Palo Alto Networks
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Unix/Linux
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Security
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Dod 8140 Training
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Course Overview:
This course is extremely fast paced and for students that have already had UNIX or Linux training, or have not worked with Linux in several months or years. This is NOT a course for students new to Linux and assumes the student requires a refresher before progressing through high end security courses that require dexterity on Linux. RedHat and Ubuntu, VMware Virtual Machines, and BackTrack are used for the instruction of this course. The student will acquire the skills to easily navigate the advanced VMware training environment and will be able to create scripts to manipulate and manage Linux. The ulimate goals of the skills of this course is to provide the student the ability to automate through scripting BackTrack tools for offensive security, forensics, and defense.
Attendees to L-395: Accelerated Linux Administration and Utilities will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.
Date/Locations:
No Events
Duration: 5 days
Course Objectives:
Day 1 and 2: Unix Review and Unix Utilities
- Linux File System Archictecure and In-Depth discussion of Hard and Soft Links
- Linux File, Directory, and Permissions Management
- Linux archives using tar and zip
- Interacting with BASH
- Review of Common Linux commands
- Sorting files by line or field
- Regular Expressions (meta character) with grep commands to locate specific lines in files
- Grep, egrep extended metacharacters, combinations-lab advanced combinations- lab Sed
- Basic commands- Lab, Advanced commands- Lab, Advanced scripting -Lab
- Miscellaneous commands Tr, sort, cut, past, pr -Lab
- Performing non-interactive editing tasks with the sed command
- Writing simple sed scripts to perform complex editing tasks
- Using awk variables & arrays to sort data
- Employing awk programs to manipulate numeric & textual data
- Performing formatted printing in awk
- Writing simple awk programs to write reports from data files
- Using built-in awk functions & defining new functions
- Write awk programs that make decisions based on numeric or string comparisons (branches & loops)
Day 3 – Intro to Programming / Shell Scripting
- Shell Review
- Shell Interpretation of Quotes & Backslash
- The Bash Shell
- Shell's combined with UNIX utilities
- Programming Basics
- Data Constructs
- Programming Looping
- Your Environment
- More on Parameters
Day 4 and 5 – Security Fundamentals, Linux Administration
- System Configuration / Kernel overview
- System Maintenance / Disk and file admin
- Using utilities for process control, locating files & automating maintenance tasks
- System Startup / Boot Process – LILO & GRUB Configuration
- Managing the Linux file system
- Customization of setup files
- Run Levels
- Network Services / Configuration
- User Management Monitoring, accessing & restricting root system access
- Administration Tools
- Process Control
- Client side components of NFS, Samba, NTP, NIS
- Server side components such as DHCP, Samba, NIS, LDAP, inet, telnet, ftp, DNS, etc.
Prerequisites:
- Prior UNIX/Linux experience or training
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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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Course Overview:
This course is developed for those individuals seeking to pass the Project Management Institute’s PMI-ACP Exam. PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)® is one of the newest certifications offered by PMI and is expected to become the industry standard certification for agile over the next few years. The PMI-ACP® certification clearly illustrates to colleagues, organizations or even potential employers that students are ready and able to lead in this new age of product development, management, and delivery.
While preparing you for the exam, you will explore various approaches to agility including Scrum, Kanban, Lean, Extreme Programming (XP), and Test-Driven Development (TDD). By the end of the course, you’ll have mastered the practices and techniques that Agile practitioners use to improve team performance, resolve problems and engage in continuous process improvements and be equipped with job-ready skills.
This course provides students with 21 contact hours in agile practices to help attain the Project Management Institute (PMI)® credential. PMI® and PMI-ACP® are registered marks of the Project Management Institute, Inc.
Attendees to PM-224: PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) Prep Course will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.
Dates/Locations:
| Date/Time | Event |
|---|---|
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11/17/2025 - 11/19/2025 08:00 -16:00 |
PM-224: PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)® Prep Course TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX |
Duration: 4 Days
Course Objectives:
- Agile Principles and Mindset
- Value-driven delivery
- Stakeholder engagement
- Team performance
- Adaptive planning
- Problem detection and Resolution
- Continuous Improvement
Prerequisites:
- Secondary degree
- 21 contact hours of training in agile practices
- 12 months of general project experience within the last 5 years. A current PMP® or PgMP® will satisfy this requirement but is not required to apply for the PMI-ACP
- 8 months of agile project experience within the last 3 years
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Course Overview:
The mark of excellence for a professional certification program is the value and recognition it bestows on the individual who achieves it. The technical skills & practices the CISA promotes and evaluates are the building blocks of success in the field. Possessing the CISA designation demonstrates proficiency and is the basis for measurement in the profession. With a growing demand for professionals possessing IS audit, control and security skills, CISA has become a preferred certification program by individuals and organizations around the world. CISA certification signifies commitment to serving an organization and the IS audit, control and security industry with distinction. This course will help the student prepare to obtain this credential.
Attendees to TN-822: Certified Information Systmes Auditor (CISA) Seminar will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.
Dates/Locations:
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10/06/2025 - 10/10/2025 08:00 -16:00 |
TN-822: Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) Seminar TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX |
Duration: 5 Days
Course Objectives:
- Information Systems Auditing Process (18%)
- Providing industry-standard audit services to assist organizations in protecting and controlling information systems, Domain-1 affirms your credibility to offer conclusions on the state of an organization’s IS/IT security, risk and control solutions.
- Governance & Management of IT (18%)
- This domain confirms to stakeholders your abilities to identify critical issues and recommend enterprise-specific practices to support and safeguard the governance of information and related technologies.
- Information Systems Acquisition, Development & Implementation (12%)
- Domains 3 and 4 offer proof not only of your competency in IT controls, but also your understanding of how IT relates to business.
- Information Systems Operation & Business Resilience (26%)
- Domains 3 and 4 offer proof not only of your competency in IT controls, but also your understanding of how IT relates to business.s.
- Protection of Information Assets (26%)
- Cybersecurity now touches virtually every information systems role, and understanding its principles, best practices and pitfalls is a major focus within Domain 5.
Prerequisites:
A minimum of five years of professional information systems auditing, control & security work experienced is required. Experience must have been gained within the 10-year period preceding the application date for certification, or within five years from the date of initially passing the examination.
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