DO-375: Automation with Ansible and Ansible Tower

Course Overview:

Through hands-on labs, you will learn to automate system administration tasks on managed hosts with Ansible, learn how to write Ansible playbooks to standardize task execution, and manage encryption for Ansible with Ansible Vault. This course will also teach you how to deploy and use Red Hat® Ansible Tower to centrally manage existing Ansible projects, playbooks, and roles; perform basic maintenance and administration of the Ansible Tower installation; and configure users and teams and use them to control access to systems, projects, and other resources through role-based access controls. You will learn to use Ansible Tower’s visual dashboard to launch, control, and monitor Ansible jobs; use the Ansible Tower application programming interface (API) to launch jobs from existing templates; automatically schedule Ansible jobs; and dynamically update host inventories.

Course Objectives:

Install and troubleshoot Ansible on central nodes and managed hosts
Automate administration tasks with Ansible playbooks and ad hoc commands
Write effective Ansible playbooks
Protect sensitive data used by tasks with Ansible Vault.
Install and configure Ansible Tower for enterprise Ansible management
Use Ansible Tower to control access to inventories and machine credentials by users and teams
Create job templates in Ansible Tower to standardize playbook execution.
Centrally launch playbooks and monitor and review job results with Ansible Tower

Course Outline:

Introduce Ansible
Deploy Ansible
Implement playbooks
Manage variables and inclusions
Implement task control
Implement Jinja2 templates
Implement roles
Configure complex playbooks
Implement Ansible Vault
Troubleshoot Ansible
Install Ansible Tower and describe Ansible Tower’s architecture
Create users and teams for role-based access control
Create and manage inventories and credentials
Manage projects for provisioning with Ansible Tower
Construct advanced job workflows
Update inventories dynamically and compare inventory members
Maintenance and administration of Ansible Tower

Dates/Locations:

No Events

Duration: 5 Days

Prerequisites:

Become a Red Hat Certified System Administrator, or demonstrate equivalent experience

Target Audience:

This course is designed for Linux system administrators, cloud administrators, and network administrators needing to automate configuration management, application deployment, and intraservice orchestration at an enterprise scale.

AZ-500: Microsoft Azure Security Technologies

Course Overview:

Gain the knowledge and skills needed to implement security controls, maintain the security posture, and identify and remediate vulnerabilities by using a variety of security tools. The course covers scripting and automation, virtualization, and cloud N-tier architecture.

After completing this course, students will be able to describe specialized data classifications on Azure, Identify Azure data protection mechanisms, Implement Azure data encryption methods, Secure internet protocols and how to implement them on Azure, Describe Azure security services and features.

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-500: Microsoft Azure Security Technologies will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.

Date/Locations:

No Events

Course Duration: 5 days

Course Outline:

Identity and access
- Configure Azure Active Directory for Azure workloads and subscriptions
- Configure Azure AD Privileged Identity Management
- Configure security for an Azure subscription
Platform Protection
- Understand cloud security
- Build a network
- Secure network
- Implement host security
- Implement platform security
- Implement subscription security
Security Operations
- Configure security services
- Configure security policies by using Azure Security Center
- Manage security alerts
- Respond to and remediate security issues
- Create security baselines
Data and Applications
- Configure security policies to manage data
- Configure security for data infrastructure
- Configure encryption for data at rest
- Understand application security
- Implement security for application lifecycle
- Secure applications
- Configure and manage Azure Key Vault

Prerequisites :

- - AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals
  - Students should have 1-2 years professional development experience and experience with Microsoft Azure.
  - Student must be able to program in an Azure Supported Language.

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TN-835: Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC) Preparation Seminar

Course Overview:

Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC), is for professionals responsible for an organization's risk management program. Students looking to acquire CRISC qualify themselves as IT security analyst, security engineer architect, information assurance program manager and senior IT auditor. CRISC certified professionals manage risk, design and oversee response measures, monitor systems for risk, and ensure the organization's risk management strategies are met.

