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TechNow® has been training the leaders in the computer community for many years.  We provide training for students in a number of areas.  Our cybersecurity trainings include popular courses like D0D 8140, Security , CISM, CISSP, CEH,CCNA, and more.  With over 34 years of experience, we’re able to provide you with unmatched training and certification programs.

TechNow also provides a variety of other popular trainings for the computer professional including Cisco, EC-Council, CompTIA, Unix/Linux and more.

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    • 07/20/2026 – 07/24/2026
    • San Antonio
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    • 07/20/2026 – 07/23/2026
    • San Antonio
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    • 07/20/2026 – 07/24/2026
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    • 07/27/2026 – 07/31/2026
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    • 07/27/2026 – 07/31/2026
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    Course Overview: PA-212: Palo Alto Networks Firewall Configure Extended Features (EDU-205) Training Class is a two-day course that teaches students to configure and manage the entire line of Palo Alto Networks next-generation firewalls. Students also will be instructed on the basics of implementing and managing GlobalProtect™ and active/ active high availability. Students will gain an in-depth knowledge of how to optimize their visibility and control of applications, users, and content.  This course prepares the student for Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Engineer (PCNSE).  Through hands-on training, students learn high end skills of how to integrate Palo Alto next-generation firewalls into their network infrastructure.  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.

    This course sets up the foundation for the three day course PA-243: Palo Alto Networks Firewall Debug and Troubleshoot (EDU-311). 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-212: Palo Alto Networks Firewall Configure Extended Features (EDU-205) Training Course will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.

     

    Dates/Locations:

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    Duration: 2 days

    Course Objectives:   Students attending this foundational-level training course will gain an in-depth knowledge of how to configure and manage their Palo Alto Networks firewall.  Students also will be instructed on the basics of implementing and managing GlobalProtect™ and active/ active high availability. Students will gain an in-depth knowledge of how to optimize their visibility and control of applications, users, and content.

    Day 1

    • Module 0 – Introduction & Overview
    • Mod 1: Advanced Interface
      • Configuration
      • Advanced NAT
      • Policy-Based
      • Forwarding
      • Routing Protocols (OSPF)
    • Mod 2: App-ID™ –
      • Custom Applications
      • Defining New Application Signatures
      • Application Override
    • Mod 3: Advanced Content-ID™
      • Custom Threat Signatures
      • Data Filtering
      • DoS Protection
      • Botnet Report
    • Mod 4: Advanced User-ID™
      • Terminal Server Agent
      • Captive Portal
      • XML API

    Day 2

    • Mod 5: Quality of Service
      • Configuring Quality of Service
    • Mod 6: GlobalProtect™
      • Implementation of GlobalProtect
      • Install and Configure Portal, Gateway, and Agents
    • Mod 7: Monitoring and Reporting
      • Log Forwarding
      • SNMP
      • Reporting
    • Mod 8: Active/Active High Availability
      • Configuring Active/Active HA

     

    Prerequisites:

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

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    CompTIA SecAI+ is the first certification in CompTIA’s expansion series, designed to help you secure, govern and responsibly integrate artificial intelligence into your cybersecurity operations. You’ll build the skills to defend AI systems, meet global compliance expectations and use AI to enhance threat detection, automation and innovation—so you can strengthen your expertise and help keep your organization’s systems and data secure.

    SecAI+ helps you build practical AI security and automation skills on top of your existing expertise, so you can secure AI deployments, use AI‑assisted security tools with confidence, and stay ready for the next step in your cybersecurity career.

    Course Objectives:

    • Apply AI concepts to strengthen your organization’s cybersecurity posture
    • Secure AI systems using advanced controls and protections to safeguard data, models, and infrastructure
    • Leverage AI technologies to automate workflows, accelerate incident response, and scale security operations
    • Navigate global GRC frameworks to ensure ethical and compliant AI adoption across industries
    • Defend against AI-driven threats like adversarial attacks, automated malware, and malicious use of generative AI
    • Integrate AI securely into DevSecOps pipelines and enterprise security strategies.

    Dates/Locations:

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    Prerequisites: Recommended experience: 3–4 years in IT and 2+ years hands-on cybersecurity; Security+, CySA+, PenTest+, or equivalent recommended

    SecAI+ (V1) exam objectives summary

         Basic AI concepts related to cybersecurity (17%)

    • Explain core AI principles and terminology: Machine learning, deep learning, natural language processing, and automation.
    • Identify AI applications in security: Use cases for AI in threat detection, defense, and security operations. 
    • Recognize AI-driven threats: Automated phishing, polymorphic malware, adversarial machine learning, and malicious use of generative AI.

    Securing AI systems (40%)

    • Implement security controls: Protect AI systems, data, and models using robust technical safeguards. 
    • Secure AI deployment environments: Apply best practices across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid infrastructures. 
    • Mitigate adversarial risks: Defend against attacks targeting AI models, data pipelines, and inference layers. 

    AI-assisted security (24%)

    • Enhance detection and response: Use AI-driven tools to identify anomalies, detect threats, and accelerate incident remediation. 
    • Automate security workflows: Integrate AI for event triage, alert correlation, and response orchestration. 
    • Apply AI techniques in operations: Incorporate AI into threat modeling, behavior analysis, and continuous monitoring. 

    AI governance, risk, and compliance (19%)

    • Understand regulatory frameworks: Identify global governance requirements and their implications for AI adoption. 
    • Integrate GRC into AI projects: Incorporate governance, risk management, and compliance practices throughout the AI lifecycle. 
    • Ensure responsible AI use: Apply ethical guidelines, legal standards, and industry frameworks such as GDPR and NIST AI RMF.

    Course Overview:

    In this course students will learn to install the Linux™ operating system, to administer users and software, to use vi, basic Linux security, process control, file system maintenance, backup and recovery, including some basic networking concepts. This course insures that students have the skills to configure all desktop and client side related activity.

    Attendees to L-245: Linux System Administration I will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.

    Dates/Locations:

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    Duration: 5 days

    Course Objectives:

    • Linux operating system installation
    • Hardware Issues
    • LILO & GRUB Configuration
    • Managing the Linux file system
    • Boot Process
    • Customization of setup files
    • System Startup
    • Run Levels
    • Network Services
    • User Management
    • Changing Passwords
    • Monitoring, accessing & restricting root system access
    • Administration Tools
    • Disk Management
    • Quotas
    • Process Control
    • Installing & removing software & patches
    • Network Configuration
    • Client side components of NFS, Samba, NTP, NIS
    • Printing
    • Backup and Recovery
    • Using utilities for process control, locating files & automating maintenance tasks

    Prerequisites:

    • Students should have an understanding of all basic UNIX commands as well as variable substitution, wild card expansion, command pipes, permissions, the grep  and find commands.
    • These prerequisites can be met through completion of TN-125: Introduction to UNIX & Linux and six month’s experience with Linux.

     

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    Instructor comments: Very Good Instructor (Bill Peterson)

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