DoD 8570 Training
The Department of Defense requires that all information assurance personnel must become compliant with IT and security certification standards.
DoD 8570 training, also called Information Assurance training, is available through TechNow to provide you with the certification that is required. Your DoD 8570 training ( information assurance training ) at TechNow will provide you with all of the courses necessary to receive your DoD 8570.01-M certification.
Ongoing open enrollment through TechNow is availble for our DoD 8570.01-M courses.
Please review the full & updated DoD approved IA baseline certifications aligned to each category & level of the IA workforce:

Note: The Certifications in red are recently added to approved list as of 2/4/19
For further information or to schedule for classes, call us at 800-324-2294
TechNow has been involved in enterprise security architectures and education since 1990. TechNow’s training program has followed the evolution of enterprise computing into security architectures. Palo Alto Networks represents the current state of security product evolution. With next generation firewall technology, the reunification of your security architecture is possible. TechNow can present the ramifications of many centralized strategies. All courses utilize enterprise security professionals with experience as instructors and can discuss the detail of implementation and the integration into an existing infrastructure.
Palo Alto Networks Certifications: Accredited Configuration Engineer (ACE) take EDU-201; Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Engineer (PCNSE) take EDU-201 + EDU-205 + EDU-221
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Course Overview:
This course is designed for professionals that are expected to do malware analysis. A skills focus enables the student to better absorb the subject matter and perform successfully on the job. This is not death by power point. The course is aligned with information assurance operators and executing hands-on labs. Lecture and labs walk the student through the knowledge required to truly understand the mechanics Reverse Engineering Malware.
Attendees to TN-999: Reverse Engineering Malware will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.
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Duration: 5 days
Course Objectives:
- Toolkit and Lab Assembly
- Malware Code and Behavioral Analysis Fundamentals
- Malicious Static and Dynamic Code Analysis
- Collecting/Probing System and Network Activities
- Analysis of Malicious Document Files
- Analyzing Protected Executables
- Analyzing Web-Based Malware
- DLL Construction and API Hooking
- Common Windows Malware Characteristics in x86 Assembly
- Unpacking Protected Malware
- In-Depth Analysis of Malicious Browser Scripts, Flash Programs and Office
- In-Depth Analysis of Malicious Executables
- Windows x86 Assembly Code Concepts for Revers-Engineering Memory Forensics for Rootkit Analysis
Prerequisites:
- Strong understanding of core systems and network concepts
- Exposure to programming and assembly concepts
- Comfortable with command line access
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Course Overview:
This course provides security professionals with the skills and knowledge to perform vulnerability and compliance scanning of supported operating systems, devices, and applications. Students will construct custom scan policies for topology discovery, network vulnerability detection, credentialed patch audits, and compliance benchmarks, and discuss the underlying technologies utilized by the Nessus scanner.
This course provides students with the necessary information to prepare for the Tenable Certified Nessus Auditor (TCNA) exam.
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Duration: 5 days
Course Objectives:
- Introduction to Nessus and Vulnerability Scanning
- Nessus Installation and Administration
- Basic Nessus Scan Operation
- Nessus Scan Configuration and Policy Creation
- Vulnerability Analysis and Reporting with Nessus
- Advanced Scan Configuration and Policy Creation
- Introduction to Compliance and Auditing
- Nessus Auditing Features
- Windows System Auditing
- Unix System Auditing
- Cisco IOS Auditing
- Nessus Database Auditing
- Nessus Content Auditing
- Auditing to Industry Guidelines
- Auditing to Federal Guidelines
Prerequisites:
Students should possess a basic understanding of TCP/IP networking, operating systems security, and common client/server applications.
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Course Overview:
This is a hands-on course that covers many of the concepts of securing the perimeter of an organization. This includes concepts such as intrusion detection, packet filtering, and central logging.
A skills focus enables the student to better absorb the subject matter and perform better on the job. This is not death by power point. The course is aligned with information assurance operators and executing hands-on labs. Lecture and labs walk the student through the knowledge required to truly understand the mechanics of Firewalls.
This course is an excellent precursor to PA-215 Palo Alto Firewall Essentials FastTrack.
Attendees to TN-949: Certified Firewall Analyst Prep will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.
Date/Locations:
Duration: 5 days
Course Objectives:
- Analyzing Network and Wireless Design
- Creating and Auditing a Rulebase
- Firewall Assessment and Penetration Testing
- Host-Based Detection and DLP
- Incident Detection and Analysis
- IOS and Router Security
- IPv6 and ICMPv6
- Log Collection and Analysis
- NAT and Proxies
- Netfilter IPtables
- Network Access Control
- Network-Based Intrusion Detection
- Packet Filters and Inspection
- Packet Fragmentation
- Perimeter Concepts and IP Fundamentals
- Securing Hosts and Services
- TCP/IP Protocols
- VPN Design and Auditing
- VPN Implementation
Course Prerequisites:
- GSEC or equivalent experience
- UNIX, Windows, networking and security experience
- This is a hands-on skill course requiring comfort with command line interaction and network communications
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