NSE7_SSE_AD-25 Exam Dumps - Fortinet NSE 7 - FortiSASE 25 Enterprise Administrator

To configure a Secure Private Access (SPA) solution to share endpoint information between FortiSASE and a corporate FortiGate, you need to take the following steps:

Add the FortiGate IP address in the secure private access configuration on FortiSASE:

This step allows FortiSASE to recognize and establish a connection with the corporate FortiGate.

Use the FortiClient EMS cloud connector on the corporate FortiGate to connect to FortiSASE:

The EMS (Endpoint Management Server) cloud connector facilitates the integration between FortiClient endpoints and FortiSASE, enabling seamless sharing of endpoint information.

Register FortiGate and FortiSASE under the same FortiCloud account:

By registering both FortiGate and FortiSASE under the same FortiCloud account, you ensure centralized management and synchronization of configurations and policies.

During FortiSASE provisioning, the FortiSASE administrator needs to configure at least one security point of presence (PoP). A single PoP is sufficient to get started with FortiSASE, providing the necessary security services and connectivity for users.

Security Point of Presence (PoP):

A PoP is a strategically located data center that provides security services such as secure web gateway, firewall, and VPN termination.

Configuring at least one PoP ensures that users can connect to FortiSASE and benefit from its security features.

Scalability:

While only one PoP is required to start, additional PoPs can be added as needed to enhance redundancy, load balancing, and performance.

For a customer looking to upgrade their legacy on-premises proxy to a cloud-based proxy for a hybrid network, the combination of Secure Web Gateway (SWG) and Inline Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) features in FortiSASE will provide the necessary capabilities.

Secure Web Gateway (SWG):

SWG provides comprehensive web security by inspecting and filtering web traffic to protect against web-based threats.

It ensures that all web traffic, whether originating from on-premises or remote locations, is inspected and secured by the cloud-based proxy.

Inline Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB):

CASB enhances security by providing visibility and control over cloud applications and services.

Inline CASB integrates with SWG to enforce security policies for cloud application usage, preventing unauthorized access and data leakage.

FortiSASE Geofencing and Regional Compliance allow administrators to control where remote users connect based on their physical location, which is determined by the endpoint's public IP address.3

Default Connection Behavior: By default, FortiSASE uses a "best-effort" geolocation logic to ensure the lowest latency for the user. If an administrator has not configured a specific regional compliance rule for a user's country or region, FortiClient will automatically attempt to connect to the closest available FortiSASE security PoP (Point of Presence) based on proximity.4

Regional Compliance Rules: When an organization must enforce data residency or specific security routing requirements, they create Regional Compliance rules. According to the FortiSASE 25 Feature Administration Guide, these rules allow the administrator to override the default "closest PoP" behavior for specific countries.

Connectivity Options: Within a regional compliance rule, the administrator must specify the destination for the traffic. The system provides a choice between two distinct connection types: a FortiSASE Security PoP or an On-premises device (such as a FortiGate acting as a gateway).5 The documentation specifies that a rule is designed to point to one of these types at a time to satisfy the compliance requirement for that specific region.

Connection Priority: While multiple connections can be managed in a priority table, the logic for Regional Compliance is focused on directing the user to the designated compliant entry point. Option D is incorrect because the connection order is determined by the Priority and custom fail-over connections table; an administrator can manually adjust the sequence, so it is not "always" the security PoP first.

The unified FortiClient component of FortiSASE facilitates the always-on security measure required for ensuring that all remote user endpoints are always connected and protected.

Unified FortiClient:

FortiClient is a comprehensive endpoint security solution that integrates with FortiSASE to provide continuous protection for remote user endpoints.

It ensures that endpoints are always connected to the FortiSASE infrastructure, even when users are off the corporate network.

Always-On Security:

The unified FortiClient maintains a persistent connection to FortiSASE, enforcing security policies and protecting endpoints against threats at all times.

This ensures compliance with the cybersecurity policy requiring constant connectivity and protection for remote users.

Based on the settings shown in the provided exhibits, the vulnerability remediation workflow is determined by the Endpoint Profile and the Vulnerability Dashboard.

