P-325: Python Programming

Course Overview:

This is an introductory course into the Python scripting language. This class uses a hands-on approach in teaching the Python language. This course builds the prerequisite skills for TechNow's P-345: Python for Pentration Testers course. Getting comfortable with Python is important to understanding how Python can be utilitized for offensive measures.

This course is hands-on with the instructor walking the students through many short examples to exemplify an objective. Dexterity with the language comes through many small code examples to produce the desired result. Students have fun acquiring points for all the code examples they get correct. We must be having fun because TechNow is always amazed at how competitive students are in trying to acquire the most points!

The instructor will focus on the level that each student is currently at, and ensure the student absorbs the subject matter. Programming is not a daily tasking of administrators or offensive operators and TechNow understands that. As an instructor led course TechNow is very successful in making Python accessible to those who do not live eat and breath programming. If a student's ultimate goal is to attend a course like TechNow's P-345: Python for Pentration Testers course, then not being bogged down in the Python language is critical, and this course (P-325: Python Programming) meets that objective.

Recently we have introduced Raspberry Pi's and multiple sensors to the P-325: Python Programming course. This enables the student to actually see productive results from their coding skills in the physical world! Some examples that students create programs for are: Motion detectors, distance, temperature, cameras and keypads.

Attendees to P-325: Python Programming will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.

Dates/Locations:

No Events

Duration: 5 Days

Course Objectives:

How Python Runs Programs
Introducing Python Object Types
- Numeric Types
- Dynamic Typing
Variables
Regular Expressions
Strings
Conditionals
- if Tests and Syntax Rules
Lists and Dictionaries
Tuples and Files
Introducing Python Statements
Assignments, Expressions, and Prints
while and for Loops
Iterations and Comprehensions
Documentation
Function Basics
Built-In Functions
Scopes
Arguments
Modules
Module Packages and Importing
Classes and OOP
Operator Overloading
Recursion
Exception Coding Details
Exception Objects
Unicode and Byte Strings
Working with Raspberry Pi
- Writing code for sensors

Prerequisites:

Experience with some form of programming is preferred

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Instructor comments: Very good instructor - he was excited about the material, very knowledgeable, and explained things clearly.

Facilities comments: The facilities were fine - plenty of room for each student to set up an extra computer and have room for note taking

User: nathan.karras

Instructor comments: Instructor was extremely knowledgeable in programming and scripting. He encouraged students to explore and ask questions. He would work with individuals to troubleshoot lab problems sets. Would highly recommend as an instructor.

Facilities comments: Room got a little warn. Instructor purchased fans to cool things off for the class. Projector had over scan.

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PP-244:CIPM + CIPP/E 4 Day GDPR Ready

PP-244: CIPM + CIPP/E 4 Day GDPR Ready

Course Overview:

A combined course of CIPM + CIPP/E. Achieving a CIPM credential shows that you have a comprehensive knowledge of how data protection programs should work across an organization. Combine with a CIPP/E credential and prove that you not only can manage a data protection program, but you understand the regulations that govern them.

With a CIPM and CIPP/E combined you’ll be uniquely equipped to fulfill the DPO requirements of the GDPR. The CIPP/E relates to the knowledge a DPO must have concerning the European legal framework of the legislation, and the CIPM provides theoretical aspects necessary to lead an organization’s data protection policy.

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) takes effect in 2018. Among its mandates is the requirement to appoint a knowledgeable Data Protection Officer (DPO) tasked with monitoring compliance, managing internal data protection activities, training data processing staff, conducting internal audits and more. There’s a lot to know, there’s a lot at stake and there’s a lot of opportunity for data protection professionals with the right training and education.

What’s Included:

Authorized courseware
2 Exam vouchers
IAPP membership

**GDPR Regulation Mandated May 25, 2018**

Course Objectives:

See individual courses for details: PP-212: CIPP/E Certified Information Privacy Professional Europe and GDPR Compliance

See individual courses for details: PP-222 CIPM Certified Information Privacy Manager and GDPR Compliance

Attendees to PP-244: CIPM + CIPP/E 4 Day GDPR Ready will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction, and certification test vouchers and certificate of course completion.

TechNow is a International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) Partner, and utilizes official curriculum from International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP).

TechNow has taught security courses for over 20 years, before most certifications existed and has successfully moved students through certification programs associated with IAPP, SANS, EC-Council and ISC2. Our instructor maintains over a dozen security certifications and has been the director of a company with international sales and compliance.

