Here are the General Unix course offerings:
Course Overview:
This course is instructed with an instructor in the classroom with provided lab equipment and Cyber Range.
Students enrolled in the Certified Network Defender course, will gain a detailed understanding and hands on ability to function in real life situations involving network defense. They will gain the technical depth required to actively design a secure network in your organization. This program will be akin to learning math instead of just using a calculator.
This course gives you the fundamental understanding of the true construct of data transfer, network technologies, software technologies so that you understand how networks operate, understand what software is automating and how to analyze the subject material.
You will learn how to protect, detect and respond to, and predict threats on the network. This builds upon the typical knowledge and skills of Network Administrators in network components, traffic, performance and utilization, network topology, system locations, and security policies.
You will learn network defense fundamentals, the application of network security controls, protocols, perimeter appliances, secure IDS, VPN and firewall configuration. You will then learn the intricacies of network traffic signature, analysis and vulnerability scanning which will help you when you design greater network security policies and successful incident response plans. These skills will help you foster resiliency and continuity of operations during attacks.
This course supports a certification that is DoD approved 8570 Baseline Certificate and meets DoD 8140/8570 training requirements.

What’s Included:
- EC-Council official E-Courseware
- EC-Council iLabs access included for 6 months
- EC-Council official Certificate of Attendance
- CND Exam Voucher with 1 FREE RETAKE VOUCHER
Dates/Locations:
Date/Time | Event |
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09/15/2025 - 09/19/2025 08:00 -16:00 |
TN-545: Certified Network Defender TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX |
Duration: 5 Days
Course Content:
- Module 01. Network and Defense Strategies
- Module 02. Administrative Network Security
- Module 03. Technical Network Security
- Module 04. Network Perimeter Security
- Module 05. Endpoint Security-Windows Systems
- Module 06. Endpoint Security- Linux Systems
- Module 07. Endpoint Security- Mobile Devices
- Module 08. Endpoint Security- IoT Devices
- Module 09. Administrative Application Security
- Module 10. Data Security
- Module 11. Enterprise Virtual Network Security
- Module 12. Enterprise Cloud Network Security
- Module 13. Enterprise Wireless Network Security
- Module 14. Network Traffic Monitoring and Analysis
- Module 15. Network Logs Monitoring and Analysis
- Module 16. Incident Response and Forensic Investigation
- Module 17. Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
- Module 18. Risk Anticipation with Risk Management
- Module 19. Threat Assessment with Attack Surface Analysis
- Module 20. Threat Prediction with Cyber Threat Intelligence
Prerequisites:
- Basic network and host operations knowledge
- Experience commensurate with one to five years of network, host, or application administration
- TN-325:Security+ or equivalent
Courses to follow:
- TN-555: Certified Ethical Hacker v10 (CEH)
- TN-575: Open Source Network Security Monitoring
- TN-979: Intrusion Analyst Course
Target Audience:
Network Administrators, Network Security Administrators, Network Security Engineer, Network Defense Technicians, Network Analyst, Security Analyst, Security Operator, and anyone involved in network operations
About us:
TechNow has taught security courses for almost 30 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 internationals sales in security training, consulting, and compliance.
Tech Now, Inc. is an accredited Training Center with Ec-Council.
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Course Overview:
The UNIX Security Administrator Prep is a hands-on course that covers how to secure and audit UNIX and Linux operating systems. This includes concepts such as Rootkits, Buffer overflows, and monitoring UNIX/Linux systems.
Attendees to TN-959: Unix Security Administratorwill receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.
Date/Locations:
Duration: 5 days
Course Objectives:
- AIDE
- Apache
- Best Practices for Kernel Tuning and Warning Banners
- Boot Services
- Chroot()
- DNS- BIND
- DNSSec
- Evidence Collection and Preservation
- Forensic Analysis
- Forensic Preparation and Incident Handling
- Host Based Firewalls – iptables
- Intro to Forensics
- OS Install and Patching
- Physical, User Account, and Password Access Control
- Se Linux
- Sendmail
- SSH
- Stack Smashing
- Sudo
- Syslog-NG
- UNIX Logging
Course 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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Instructor comments: Good Stuff. Thanks!
User: ryuhas
Instructor comments: Very Good Instructor
Facilities comments: Facilities was great. Location had a lot to be desired. To much traffic and accidents trying to get here.
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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:
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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User: slewis8435
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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Course Overview:
Looking to move up in the information security field? If you have at least one year of security experience, you qualify for the Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP) certification, which offers junior security professionals a way to validate their experience and demonstrate competence with (ISC²)®’s seven domains.
Attendees to TN-715: Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP) will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.
Dates/Locations:
Duration: 5 Days
Course Objectives:
- Access Controls
- Security Operations and Administration
- Analysis and Monitoring
- Cryptography
- Networks and Telecommunications
- Malicious Code/Malware
- Risk, Response, and Recovery
Prerequisites:
- One year security experience
- Some knowledge of the (ISC²)®’s seven domains
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User: boyleb15
Instructor comments: Instructor was very knowledgeable on most items covered during this course. There were some topics he did lack the answer to. Instructor would also get sidetracked easily
User: keginth
Instructor comments: he was phenomenal with test prep and knew the book well
Facilities comments: adequate