PA-242: Palo Alto Networks Firewall Manage Cyberthreats (EDU-231)

Course Overview: PA-242: Palo Alto Networks Firewall Manage Cyberthreats (EDU-231) Training Class is a two-day course that teaches students strategies in defense against cyberthreats. Successful completion of this course enables administrators to better understand the threat landscape. This is not a virtualized theoretical course. This is hands-on, real world instruction, directly relevant to the DoD and Commercial implementations of Palo Alto Networks next-generation firewalls.

Each student is issued a physical Palo Alto firewall and a Cisco layer 3 switch at their desk. Real hardware per student for real experience and real skill development. TechNow provides a very comprehensive client infrastructure that includes Windows, Linux, and multiple packet sniffer agents.

The instructor for this course has been a lead in Unix kernel development to implement firewall and intrusion detection technologies. Additionally, the instructor has taught several security appliance products and carries several SANS, ISC2, ISACA, Cisco, Unix, and Windows certifications.

Attendees to the PA-242: Palo Alto Networks Firewall Manaage Cyberthreats (EDU-231) Training Course will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.

Dates/Locations: No Events

Duration: 2 days

Course Objectives: Students attending this training course will gain an understanding of cyberthreats and their characteristics. Students will learn how to manage cyberthreats using security policies, profiles, and signatures to protect their network against emerging threats.

Day 1

Mod 1: Threat Landscape
- Advanced Persistent
- Threats
- Data Breaches and Tactics
- Threat Management
- Strategies
Mod 2: Integrated
- Approach to Threat
- Protection
- Integrated Approach to
- Protection
- Next-Generation Firewall
- Advanced Endpoint
- Protection
Mod 3: Network Visibility
- Zero Trust Model
- SSL Decryption
- Decryption Policy
Mod 4: Reducing the Attack
- Surf
- ection

Day 2

Mod 5: Handling Known
- Threats
- WildFire Analysis
- Security Profiles
Mod 6: Handling Unknown
- Traffic and Zero-Day Exploits
- WildFire
- Researching Threat Events
- Identifying Unknown
- Applications
Mod 7: Investigating
- Breaches
- Identify IOCs Using
- App-Scope
- Log Correlation
- Finding Infected Host
Mod 8: Using Custom
- Signatures
- Creating Custom App-IDs
- Threat Signatures

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Prerequisites:

Students must complete the PA-213: Install, Configure, and Manage course
Understanding of network concepts, including routing, switching, and IP addressing
In-depth knowledge of port-based security and security technologies such as IPS, proxy, and content filtering

This course is in no way associated with Palo Alto Networks, Inc.

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TN-939: Hacker Techniques, Exploits, and Incident Handling Course

Course Overview:

A skills focus enables the student to better absorb the subject matter and perform successfully on the exam. This is not death by power point. The course is aligned with information assurance operators and executing hands-on labs. Lecture and labs walk the student through the knowledge required to truly understand the mechanics of the attacks and the effectiveness. Students then gain network experience and use sniffing to help exemplify the benefit of learning wired and wireless security configurations. The course concludes with exercising real attack strategies to demonstrate the techniques acquired throughout the course.

Attendees to TN-939: Hacker Techniques, Exploits, and Incident Handling will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.

Date/Locations:

No Events

Duration: 9 days

Course Objectives:

Backdoors & Trojan Horses
Buffer Overflows
Covering Tracks: Networks
Covering Tracks: Systems
Denial of Service Attacks
Exploiting Systems Using Netcat
Format String Attacks
Incident Handling Overview and Preparation
Incident Handling Phase 2: Identification
Incident Handling Phase 3: Containment
Incident Handling: Recovering and Improving Capabilities
IP Address Spoofing
Network Sniffing
Password Attacks
Reconnaissance
Rootkits
Scanning: Host Discovery
Scanning: Network and Application Vulnerability scanning and tools
Scanning: Network Devices (Firewall rules determination, fragmentation, and IDS/IPS evasion)
Scanning: Service Discovery
Session Hijacking, Tools and Defenses
Types of Incidents
Virtual Machine Attacks
Web Application Attacks
Worms, Bots & Bot-Nets

Prerequisites:

GSEC or equivalent experience
UNIX, Windows, Networking, and Security Experience
This is a hands-on skill course requiring comfort with command line interaction and network communications

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User: m_jurrens

Instructor comments: Both instructors Mr. Askey and Mr. Hackney, were very good. the open learning environment was extremely productive and I felt we all learned far more that we ever would out of a structured rote memorization course.

User: natebonds

Instructor comments: Both Mr. Askey and Hackney were extremely knowledgeable. They were also extremely interested in helping each student learn. I was particularly impressed with the way they tailored the course to optimize our time since we weren't testing. I feel like I know much much more than I did when the class started.

