit to every campus of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham. Fortinet is in the business of securing the largest enterprise, service provider, and government organizations around the world. Fortinet strives to empower its customers with intelligent, seamless protection and it ranks number one in the most security appliances shipped worldwide and more than 450,000 customers trust Fortinet to protect their businesses.

Fortinet’s mission is to prepare students for a career in network security, enable Fortinet certification through lecture and hands-on practical application and build a skilled workforce, recognized in the industry as elite network security professionals. Fortinet’s Security Academy Program is a free program that assures to provide Amrita with career-relevant material that can be integrated into the ongoing teaching and/or make it part of a student’s holistic learning experience. Amrita School of Engineering in association with Fortinet will handle all the infrastructure requirements including the labs for the hands-on training.

Some of the key highlights or benefits of the program include:

• Fortinet sponsors faculty NSE Pearson Vue exams to become certified.
• Fortinet provides instructor materials, student guides, practice quizzes, slides, lab exercises, etc.
• You can teach the curriculum as is or use it to supplement your ongoing programs.
• Fortinet sponsors all student Pearson Vue exam vouchers to achieve an industry-recognized network security certification.