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DoD 8570 Training
The Department of Defense requires that all information assurance personnel must become compliant with IT and security certification standards.
DoD 8570 training, also called Information Assurance training, is available through TechNow to provide you with the certification that is required. Your DoD 8570 training ( information assurance training ) at TechNow will provide you with all of the courses necessary to receive your DoD 8570.01-M certification.
Ongoing open enrollment through TechNow is availble for our DoD 8570.01-M courses.
Please review the full & updated DoD approved IA baseline certifications aligned to each category & level of the IA workforce:

Note: The Certifications in red are recently added to approved list as of 2/4/19
- CL-315: CCSP – Certified Cloud Security Professional Preparation Seminar
- CT-205: A+ Certification Course
- CT-208: A+ Extended Boot Camp
- CT-225: Network+
- CT-325: Security+
- CT-395: CySA+ Cybersecurity Analyst
- CT-425: CompTIA SecurityX
- TN-415: Computer Hacking Forensics Investigator (CHFI)
- TN-545: Certified Network Defender
- TN-555: Certified Ethical Hacker v13 (CEH)
- TN-715: Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP)
- TN-812: Information Systems Security Engineering Professional (ISSEP)
- TN-813: Certified in Governance, Risk and Compliance (CGRC)
- TN-8150: CISSP Certification Preparation Seminar
- TN-822: Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) Seminar
- TN-825: Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) Seminar
- TN-835: Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC) Preparation Seminar
- TN-865: Wireshark Network Traffic and Security Analysis
For further information or to schedule for classes, call us at 800-324-2294
Course Overview:
SecurityX® (formerly known as CASP+) course prepares you for the CompTIA SecurityX® certification exam (CVO-005) and demonstrates your knowledge and skills in enterprise security, risk management, research and analysis, and the integration of computing, communications, and business disciplines. This course will prepare students for the objectives covered in the CompTIA SecurityX certification exam (CVO-005).
Attendees to CT-425: CompTIA SecurityX will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.
Date/Locations:
| Date/Time | Event |
|---|---|
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08/31/2026 - 09/04/2026 08:00 -16:00 |
CT-425: CompTIA SecurityX TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX |
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11/30/2026 - 12/04/2026 08:00 -16:00 |
CT-425: CompTIA SecurityX TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX |
Duration: 5 days
Course Objectives:
- Support IT governance in the enterprise with an emphasis on managing risk
- Leverage collaboration tools and technology to support enterprise security
- Use research and analysis to secure the enterprise
- Integrate advanced authentication and authorization techniques
- Implement cryptographic techniques
- Implement security controls for hosts
- Implement security controls for mobile devices
- Implement network security
- Implement security in the systems and software development lifecycle
- Integrate hosts, storage, networks, applications, virtual environments, and cloud technologies in a secure enterprise architecture
- Conduct security assessments
- Respond to and recover from security incidents
Prerequisites:
Completion of the following or equivalent knowledge:
Minimum of 10 years general hands on IT experience
5 years being hands-on security
CompTIA Certification: Network+
CompTIA Certification: Security+
CompTIA Certification: CySA+
OR equivalent knowledge
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Increase your credibility, job security, and career opportunities by reaching your goal and getting certified! TechNow offers many CompTIA bootcamp style courses in which we administer an exam on the last day of class. We have a proven testing program that will get you the results you want!
- CL-218: Introduction to Cloud Infrastructure and Operations Bootcamp
- CT-205: A+ Certification Course
- CT-208: A+ Extended Boot Camp
- CT-210: Project+
- CT-213: Cloud Essentials+
- CT-215: Cloud+
- CT-225: Network+
- CT-245: Linux+
- CT-325: Security+
- CT-395: CySA+ Cybersecurity Analyst
- CT-405: PenTest+
- CT-415: CompTIA SecAI+
- CT-425: CompTIA SecurityX
- TN-205: A+ Skills Class
- TN-225: Network+ Skills Class
Course Overview:
This Python for Penetration Testing course is designed to give you the skills you need for maintaining or developing Python Penetration Testing tools oriented towards offensive operations. We have a suite of courses and certifications that help understand a problem, this course prepares the student to rapidly develop prototype code to attack or defend against it.
The course concludes with a Capture the Flag event that will test both your ability to apply your new tools and coding skills in a Python Penetration Testing challenge.
This course is not intended to be an Advanced Python course, but to exemplify penetration techniques utilizing Python. The course covers Threading, Sockets, OOP, and third party modules that facilitate the offensive operator’s objective.
This course utilizes the “Violent Python” text book.
Attendees to TN-345: Python for Penetration Testers Class will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.
Dates/Locations:
Duration: 3 Days
Course Objectives:
- Python Lanuage Refress
- Network Sockets
- Exception Handling
- Hashes and Cracking Passwords
- Threading
- Concepts and Python Implementation
- Queues and Synchronization
- urlparse and httplib to probe URLs
- Crack a password protected zip file
- Port Scanner
- Threading a Port Scanner
- nmap integration
- Deploying shellcode
- Mechanize, BeautifulSoup
- HTTP Form Password Guessing
- HTTP Proxies (Burp Suite)
- HTTP Cookies Session Hijacking
- CookieMonster
- Images and Metadata
- Justniffer
- SQL Injection
- sqlmap
- SQLBrute
- Antivirus and IDS evasion
- PyInstaller
- Metasploit
- Scapy
- Deploy shellcode
- DNS Cache Poisoning
- Packety Violence
Prerequisites:
- Python Programming Skills or P-325: Python Programming
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