Endpoint Profile Evaluation: The top exhibit displays the Scan for Vulnerabilities settings. The toggle for Automatically patch vulnerabilities is explicitly set to Disabled. Consequently, the system will not perform automated remediation when a scan completes.

Manual Patching Requirement: The Vulnerability Dashboard (bottom exhibit) lists several application vulnerabilities with a Patching status of Manual patching required. In a FortiSASE environment, "Manual" indicates that the vulnerability cannot be handled by the client's autonomous update process and requires a direct instruction from the management plane.

Administrative Intervention: The dashboard includes a Patch endpoints action button. Since auto-patching is disabled in the profile, an administrator must manually select the vulnerabilities and click the "Patch endpoints" button to remotely trigger the patching sequence on the managed endpoints via the FortiSASE cloud service.

Workflow Logic: While FortiClient acts as the "conductor" on the local machine to facilitate the download and installation, the trigger for this specific scenario is the administrator's remote action within the portal. This differentiates it from Option D (which is disabled) and Option C (which would involve a user manually browsing a website outside the managed SASE workflow).

According to the NSE7 SASE Enterprise Guide (Pages 46 & 61), deploying Secure Private Access (SPA) with SD-WAN provides advanced security and networking capabilities by routing traffic through global Points of Presence (PoPs).

Inline Security Inspection (D): A major advantage of this approach is that traffic is routed through FortiSASE PoPs before it reaches private applications. This enables inline security inspection, providing robust protection against threats by applying the full SASE security stack—including antivirus, intrusion prevention, and deep packet inspection—to private access traffic.

Support for TCP and UDP (B): Organizations with existing FortiGate SD-WAN deployments benefit from broader and seamless access to privately hosted applications. The SD-WAN SPA use case explicitly supports both TCP- and UDP-based applications, ensuring that legacy or specialized services that rely on UDP function correctly over the secure tunnel.

SD-WAN Optimization: This method leverages the benefits of SD-WAN to optimize traffic flow between the SASE PoP and the corporate SD-WAN hub or data center FortiGate. It is particularly useful for mission-critical applications that require an extra layer of security combined with path optimization.

Architecture: In this configuration, the FortiSASE Security PoPs act as spokes in the organization’s SD-WAN network, relying on IPsec VPN overlays and BGP for secure dynamic routing.

While ZTNA posture checks are a feature of the broader ecosystem, the NSE7 Guide specifically highlights inline inspection and application support (TCP/UDP) as primary advantages of the SD-WAN integrated SPA approach.

In a FortiSASE environment where always-on VPN is enforced, FortiClient typically establishes a full tunnel to a Security Point of Presence (PoP). By default, a full-tunnel configuration instructs the endpoint to send all traffic—including traffic destined for the local network—through the secure tunnel to FortiSASE for inspection.

The Local Access Challenge: When a remote user is at home or in a satellite office, they often need to access local resources such as printers, NAS devices, or other computers on the same Layer 2 (L2) broadcast domain. In a standard full-tunnel setup, these local resources become unreachable because the routing table on the endpoint prioritizes the VPN interface for all non-local-gateway traffic.

Allow Local LAN Access: To resolve this while maintaining the security of the "Always-On" requirement, FortiSASE administrators can enable the Allow Local LAN Access feature within the Endpoint Profile.

Configuration Logic: This setting modifies the FortiClient configuration (often via an XML update pushed from the FortiSASE EMS) to include an exemption for the endpoint's locally connected subnet. Specifically, it ensures that traffic destined for the local L2 network does not enter the IPsec or SSL-VPN tunnel, allowing the user to interact with local peripherals while all other internet and corporate-bound traffic remains secured by FortiSASE.

Incorrect Options: * Option B and C: Sandbox and Anti-Virus protections are security features for threat detection and do not influence the routing of local network traffic.

Option D: Network Lockdown actually does the opposite; it restricts network access until a VPN connection is established and typically blocks local LAN access unless specific exemptions are made, making it the incorrect choice for enabling access to local resources.