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    Windows Security Automation and Threat Hunting with PowerShell Seminar

    Location: 400 W Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53203, USA

    Date: October 10, 2018 8:00am – 4:00pm

    Duration: 8 hours

    Audience: Cyber Security professionals and Windows administrators

    Attendees Environment: Laptops not required, but suggested to have better hands-on absorption of subject matter.

    Description:
    PowerShell is both a command-line shell and scripting language. Fight fires quickly using existing or custom PowerShell commands or scripts at the shell. PowerShell is made for Security Operations (SecOps) automation on Windows. This seminar does not require prior programming skills. The seminar focuses on PowerShell programming, giving a beginner skills to be productive in windows scripting to automate tasks and also remediate problems.

    Cyber Security is the objective of this seminar, and the PowerShell examples will demonstrate PowerShell capabilities that help lock down a Windows system and also report security status.

    Objectives:

    PowerShell Overview

    • Getting started running commands
    • Security cmdlets
    • 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.

    PowerShell Utilities and Tips

    • Customizing your profile script
    • PowerShell remote command execution
    • Security setting across the network
    • File copy via PowerShell remoting
    • Capturing the output of commands
    • Parsing text files and logs with regex patterns
    • Parsing Security Logs
    • Searching remote event logs
    • Mounting the registry as a drive
    • Security settings in the Registry
    • Exporting data to CSV, HTML and JSON files
    • Running scripts as scheduled jobs
    • Continued Security Compliance
    • Pushing out scripts through Group Policy
    • Importing modules and dot-sourcing functions
    • http://www.PowerShellGallery.com

    PowerShell Scripting

    • PowerShell Scripting to implement Security Practices
    • Writing your own functions to automate security status and settings
    • Passing arguments into your scripts
    • Function parameters and returning output
    • Flow control: if-then, foreach, that make security decisions
    • How to pipe data in/out of your scripts for security compliance and reporting

    Attendees to this seminar, Windows Security Automation and Threat Hunting with PowerShell, will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.[/wr_text][/wr_column][/wr_row]

    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
    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:

     

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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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    CT-395: CySA+ Cybersecurity Analyst

     

    Course Overview:

    CT-395: CompTIA CySA+ Cybersecurity Analyst is for IT professionals looking to gain IT security analyst skills, and for those following the recommended skills pathway to achieve cybersecurity mastery. It provides a bridge between CompTIA Security+ (CT-325) and CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP,CT-425), thus completing a certification path within the CompTIA family of certifications. As attackers have learned to evade traditional signature-based solutions, an analytics-based approach has become extremely important. CySA+ applies behavioral analytics to the IT security market to improve the overall state of security. The CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+) certification verifies that successful candidates have the knowledge and skills required to configure and use threat detection tools, perform data analysis and interpret the results to identify vulnerabilities, threats and risks to an organization, with the end goal of securing and protecting applications and systems within an organization. Let us help you bridge this gap, and leave you prepared for the certification exam (CS0-002).

    TechNow is a CompTIA partner uses official CompTIA CySA+ curriculum.

    Dates/Locations:

    Date/Time Event
    09/08/2025 - 09/12/2025
    08:00 -16:00     		CT-395: CySA+ Cybersecurity Analyst
    TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX
    12/01/2025 - 12/05/2025
    08:00 -16:00     		CT-395: CySA+ Cybersecurity Analyst
    TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX

    Duration: 5 Days

    Course Objectives:

    • Threat Management
    • Vulnerability Management
    • Cyber Incident Response
    • Security Architecture and Tool Sets

    Prerequisites: 

    While there is no required prerequisite, the CompTIA CySA+ certification is intended to follow CT-325: Security+ or equivalent experience.  It is recommended for CompTIA CySA+ candidates to have the following:

    • 3-4 years of hands-on information security or related experience
    • Network+, Security+, or equivalent knowledge.

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    TN-575: Open Source Network Security Monitoring

     

    Course Overview:

    TN-575: Open Source Network Security Monitoring teaches students how to deploy, build, and run an NSM operation using open source software and vendor-neutral tools. No network is bullet proof and when attackers access your network, this course will show you how to build a security net to detect, contain, and control the attacker. Sensitive data can be monitored and deep packet and deep attachment analysis can be achieved. As organizations stand up a Security Operations Center (SOC) the enterprise NSM is the key ingredient to that SOC. This course not only teaches how to implement an NSM technologically, but how to effectively monitor an enterprise operationally. You will learn how to architect an NSM solution: where to deploy your NSM platforms and how to size them, stand-alone or distributed, and integration into packet analysis, interpret evidence, and integrate threat intelligence from external sources to identify sophisticated attackers. A properly implemented NSM is integral to incident response and provides the responders timely information to react to the incident. TN-575: Open Source Network Security Monitoring is a lab intensive environment with a cyber range that gives each student in-depth knowledge and practical experience monitoring live systems to include: Cisco, Windows, Linux, IoT, and Firewalls.

