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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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    • 10/14/2025 – 10/16/2025
    • San Antonio
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    • 10/14/2025 – 10/16/2025
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    • 10/27/2025 – 10/30/2025
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    • 10/27/2025 – 10/31/2025
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    PA-215: Palo Alto Networks Firewall Essentials FastTrack

      

    Course Overview: PA-215: Palo Alto Networks Firewall Essentials FastTrack Training Class is a five-day course that teaches students to configure and manage the entire line of Palo Alto Networks next-generation firewalls. This course combines PA-213 and PA-212 and adds a half day introduction to Panorama and Troubleshooting.  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 two day course PA-232: Palo Alto Networks Panorama Manage Multiple Firewalls. 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, Cisco, Unix, and Windows certifications. Attendees to the PA-215:  Palo Alto Firewall Essentials FastTrack Training Course will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.

    Dates/Locations:

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    Duration 5 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).  Additionally Panorama and Troubleshooting are addressed.

    • Day 1
      • Module 0 – Introduction & Overview
      • Module 1 – Administration & Management
        • Configuration Management
        • PAN-OS & Software Updates
        • Service Route Configuration
        • Log Forwarding
        • GUI, CLI, and API
      • Module 2 – Interface Configuration
        • L2 & L3
        • Vwire
        • Tap
        • Interface Management in Security Zones
        • VLANs
        • QoS
    • Day 2
      • Module 3 – Layer 3 Configuration
        • L3 Configuration and DHCP
        • NAT
        • DNS Proxy
        • Policy Based Forwarding in
        • Introduction to IPv6
      • Module 4 – App-ID
        • App-ID Process
        • Policy Administration
      • Module 5 – Content-ID
        • Antivirus
        • Anti-spyware
        • Vulnerability
        • URL Filtering
        • File Blocking and Wildfire
        • Data Filtering
        • DoS Protection
        • Botnet
    • Day 3
      • Module 6 – VM Firewall
        • Downlaod VM Template
        • Configure ESXi
        • Configure VM
      • Module 7 – Decryption
        • SSL Inbound and Outbound
      • Module 8 – Custom Signatures
        • Defining New Application Signatures
        • Application Override
        • Custom Threat ID
    • Day 4
      • Module 9 – User-ID
        • User-ID Agent
        • Terminal Server Agent
        • XML API
        • Captive Portal
      • Module 10 – VPN and GlobalProtect
        • Psec Tunnels
        • GlobalProtect
        • Agent
        • Portal
        • Gateway
        • HIP
    • Day 5
      • Module 11 – High Availability
        • Active/Passive
        • Active/Active
      • Module 12 – Panorama
        • Device Groups & Objects
        • Shared Policy
        • Configuration Management
        • Reporting

    Prerequisites:

    This course is in no way associated with Palo Alto Networks, Inc.

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    Instructor comments: Instructor was great, he explained everything and made sure we understood the process's/product. He also took time out of his own schedule to help set up a VM environment on our personal pc's.

    Facilities comments: Facility was great, enjoyed feeding the deers!

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    VM-335: VMware Cloud Essentials and vCloud – Architecting the VMware Cloud FastTrack

     

    Course Overview:

    This FastTrack course combines combines two VMware courses (VMware Cloud Essentials and vCloud Architecting the VMware Cloud) into a single week course that adds extra exercises and labs to exemplify the techniques presented.  The course begins with how to adopt, operate, and govern the cloud. The course enables participants to successfully complete the associated CompTIA Cloud Essentials™ Exam to become a Cloud Essentials™ Professional(CEP). This course also covers the subject matter specified by the VCP-Cloud certification.

    This course is designed to guide students through the decision points and policy choices available for designing and implementing a VMware vCloud environment. Detailed labs and exercises for VMware vSphere™, VMware vCloud Director, VMware vCenter™ Chargeback, and the VMware® vShield Edge capability that is included with vCloud Director. A comprehensive VMware cloud design is demonstrated and discussed.

    Attendees to VM-335:  VMware Cloud Essentials and vCloud – Architecting the VMware Cloud FastTrack will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.

    Date/Locations:

    No Events

    Course Duration: 5 days

    Course Objectives:

    • Understand the common terms and definitions of cloud computing.
    • Understand the business benefits and business considerations of cloud computing.
    • Understand cloud computing from a technical perspective and recognize the various techniques, methods, challenges, and types of clouds.
    • Understand the impact and changes of cloud computing on IT service management.
    • Explain typical steps that lead to the successful adoption of cloud computing and understand the implications for organizations.
    • Recognize the compliance, risk, and regulatory consequences of cloud computing and its financial and strategic impact on an organization.
    • Evaluate and design a multitenant environment to address both private cloud and public cloud customer needs.
    • Configure vCloud providers that can accommodate heterogeneous server, storage, and network resources
    • Design a network infrastructure optimized for vCloud.
    • Integrate vCloud Director security with existing LDAP systems and design appropriate security hierarchies with security rolesnderstand the common terms and definitions of cloud computing.
    • Understand the business benefits and business considerations of cloud computing.
    • Understand cloud computing from a technical perspective and recognize the various techniques, methods, challenges, and types of clouds.
    • Understand the impact and changes of cloud computing on IT service management.
    • Explain typical steps that lead to the successful adoption of cloud computing and understand the implications for organizations.
    • Recognize the compliance, risk, and regulatory consequences of cloud computing and its financial and strategic impact on an organization.
    • Evaluate and design a multitenant environment to address both private cloud and public cloud customer needs.
    • Configure vCloud providers that can accommodate heterogeneous server, storage, and network resources.
    • Design a network infrastructure optimized for vCloud.
    • Integrate vCloud Director security with existing LDAP systems and design appropriate security hierarchies with security roles.
    • Design a vCenter Chargeback implementation.

    Course Prerequisites:

    • VM-315  or equivalent experience.
    • Managing or administering at least one of UNIX, Windows, databases, networking, or security.

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    Observations of Instructor Led Training with Real Hardware

    TechNow has heard many students talk about virtualized/remote training that TechNow Does Not Do.  While training our most recent offering of PA-215: Palo Alto Networks Firewall Essentials FastTrack a student told his story of how he endend up in our course.  His story we have heard for other technologies like Cisco, VMware, BlueCoat and other products.

    A large percentage of training is moving to the virtualized/remote lab environments.  Students are asked to use some variant of remote access software and remote into the training company's lab environment. Our student in our Palo Alto Networks Firewall course informed us that he went to a very costly offering of that course from the vendor and was not able to perform any labs.  There were either network connectivity issues, or issues with the remote access software, or other problems.  The whole training experience was very frustrating and not productive.

    We keep our labs open to students if they would like after hours, or before hours access.  Repeatedly going through a lab engrains that knowledge for later recall.  Touching hardware is so critical in understanding the problems that arise when a cable comes loose, or a cable gets plugged in the wrong port.  There are other scenarios such as just pulling the power cable, or turning off a power strip, or accidently overwriting a configuration.  These disaster scenarious requires hands-on physical access to hardware.  Preventing and recovering from disasters is what it's all about, and that requires hands-on, instructor led, real hardware.