Dates/Locations:

No Events

Duration: 4 Days

Course Content:

See individual courses for details: PP-212: CIPP/E Certified Information Privacy Professional Europe and GDPR Compliance
See individual courses for details: PP-222 CIPM Certified Information Privacy Manager and GDPR Compliance

Prerequisites: None

Target Audience:

Data Protection Officers, Data Protection Managers, Auditors, Data Protection Lawyers, Records Managers, Information Officers, Legal Compliance Officers, Human Resource Officers, Security Manager, Information Manager, Anyone who uses processes and maintains personal data

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CT-245: Linux+

Course Overview:

This course will provide students with proficiency in the everyday management of Linux based clients and basic management of server system. Students will learn the knowledge and tools necessary to manage Linux systems from the command line, as well as how to manage user administration, file permissions, software configurations, and Linux based clients, server systems and security. Let us help you prepare for the CompTIA Linux+ exam (XK0-005).

TechNow is a CompTIA partner and uses official CompTIA Linux+ curriculum.

Attendees to CT-245: Linux+ will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.

Dates/Locations:

Date/Time	Event
02/03/2025 - 02/07/2025 08:00 -16:00	CT-245: Linux+ TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX
05/12/2025 - 05/16/2025 08:00 -16:00	CT-245: Linux+ TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX
08/25/2025 - 08/29/2025 08:00 -16:00	CT-245: Linux+ TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX
12/01/2025 - 12/05/2025 08:00 -16:00	CT-245: Linux+ TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX

Duration: 5 Days

Course Objectives:

Perform basic Linux tasks
Manage users and groups
Manage permissions and ownership
Manage storage
Manage files and directories
Manage kernel modules
Manage the Linux boot process
Manage system components
Manage devices
Manage networking
Manage packages and software
Secure Linux systems
Write and execute Bash shell scripts
Automate tasks
Plan and perform a Linux installation

Prerequisites:

CompTIA A + certification or equivalent experience

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Instructor comments: Great experience with Mr. Peterson, would recommend again. Highly knowledgable and approachable for any subject.

Facilities comments: The Holiday Inn was a nice location for learning despite traffic around the area.

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TN-965 Windows Security Automation with Powershell

Course Overview:

PowerShell is made for Security Operations (SecOps) automation on Windows. SecOps requires automation in order to scale out security changes and monitoring beyond a handful of hosts. For example, when a vulnerability must be remediated but there is no patch for it yet, automation is needed to quickly and consistently enact the changes necessary. PowerShell “remoting” is encrypted remote command execution of PowerShell scripts in a way that can scale to thousands of endpoints and servers.

Imagine being able to hunt for indicators of compromise across thousands of machines with just a few lines of PowerShell code. Or imagine having the local Administrator account password reset every night on thousands of endpoints in a secure way, and being able to retrieve that password securely too.

We will show you to do these tasks and more. Transcription logging for forensics, strong encryption code signing, application whitelisting of scripts, IPSec port control, and Just Enough Admin (JEA).

As more and more of our systems are moved up to the cloud, PowerShell will become even more important. Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Office 365, Hyper-V and VMware already support PowerShell administration for many tasks.

Attendees to TN-965: Windows Security Automation with PowerShell will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.

Date/Locations:

Date/Time	Event
01/06/2025 - 01/10/2025 08:00 -16:00	TN-965 Windows Security Automation with Powershell TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX
04/28/2025 - 05/02/2025 08:00 -16:00	TN-965 Windows Security Automation with Powershell TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX
07/07/2025 - 07/11/2025 08:00 -16:00	TN-965 Windows Security Automation with Powershell TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX
11/03/2025 - 11/07/2025 08:00 -16:00	TN-965 Windows Security Automation with Powershell TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX

Duration: 5 days

Intended Audience
This course is intended for IT Professionals already experienced in general Windows Server and Windows Client administration or already experienced in administering and supporting Application servers and services including applications like Exchange, SharePoint, and SQL. It is broadly intended for students who want to use Windows PowerShell to automate administrative tasks from the command line, using any Microsoft or independent software vendor (ISV) product that supports Windows PowerShell manageability.

Course Objectives:

PowerShell Overview and Tips

- Getting started running commands
- Using and updating the built-in help
- Execution policies
- Fun tricks with the ISE graphical editor
- Piping .NET and COM objects, not text
- Using properties and methods of objects
- Helping Linux admins feel more at home
- Aliases, cmdlets, functions, modules, etc.
- Customizing your profile script

What Can We Do With PowerShell

- PowerShell remote command execution
- Fan-out remoting and security
- File copy via PowerShell remoting
- Capturing the output of commands
- Parsing text files and logs with regex patterns
- Searching remote event logs faster with XPath
- Mounting the registry as a drive
- Exporting data to CSV, HTML and JSON files
- Parsing and mining nmap port scanner XML output
- Running scripts as scheduled jobs
- Pushing out scripts through Group Policy
- Importing modules and dot-sourcing functions
- http://www.PowerShellGallery.com