The CRISC exam will primarily align with the terminology and concepts described in The Risk IT Framework, The Risk IT Practioner Guide, and COBIT 5. This will include applications in the evaluation and monitoring of IT-based risk, as well as the design and implementation of IS controls.

The CRISC exam covers four domains that are periodically updated to reflect the changing needs of the profession:

Domain 1: Risk Identification
Domain 2: Risk Assessment
Domain 3: Risk Response and Mitigation
Domain 4: Risk and Control Monitoring and Reporting

This course is designed to assist in your exam preparation for the CRISC exam.

Attendees to TN-835: Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC) Seminar will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.

Dates/Locations:

No Events

Duration: 5 Days

Course Objectives:

Risk IT Framework—Purpose and Principles
Essentials of Risk Governance, Evaluation, and Response
Risk and Opportunity Management Using CobiT, Val IT and Risk IT
The Risk IT Framework Process Model Overview
Managing Risk in Practice—The Practitioner Guide Overview
Overview of the Risk IT Framework Process Model
The Risk IT Framework

Prerequisites:

A minimum of at least three (3) years of cumulative work experience performing the tasks of a CRISC professional across at least three (3) CRISC domains is required for certification. There are no substitutions or experience waivers.

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TN-395: Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)

Course Overview:

In this course, students learn the IPv6 protocols & processes & describe how IPv6 is supported in the latest versions of Microsoft Windows operating system. Students will also learn how to describe transition technologies that allow you to deploy IPv6 in IPv4 intranets & across the IPv4 Internet.

Attendees to TN-395: Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.

Dates/Locations:

No Events

Duration: 5 Days

Course Objectives:

Learn how to create IPv6 networks with Cisco Systems products
Supplement your IPv6 course with a self-study guide based on the course materials
Understand practical applications of IPv6 through a solutions-oriented writing approach
Increase comprehension & retention through chapter tools like objectives, summaries, scenarios & review questions
Features & benefits of IPv6
IPv6 in the Windows Server2003 Family
IPv6 addressing & the IPv6 header
Internet Control Message Protocol for IPv6 (ICMPv6)
Neighbor & multicast listener discovery
Address auto configuration
IPv6 name resolution & routing
Coexistence & migration
IPv6 mobility

Prerequisites:

Students should have a working knowledge of a Windows OR Unix Operating system.
In addition, the student should also have basic end-user skills in TCP/IP.

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TN-913: Cloud Security Fundamentals

Course Overview:

TechNow Cloud Security Fundamentals addresses the loss of hands-on control of system, application, and data security in the Cloud computing environment. Security teams wrestle with the impact and liability of Cloud computing on an organization. This course enables the security team to assist in contract language and Service Level Agreements (SLAs) when utilizing Cloud Service Providers (CSPs).

Compliance and auditing are introduced with strategies for control verification and audit analysis in the CSP environment. Software as a Service (SaaS) to Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and everything in between require a compliance strategy. Students will go in-depth into the architecture and infrastructure fundamentals for private, public, and hybrid clouds. Topics covered include: patch and configuration management, virtualization security, application security, and change management. Policy, risk assessment, and governance within cloud environments will be covered with recommendations for both internal policies and contract provisions to consider.

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

Attendees to TN-913: Cloud Security Fundamentals will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.

Date/Locations:

No Events

Course Duration: 3 days

Course Objectives:

Cloud computing introduction
Security challenges in the cloud
Infrastructure security in the cloud
Policy, risk, and governance for cloud computing
Compliance and legal considerations
Audit and assessment for the cloud
Data security in the cloud
Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Planning (DR/BCP) in the cloud
Intrusion detection and incident response

Course Prerequisites:

GSEC, CISSP, CASP or equivalent experience in managing enterprise infrastructures
Managing or administering at least one of UNIX, Windows, Databases, networking, or security

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