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The world of information security and computer training is ever changing.  The techniques and systems continue to evolve and we must stay current and diligent.  To do this, you can count on TechNow®…the leader in cybersecurity training and computer system training.

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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Upcoming Events

  • CT-225: Network+
    • 08/25/2025 – 08/29/2025
    • San Antonio
  • CT-245: Linux+
    • 08/25/2025 – 08/29/2025
    • San Antonio
  • AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals
    • 09/03/2025 – 09/05/2025
    • San Antonio
  • CT-395: CySA+ Cybersecurity Analyst
    • 09/08/2025 – 09/12/2025
    • San Antonio
  • TN-813: Certified in Governance, Risk and Compliance (CGRC)
    • 09/08/2025 – 09/11/2025
    • San Antonio
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    Course Overview:

    TN-813: Certified in Governance, Risk, and Compliance (CGRC) course is for the (ISC)²® Certified in Governance, Risk, and Compliance (CGRC) credential previously known as Certified Authorization Professional (CAP). This course walks the student through the Risk Management Framework following practices the NIST pubs. CGRC is an objective measure of the knowledge, skills and abilities required for personnel involved in the process of certifying and accrediting security of information systems. Specifically, this credential applies to those responsible for formalizing processes used to assess risk and establish security requirements. Their decisions will ensure that information systems possess security commensurate with the level of exposure to potential risk, as well as damage to assets or individuals.The CGRC credential is appropriate for civilian, state and local governments in the U.S., as well as commercial markets. CGRC certification applies to job functions such as authorization officials, system owners, information owners, information system security officers, and certifiers.  CGRC is crucial to the Management staff.

    This course is the “why” of the entire security field. It provides a logical way of allocating resources where there is greatest risk and why we make the decisions we make in the field of security. It is TechNow’s view that of all the security courses we have seen, this course genuinely puts the “big picture” of security in front of the students. Students actually come to an understanding of truly what is critical to security of an enterprise versus a bunch of nuts and bolts of security.

    TechNow’s CGRC course covers all of the (ISC)²® CGRC 7 Knowledge domains:

    • Security and Privacy Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance Program
    • Scope of the System
    • Selection and Approval of Framework, Security, and Privacy Controls
    • Implementation of Security and Privacy Controls
    • Assessment/ Audit of Security and Privacy Controls
    • System Compliance
    • Compliance Maintenance

    RMF Related Steps

    • Prepare – Process Initiation
    • Categorize Information Systems
    • Establish the Security Control Baseline
    • Apply Security Controls
    • Assess Security Controls
    • Authorize Information System
    • Monitor Security Controls

    TechNow’s CGRC Instructors have extensive knowledge and experience in the field, and have been working with organizations to build assessor teams for over 20 years.

    Attendees to TN-813: Certified in Governance, Risk, and Compliance (CGRC) will receive TechNow authorized training materials, including access to the documentation of the CGRC Exam domains, and expert instruction.

    Dates/Locations:

    Date/Time Event
    09/08/2025 - 09/11/2025
    08:00 -16:00
    TN-813: Certified in Governance, Risk and Compliance (CGRC)
    TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX

    Duration: 3 Days

    Course Objectives:

    • Initiate the Preparation Phase
    • Perform Execution Phase
    • Perform Maintenance Phase
    • Understand the Purpose of Security Authorization

    Prerequisites:

    • IT Security
    • Information Assurance
    • Information Risk Management certification and systems administration
    • 1-2 years of general experience technical experience
    • 2 years of general systems experience
    • 1-2 years of Database/Systems Development/Network Experience
    • Information Security Policy Experience

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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:

    No Events

    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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    Course Overview:

    The focus of Red Hat OpenStack Administration I: Core Operations for Cloud Operators (CL110) will be managing OpenStack using both the web-based dashboard and the command-line interface, in addition to managing instances and installing a proof-of-concept environment using Red Hat OpenStack Platform (RHOSP) director. Essential skills covered in the course include configuring Red Hat OpenStack Platform (using the director UI); managing users, projects, flavors, roles, images, networking, and block storage; setting quotas; and configuring images at instantiation.

    Attendees to CL-115 Red Hat OpenStack Administration I: Core Operations for Cloud Operators will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.

    Dates/Locations:

    No Events

    Duration: 5 Days

    Prerequisites:

    This course is designed for Linux system administrators, cloud administrators, and cloud operators interested in, or responsible for, maintaining a private or hybrid cloud.

    Prerequisites for this course is Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) or demonstrate equivalent experience

    Course Outline:

    • Launch an instance
    • Manage projects, quotas, and users
    • Manage networks, subnets, routers, and floating IP adresses
    • Create and manage block and object storage in the OpenStack framework
    • Customize instances with cloud-init
    • Deploy scalable stacks
    • Deploy RedHat OpenStack Platform using RHOSP director

     

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    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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