Welcome to TechNow! The Leader in Information Security Training & Computer Training.

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-215: Cloud+
    • 01/05/2026 – 01/09/2026
    • San Antonio
  • TN-965 Windows Security Automation with Powershell
    • 01/05/2026 – 01/09/2026
    • San Antonio
  • TN-715: Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP)
    • 01/12/2026 – 01/16/2026
    • San Antonio
  • AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals
    • 01/20/2026 – 01/23/2026
    • San Antonio
  • IT-113: IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) v4 – Foundations Course
    • 01/20/2026 – 01/23/2026
    • San Antonio
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    Course Overview:

    AWS System Operations begins with a one day  introduction to AWS products, services, and common solutions. It provides you with fundamentals to become more proficient in identifying AWS services so that you can make informed decisions about IT solutions based on your business requirements and get started working on AWS.

    The AWS course continues to flow with teaching those in a Systems Administrator or Developer Operations (DevOps) role how to create automatable and repeatable deployments of networks and systems on the AWS platform. The course covers the specific AWS features and tools related to configuration and deployment, as well as common techniques used throughout the industry for configuring and deploying systems.

    To continue to learn more about AWS, TechNow has the following course:

    CL-425: AWS Security Operations and Architecture 

    Attendees to CL-415: AWS System Operations will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.

    Duration: 5 Days

    Audience:
    This course is intended for:
    • System Administrators
    • Software Developers, especially those in a Developer Operations (DevOps) role

    DoD 8140: Not Mandated

    Course Prerequisites:
    We recommend that attendees of this course have the following prerequisites:
    • Background in either software development or systems administration
    • Some experience with maintaining operating systems at the command line (shell scripting in Linux environments, cmd or PowerShell in Windows)
    • Basic knowledge of networking protocols (TCP/IP, HTTP)

    Course Objectives:
    This course is designed to teach you how to:
    • Understand basic data center design concepts.
    • Recognize terminology and concepts as they relate to the AWS platform and navigate the AWS Management Console.
    • Understand the foundational infrastructure services, including Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS), Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3), Auto Scaling, and Elastic Load Balancing (ELB).
    • Understand the security measures AWS provides and key concepts of AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM).
    • Understand AWS database services, including Amazon DynamoDB and Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS).
    • Understand AWS management tools, including Amazon CloudWatch and AWS Trusted Advisor.
    • Use standard AWS infrastructure features such as Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Elastic Load Balancing, and Auto Scaling from the command line
    • Use AWS CloudFormation and other automation technologies to produce stacks of AWS resources that can be deployed in an automated, repeatable fashion
    • Build functioning virtual private networks with Amazon VPC from the ground up using the AWS Management Console
    • Deploy Amazon EC2 instances using command line calls and troubleshoot the most common problems with instances
    • Monitor the health of Amazon EC2 instances and other AWS services
    • Manage user identity, AWS permissions, and security in the cloud
    • Manage resource consumption in an AWS account using tools such as Amazon CloudWatch, tagging, and Trusted Advisor
    • Select and implement the best strategy for creating reusable Amazon EC2 instances
    • Configure a set of Amazon EC2 instances that launch behind a load balancer, with the system scaling up and down in response to demand
    • Edit and troubleshoot a basic AWS CloudFormation stack definition

    Dates/Locations:

    No Events

    Course Outline:

    Day 1

    • Introduction and History of AWS
    • AWS Infrastructure: Compute, Storage, and Networking
    • AWS Security, Identity, and Access Management
    • AWS Databases
    • AWS Management Tools

    Day 2
    • System Operations on AWS Overview
    • Networking in the Cloud
    • Computing in the Cloud
    Day 3
    • Storage and Archiving in the Cloud
    • Monitoring in the Cloud
    • Managing Resource Consumption in the Cloud
    Day 4
    • Configuration Management in the Cloud
    • Creating Scalable Deployments in the Cloud
    • Creating Automated and Repeatable Deployments
    Day 5
    Full Day Lab
    • Select the appropriate AWS service based on compute, data, or security requirements
    • Execute steps required to provision cloud resources for selected deployment
    • Identify and implement data protection, encryption, and capacity planning
    • Implement and manage security policies, access controls, and role
    • Implement Automation

     

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    Course Overview:

    This bootcamp is a customized course for Cloud Essentials+ and Cloud+ that leverages 8 days to provide greater value than just the delivery of two separate courses. The 8 days of instruction prepare the student for the CCSP course.