Facilities comments: The facilities were fine. I would have preferred it be closer to Lackland.

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TN-335: Advanced Penetration Testing Using Open Source Tools

Course Overview:

This is an advanced course that assumes the attendee is a qualified security professional with experience using security tools and understands the concepts behind penetration testing. Courses that build up the expertise that enables a student to succeed in this course is Security+, CEH, CISSP, and any of the GIAC certifications. This course is completely hands-on and utilizes the BackTrack tool suite from backtrack-linux.org. The course covers, in detail, various attacks and tools that are contained in the BackTrack tool suite.

Attendees to TN-335: Advanced Penetration Testing Using Open Source Tools will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.

Dates/Locations:

No Events

Duration: 5 days

Course Objectives:

Information Security and Open Source Software
Operating System Tools
Firewalls
Scanners
Vulnerability Scanners
Network Sniffers
Intrusion Detection Systems
Analysis and Management Tools
Encryption Tools
Wireless Tools
Forensic Tools
More on Open Source Software

Prerequisites:

Experience in IT Security
Solid basic knowledge of networks and TCP/IP
Experience in command line under Linux and Windows is required

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TN-315: Complete Hack and Defend

Course Overview:

Learn to protect yourself and your company against hackers, by learning their tools and techniques, and then testing your network. This course is heavily based on Kali and primarily on Metasploit. In TN-315: Complete Hack and Defend class you will learn the step by step process that hackers use to assess your enterprise network, probe it & hack into it in mixed-platform environment including Windows, Linux, Solaris, and Cisco. This course is 90% hacking, but defenses for demonstrated hacks will be discussed. If you want to know the ins and outs of the hacks presented in this course, then this is the course for you.

Attendees to TN-315: Complete Hack & Defend Class Attendees will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.

Dates/Locations:

No Events

Duration: 5 Days

Course Objectives:

Introduction to Pen Testing using the PTES model
Metasploit Basics
- MSFconsole, MSFcli, Armitage, MSFpayload, MSFencode, NasmShell
Intelligence Gathering
- Nmap, Databases in Metasploit, Port Scanning with Metasploit
Quick Intro to Ruby
- Writing a simple Ruby script to create a custom scanner
Vulnerability Scanning
- Importing Nessus Results
- Scanning with Nessus from Within Metasploit
Exploitation
- Using the Metasploit Framework and console to exploit
Meterpreter
- Compromising a Windows System
- Attacking MS SQL, xp_cmdshell
- Dumping Usernames and Passwords, extracting and dumping hashes
- Pass the Hash and Token Impersonation
- Pivoting
- Railgun
- Using Meterpreter Scripts: Migrating a process, Killing AV, Persistence
Avoiding Detection
- Creating Stand-Alone Binaries with MSFpayload
- Encoding with MSFencode and Packers (go Green Bay:)
Exploitation Using Client Side Attacks
- Introduction to Immunity Debugger
- Using Immunity Debugger to Decipher NOP Shellcode
Metasploit Auxiliary Modules
Social Engineer Toolkit (SET)
- Spear-Phishing, Web Attack
- Creating a Multipronged Attack
Creating Your Own Module
- Adapt an existing Module
- Add some PowerShell and Run the Exploit
Meterpreter Scripting
Capture The Flag Exercise

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
An understanding of TCP/IP

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Instructor comments: Dave's presentation style is engaging and lively.

Facilities comments: The room was adequate for the needs of the class.

User: phouck

Instructor comments: David was very good. Although he went very fast at times.

Facilities comments: The room was ok. it was bit dark.

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TN-909: Windows Forensic Analysis

Course Overview:

Windows Forensic Analysis is a hands-on course that covers digital forensics of the Microsoft Windows operating system. The collection and analysis of data tracking user based activity that can be used for internal purposes or legal litigation. TechNow has the student analyze many data images for various Windows operating systems, as current as Windows 8.1, Windows 10 in an environment that uses many Cloud technologies such as Office365, Skydrive, Sharepoint, Exchange Online, and Windows Phone.

This is not death by power point. The course is aligned with digital forensic investigators and executing hands-on labs. Lecture and labs walk the student through the knowledge required to truly understand the mechanics of Windows Forensic Analysis.

Attendees to TN-909: Windows Forensic Analysis will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.

Date/Locations:

No Events

Duration: 5 days

Course Objectives:

Windows Operating System Components
Core Forensic Principles
Live Response and Triage-Based Acquisition Techniques
Windows Image Mounting and Examination
Memory, Pagefile, Filesystems
Data and Metadata
Profiling systems and users
Tracking USB and BYOD
Log and Registry Analysis
User Communications
Email Forensics
Browser Forensics
Reporting and Presentation