Write your own scripts

- Writing your own functions
- Passing arguments into your scripts
- Function parameters and returning output
- Flow control: if-then, do-while, foreach, switch
- The .NET Framework class library: a playground
- How to pipe data in/out of your scripts

Continuous Secure Configuration Enforcement

- How to use Group Policy and PowerShell together
- Automate with INF security templates
- How to customize INF templates
- Microsoft Security Compliance Manager (SCM)
- SECEDIT.EXE scripting
- Building an in-house security repository for SecOps/DevOps
- NSA’s Secure Host Baseline GPOs

Group Policy Precision Targeting

- Managing Group Policy Objects (GPOs) with PowerShell
- LSDOU, Block Inheritance, Enforced GPOs
- Group Policy permissions for targeting changes
- ADMX templates for mass registry editing
- Deploying PowerShell startup and logon scripts
- WMI item-level targeting of GPO preferences
- GPO scheduled tasks to run PowerShell scripts
- Remote command execution via GPO (not remoting)
- Empowering the Hunt Team to fight back!

Server Hardening for SecOps/DevOps

- Server Manager scripting with PowerShell
- Adding and removing roles and feature
- Remotely inventory roles, features, and apps
- Why Server Nano or Server Core
- Running PowerShell automatically after service failure
- Service account identities, passwords, and risks
- Tools to reset service account passwords securely

PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC)

- DSC is Configuration Management built in for free
- Using DSC for continuous reinforcement of settings
- Writing your own DSC configuration scripts
- Free DSC resource modules: www.PowerShellGallery.com
- How to push DSC configurations to many targets
- DSC background job processing in push mode
- Examples: sync files, install roles, manage groups
- Auditing a remote target against a DSC MOF template
- “ApplyAndAutoCorrect” mode for continuous enforcement

PowerShell Just Enough Admin (JEA)

- JEA is Windows sudo, like on Linux
- JEA is Windows setuid root, like on Linux
- Restricting commands and arguments
- Verbose transcription logging
- How to set up and configure JEA
- Privilege Access Workstations (PAWs)

PowerShell and WMI

- Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) service
- What is WMI and why do hackers abuse it so much?
- Using PowerShell to query WMI CIM classes
- WMI authentication and traffic encryption
- Inventory operating system versions and installed software
- WMI remote command execution versus PowerShell remoting
- PowerShell security best practices
- PowerShell transcription logging to catch hackers

Prerequisites:

Previous Windows Server and Windows Client management knowledge and hands on experience.
Experience installing and configuring Windows Server into existing enterprise environments, or as standalone installations.
Knowledge and experience of network adapter configuration, basic Active Directory user administration, and basic disk configuration.
Knowledge and hands on experience specifically with Windows Server 2012/Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows 8/Windows 8.1 would be of benefit but is not essential.

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N-595: VoIP Security Analysis and Design

Course Overview:

As VoIP (Voice-over IP) is integrated into the operations of many missions, it is imperative to understand its security ramifications. In the N-595: VoIP Security Analysis and Design class the objectives are designed for those who are chartered with the responsibility of securing networks and application environments that incorporate VoIP. Topics include how VoIP works, its interactions with the network, its vulnerabilities and mitigations. Focus is on leading open source and proprietary technologies utilizing Asterisk and Cisco and the protocols SIP, H.323, RTP, MGCP, and Skinny. Other protocols such as Nortel's UNIStim will be addressed. As for Cisco, security pieces in the VoIP CallManager servers, Catalyst switches, IOS-based routers, and ASA firewalls, amounts to several different platforms, each with its own management interface and lockdown procedures. Various open source tools including those in BackTrack are used for VoIP attacks. A task list of actions for securing enterprise VoIP is carried out in hands-on labs, performed on Cisco phones, routers, switches, and ASA firewalls.

Attendees to N-595: VoIP Security Analysis and Design will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.

Dates/Locations:

No Events

Duration: 5 Days

Course Objectives:

VoIP Architecture
VoIP Signaling and media protocols
Common VoIP authentication mechanisms
Common VoIP encryption techniques
VoIP protocol analysis with Wireshark
Maintaining QoS while mitigating DoS
VoXML, XML, and application integration security
Converged network security design and implementation
Impact of NAT and firewalls
SIP, H.323, and MGCP vulnerabilities
VPN, IPsec and SRTP to secure VoIP services
Penetration testing with open source tools
Attacks for Eavesdropping, call redirection, and DoS
Design of hacked firmware virtualization layer
Concise lockdown steps for network hardware and VoIP

Prerequisites:

This is an advanced Information Security Course which requires basic Windows & UNIX competency
Certification or 2 years of experience in these operating systems is highly recommended
As well as an understanding of TCP/IP

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