PM-223: Introduction to Project Management

Course Overview:

With tight pressure to cut costs & yet implement technology quickly, IT project managers are under severe pressure to complete projects on time, on budget, & at the promised quality.  Yet industry figures consistently show that 90 percent of major IT project initiatives fail to be complete both on time and on budget.  This course delves into the unique challenges of managing IT projects, and offers a roadmap to success.

PM-223 offers new Project Managers the best start into the Project Management field.  This course is intended to offer the new Project Manager a practical introduction to Project Management.  If you are new to Project Management and are looking for a first step on your way to the Project Manager Professional certification, then this is the course for you.

Attendees to PM-223: Introduction to Project Management will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.

Dates/Locations:

No Events

Duration: 3 Days

Course Objectives:

  • The 5 Process Groups
  • Building a WBS
  • Estimating work
  • Budgets
  • Practical Leadership
  • Ending a Project

Prerequisites:

  • None

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TN-949: Certified Firewall Analyst Course

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:

No Events

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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    AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals

     

    Course Overview:

    This two-day course will provide foundational level knowledge on cloud concepts; core Azure services; security, privacy, compliance, and trust; and Azure pricing and support.

    NOTE: This course provides an Azure pass and time for you to participate in hands-on labs. The content for this course aligns to AZ-900 exam objective domain

    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

    Attendees to AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.

    Date/Locations:

    No Events

    Course Duration: 3 days

    Course Outline:

    • Cloud Concepts
    • Core Azure Services
    • Security, Privacy, Compliance, And Trust
    • Azure Pricing and Support

    Lab Objectives:

      • Create a virtual machine
      • Deploy Azure container instances
      • Create a virtual network
      • Create blob storage
      • Create a SQL database
      • Implement an Azure IoT Hub
      • Implement Azure Functions
      • Create a web app
      • Create a VM with a Template
      • Create a VM with PowerShell
      • Create a VM with CLI
      • Secure network traffic
      • Implement Azure key vault
      • Create an Azure Policy
      • Manage access with RBAC
      • Manage resource locks
      • Implement resource tagging
      • Exploring the Trust Center
      • Use the Azure Pricing Calculator
      • Use the Azure TCO Calculator
      • Open a Support request
      • Calculate composite SLAs
      • Access Azure Preview features

    Prerequisites :

        • There are no prerequisites for taking this course. Technical IT experience is not required however some general IT knowledge or experience would be beneficial.
        • This course is suitable for IT personnel who are just beginning to work with Azure.
        • This course primarily uses the Azure portal to create services and does not require scripting skills.
        • Students in this course will gain confidence to take other role-based courses and certifications, such as Azure Administrator.
        • This course provides an Azure pass and optional lab environment.

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    Palo Alto Networks

    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.
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