    TechNow has Identified overlap and uses time saved to:

    • Introduce hands-on skills (Open Source and AWS)
    • Go more in-depth on theory using hands-on to reinforce concepts
    • Do exam prep with practice questions

    This course covers the knowledge and skills required to understand standard Cloud terminologies/methodologies, to implement, maintain, and deliver cloud technologies and infrastructures (e.g. server, network, storage, and virtualization technologies), and to understand aspects of IT security and use of industry best practices related to cloud implementations and the application of virtualization.

    This bootcamp helps prepare students for 2 certifications, CompTIA Clouds Essentials+ and CompTIA Cloud+.  After this course students will also be prepared to continue their education by taking CL-315: CCSP – Certified Cloud Security Professional Preparation Seminar .

    TechNow has worked worldwide enterprise infrastructures for over 20 years and has developed demos and labs to exemplify the techniques required to demonstrate cloud technologies and to effectively manage security in the cloud environment.

    TechNow is a CompTIA partner and uses official CompTIA Cloud Essentials+ and CompTIA Cloud+ curriculum.

    Attendees to CL-218: Introduction to Cloud Infrastructure and Operations Bootcamp will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.

    Date/Locations:

    No Events

    Course Duration: 8 days

    Course Objectives:

    • Learn the fundamental concepts of cloud computing
    • Learn the business aspects and impacts of cloud computing
    • Differentiate the types of cloud solutions and the adoptions measures for each
    • Identify the technical challenges and the mitigation measures involved in cloud computing
    • Identify the technical challenges and the mitigation measures involved in cloud computing
    • Identify the steps to successfully adopt cloud services
    • Identify the basic concepts of ITIL and describe how the ITIL framework is useful in the implementation of cloud computing in an organization
    • Identify the possible risks involved in cloud computing and the risk mitigation measures, and you will also identify the potential cost considerations for the implementation of cloud and its strategic benefits
    • Prepare to deploy cloud solutions
    • Deploy a pilot project
    • Test a pilot project deployment
    • Design a secure network for cloud deployment
    • Determine CPU and memory sizing for cloud deployments
    • Plan Identity and Access Management for cloud deployments
    • Analyze workload characteristics to ensure successful migration to the cloud
    • Secure systems to meet access requirements
    • Maintain cloud systems
    • Implement backup, restore, and business continuity measures
    • Analyze cloud systems for required performance
    • Analyze cloud systems for anomalies and growth forecasting
    • Troubleshoot deployment, capacity, automation, and orchestration issues
    • Troubleshoot connectivity issues
    • Troubleshoot security issues

    Course Prerequisites:

    • Security+, Network+ or equivalent experience
    • Managing or administering at least one of UNIX, Windows, Databases, networking, or security

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    Course Overview:

    CT-225: Network+ is a five-day course that teaches students the fundamentals of networking. Through hands-on training, students learn the vendor-independent networking skills & concepts that affect all aspects of networking, such as installing & configuring the TCP/IP client. The course also helps to prepare students for three popular certification examinations: CompTIA Network+, Microsoft Networking Essentials, and Novell Networking Technologies.

    Attendees to CT-225: Network+ will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.

    Dates/Locations:

    Date/Time Event
    02/02/2026 - 02/06/2026
    08:00 -16:00
    CT-225: Network+
    TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX
    05/04/2026 - 05/08/2026
    08:00 -16:00
    CT-225: Network+
    TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX
    08/03/2026 - 08/07/2026
    08:00 -16:00
    CT-225: Network+
    TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX
    11/02/2026 - 11/06/2026
    08:00 -16:00
    CT-225: Network+
    TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX

    Duration 5 days

    Course Objectives:

    • Identify basic network theory concepts and major network communications methods
    • Describe bounded network media
    • Describe unbounded network media
    • Identify the major types of network implementations
    • Identify TCP/IP addressing and data delivery methods
    • Analyze routing and switching technologies
    • Identify the components of a TCP/IP implementation
    • Analyze network security
    • Implement network security
    • Identify the components of a WAN implementation
    • Identify the components used in cloud computing and virtualization
    • Identify the components of a remote network implementation
    • Manage networks
    • Troubleshoot network issues

    Prerequisites:

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    Instructor comments: Great instructor.

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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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    Instructor comments: As usual, Dave was excellent and the content was very relevant to our line of work.

    Facilities comments: The hotel facilities met our basic needs but it was awkward having a bathroom so close. I can't wait for the new facility to open.


    User: fquinene

    Instructor comments: Instructor was super knowledgeable and helped me tie in a lot of information from other OS and processes.

    Facilities comments: Facility was fine


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