    Attendees to TN-575: Open Source Network Security Monitoring class will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.

    This Course is taught utilizing Security Onion or RockNSM as specified by the customer.

    Dates/Locations:

    No Events

    Duration: 5 Days

    Course Objective:

    The focus of this course is to present a suite of Open Source security products integrated into a highly functional and scalable Network Security Monitoring solution.

    Prerequisites:

    Students should have a basic understanding of networks, TCP/IP and standard protocols such as DNS, HTTP, etc. Some Linux knowledge/experience is recommended, but not required

    Course Outline:

    • Network Security Monitoring (NSM) Methodology
    • High Bandwidth Packet Capture Challenges
    • Installation of Security Onion
      • Use Cases (analysis, lab, stand-alone, distributed)
      • Resource Requirements
    • Configuration
      • Setup Phase I – Network Configuration
      • Setup Phase 2 – Service Configuration
      • Evaluation Mode vs. Configuration Mode
      • Verifying Services
    • Security Onion Architecture
      • Configuration Files and Folders
      • Network Interfaces
      • Docker Environment
      • Security Onion Containers
    • Overview of Security Onion Analyst Tools
      • Kibana
      • CapME
      • CyberChef
      • Squert
      • Sguil
      • NetworkMiner
    • Quick Review of Wireshark and Packet Analysis
      • Display and Capture Filters
      • Analyze and Statistics Menu Options
      • Analysis for Signatures
    • Analyzing Alerts
      • Replaying Traffic
      • 3 Primary Interfaces:
        • Squert
        • Sguil
        • Kibana
      • Pivoting Between Interfaces
      • Pivoting to Full Packet Capture
    • Snort and Surricata
      • Rule Syntax and Construction
      • Implementing Custom Rules
      • Implementing Whitelists and Blacklists
    • Hunting
      • Using Kibana to Slice and Dice Logs
      • Hunting Workflow with Kibana
    • Bro
      • Introduction and Overview
        • Architecture, Commands
      • Understanding and Examining Bro Logs
        • Using AWK, sort, uniq, and bro-cut
      • Working with traces/PCAPs
      • Bro Scripts Overview
        • Loading and Using Scripts
      • Bro Frameworks Overview
        • Bro File Analysis Framework FAF
      • Using Bro scripts to carve out more than files
    • RockNSM ( * If Applicable)
      •  Kafka
        • Installation and Configuration
        • Kafka Messaging
        • Brokers
        • Integration with Bro and FSF
      • File Scanning Framework FSF
        • Custom YARA Signatures
        • JSON Trees
        • Sub-Object Recursion
        • Bro and Suricata Integration
    • Elastic Stack
      • Adding new data sources in Logstash
      • Enriching data with Logstash
      • Automating with Elastalert
      • Building new Kibana dashboards
    • Production Deployment
      • Advanced Setup
      • Master vs Sensor
      • Node Types – Master, Forward, Heavy, Storage
      • Command Line Setup with sosetup.conf
      • Architectural Recommendations
      • Sensor Placement
      • Hardening
      • Administration
      • Maintenance
    • Tuning
      • Using PulledPork to Disable Rules
      • BPF’s to Filter Traffic
      • Spinning up Additional Snort / Suricata / Bro Workers to Handle Higher Traffic Loads

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    N-325: Implementing Cisco IOS Network Security (IINS)

    Course Overview:

    Implementing Cisco IOS Network Security (IINS) is an instructor-led course. This five-day course focuses on the necessity of a comprehensive security policy and how it affects the posture of the network.  TechNow students each get a Cisco Switch, Router, and an ASA.  The in the classrom hardware hands-on component of this course is a priority.  Using instructor-led discussions, extensive hands-on lab exercises, and supplemental materials, this course allows learners to understand common security concepts, and deploy basic security techniques utilizing a variety of popular security appliances within a “real-life” network infrastructure.  TechNow is an Authorized VUE testing partner and this course concludes with the student taking the 210-260 IINS Cisco Certification Exam.

    Duration: 5 days
    Audience:  Cisco Network Administrators.  This course is an excellent precursor to Palo Alto Network Firewall Training
    DoD 8140:  Not Mandated
    Course Prerequisites:  CCNA

    Course Objectives:

    • Describe common network security concepts
    • Secure routing and switching infrastructure
    • Deploy basic authentication, authorization and accounting services
    • Deploy basic firewalling services
    • Deploy basic site-to-site and remote access VPN services
    • Describe the use of more advanced security services such as intrusion protection, content security and identity management

    Attendees to N-325: Implementing Cisco IOS Network Security will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.

    Dates/Locations:

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