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F5 ASM

17 lessons · Beginner to advanced

Policies, staging, learning, signatures, tuning, API security, logs and recovery.

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FortiWeb

17 lessons · Beginner to advanced

Server policies, profiles, ML, signatures, APIs, troubleshooting and HA.

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WAF Protect publishes English-language WAF training with separate F5 ASM and FortiWeb learning paths. Harpreet Singh Virdi, CISSP, CCSP, is the named editor/instructor. The site is not affiliated with or endorsed by F5, Fortinet or Google. Product names and trademarks belong to their respective owners.

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Lessons use original explanations, fictional application scenarios, exercises and knowledge checks, with links to relevant vendor documentation. AI-assisted research, drafting and publishing tools were used to help prepare this course collection. The presence of an instructor name does not imply that every example was executed on a product.

Lab steps describe expected outcomes and have not been executed on F5 BIG-IP or FortiWeb appliances for this publication. Menus, defaults, supported features, licensing and behavior vary by release. Consult documentation for your actual environment and use authorized isolated labs.

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Use exercises only on systems you own or have explicit permission to test. Do not post sensitive data in comments or messages. For urgent incidents or product defects, use your organization's approved response process and the vendor's support channels.

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