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Course Overview: PA-243: Palo Alto Networks Firewall Debug and Troubleshoot is a three-day course on how to troubleshoot the full line of Palo Alto Networks next-generation firewalls. Students will receive hands-on experience troubleshooting the security, networking, threat prevention, logging, and reporting features of the Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS® operating system. Upon completion of this class, students will have an in-depth knowledge of how to troubleshoot visibility and control over applications, users, and content. 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.
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-243: Palo Alto Networks Firewall Debug and Troubleshoot (EDU-311) Training Course will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.
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Duration: 3 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, including hands-on experience in configuring the security, networking, threat prevention, logging, and reporting features of the Palo Alto Networks Operating System (PAN-OS).
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This course is in no way associated with Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
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Course Overview:
The C-215: Introduction to C Programming course is a hands-on course providing a complete introduction to the ANSI C programming language, focusing on quickly developing the practical skills needed to create real-world solutions. Our hands-on labs are designed to promote retention and challenge students to apply their skills to new situations.
Attendees to C-215: Introduction to C Programming will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.
Dates/Locations:
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Duration: 5 days
Course Objectives:
- What is C?
- Basics of Program Writing
- Style
- Basic Declarations & Expressions
- Arrays, Qualifiers & Reading Numbers
- Decision & Control Statements
- Programming Process
- More Controls Statements
- Variable Scope & Functions
- C Preprocessor
- Bit Operations
- Advanced Types
- Simple Pointers
- File Input/Output
- Debugging & Optimization
- Floating Point
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Before attending this course, you should be able to use basic UNIX commands and have previous programming experience language, or have taken our Introduction to Computer Progamming class.
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User: jangles1337
Instructor comments: Pretty knowledgeable on a number of things. Could have had a better in depth understanding of the material.
Facilities comments: Was a hotel so it was pretty noisy some times.
User: ldorsey
Instructor comments: Great guy full of knowledge
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Course Overview:
CompTIA Cloud Essentials+ is for both IT and non-technical professionals who require the essential business acumen needed to make informed cloud service decisions. Cloud Essentials is a vendor-neutral credential designed to validate the candidate has an understanding of basic terms and definitions of cloud computing along with the different processes involved in the successful adoption of cloud computing and its implications for organizations’ use.
TechNow is a CompTIA partner and uses official CompTIA Cloud Essentials+ curriculum.
Attendees to CT-213: Cloud Essentials+ will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.
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03/30/2026 - 04/01/2026 08:00 -16:00 |
CT-213: Cloud Essentials+ TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX |
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06/15/2026 - 06/17/2026 08:00 -16:00 |
CT-213: Cloud Essentials+ TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX |
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CT-213: Cloud Essentials+ TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX |
Course Duration: 3 days
Course Objectives:
- Domain 1 : Cloud Concepts
- Understand cloud principles
- Identify cloud networking concepts & storage techniques
- Understand cloud design aspects
- Domain 2: Business Principles of Cloud Environments
- Identify and employ appropriate cloud assessments like feasibility studies, benchmarking, or gap analysis
- Highlight key business aspects of cloud vendor relation adoption, and comprehend cloud migration approaches
- Domain 3: Management and Technical Operations
- Explain aspects of operating within the cloud, such as data management or optimization
- Understand the role of DevOps in cloud environments, like API integration or provisioning
- Domain 4: Governance, Risk, Compliance and Security for the Cloud
- Understand risk management and response concepts related to cloud services and identify the importance and impacts of compliance in the cloud, such as regulatory concerns or international standards.
Course Prerequisites:
- CompTIA recommends that a candidate have at least 6 months of experience in an IT environment, with direct involvement in IT-related tasks responsibilities and/or decision making.
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Working with the TechNow lab for the PA-215: Palo Alto Networks Firewall Essentials FastTrack course has been nothing less than a techie's idea of fun. When students come in we are immediatly configuring the Cisco 3750 switches for access ports, VLANS, and trunks. We then cable the switch to the Palo Alto Networks Firewall. Each student gets their own Palo Alto Firewall Pod of hardware and software. What we find as fun is the VLAN environment, with an array of virtual machines hosted on an ESXi server that can really exercise the abilities of the Palo Alto Firewall. The DMZ VLAN hosts virtual machines that support enterprise services and also potentialy vulnerable web services. The Trust VLAN has Windows and Linux clients. The UnTrust VLAN has Web services and a VM of Kali. The hardware Firewall is additionally connected to a Management VLAN. All those VLANs are trunked into an ESXi server where the student also has a VM-Series Palo Alto Networks Firewall for High Availability.
After configuring all the trunking, VLANs, and network interfaces we learn about the firewall and configure it for the lab environment. Using Metasploitable and Kali/Metasploit nefarious penetration attempts are executed. Using packet captures, custom APP-ID's and custom signatures are generated. Custom logging and reporting are created to similate and enterprise and assist the desired Incident Response. It is always fun in a training environment to learn all about the controls available in a product, even though specific controls may not be used in the operational environment. In the end we have a good understanding of the Palo Alto Networks Firewall.