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Working with the TechNow lab for the PA-215: Palo Alto Networks Firewall Essentials FastTrack course has been nothing less than a techie's idea of fun. When students come in we are immediatly configuring the Cisco 3750 switches for access ports, VLANS, and trunks. We then cable the switch to the Palo Alto Networks Firewall. Each student gets their own Palo Alto Firewall Pod of hardware and software. What we find as fun is the VLAN environment, with an array of virtual machines hosted on an ESXi server that can really exercise the abilities of the Palo Alto Firewall. The DMZ VLAN hosts virtual machines that support enterprise services and also potentialy vulnerable web services. The Trust VLAN has Windows and Linux clients. The UnTrust VLAN has Web services and a VM of Kali. The hardware Firewall is additionally connected to a Management VLAN. All those VLANs are trunked into an ESXi server where the student also has a VM-Series Palo Alto Networks Firewall for High Availability.
After configuring all the trunking, VLANs, and network interfaces we learn about the firewall and configure it for the lab environment. Using Metasploitable and Kali/Metasploit nefarious penetration attempts are executed. Using packet captures, custom APP-ID's and custom signatures are generated. Custom logging and reporting are created to similate and enterprise and assist the desired Incident Response. It is always fun in a training environment to learn all about the controls available in a product, even though specific controls may not be used in the operational environment. In the end we have a good understanding of the Palo Alto Networks Firewall.
Course Overview:
Intrusion Analyst is a hands-on course that covers intrusion detection in-depth. This includes concepts such as the use of Snort, network traffic analysis, and IDS signatures.
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 of packet and intrusion analysis.
Attendees to TN-979: Intrusion Analyst will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.
Date/Locations:
No Events
Duration: 5 days
Course Objectives:
- Advanced Snort Concepts
- Analyst Toolkit
- Domain Name System (DNS)
- Examining Packet Crafting
- Examining Packet Header Fields
- Fragmentation
- ICMP Theory
- IDS Interoperability
- IDS Patterns
- IDS/IPS Management & Architecture Issues
- Indications, Warnings & Traffic Correlation
- IPv6
- Microsoft Protocols
- Network Traffic Analysis
- NIDS Evasion, Instertion & Checksums
- Snort Fundamentals & Configuration
- Snort GUIs & Sensor Management
- Snort Performance, Active Response & Tagging
- Snort Rules
- Stimulus Response
- TCPdump Fundamentals
- TCP/IP Fundamentals
- Wireshark Fundamentals
- Writing TCPdump Filters
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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Instructor comments: Dave was an excellent instructor. He is very informative and knowledgeable in the course and the material. I have enjoyed the class and I would take another course with him as the instructor.
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Instructor comments: Dave was one of the best instructors I have ever had for a tech course. He broke down everything to the point where you can understand it internally.
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Course Overview:
This course is developed for those individuals seeking to pass the Project Management Institute’s PMI-ACP Exam. PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)® is one of the newest certifications offered by PMI and is expected to become the industry standard certification for agile over the next few years. The PMI-ACP® certification clearly illustrates to colleagues, organizations or even potential employers that students are ready and able to lead in this new age of product development, management, and delivery.
While preparing you for the exam, you will explore various approaches to agility including Scrum, Kanban, Lean, Extreme Programming (XP), and Test-Driven Development (TDD). By the end of the course, you’ll have mastered the practices and techniques that Agile practitioners use to improve team performance, resolve problems and engage in continuous process improvements and be equipped with job-ready skills.
This course provides students with 21 contact hours in agile practices to help attain the Project Management Institute (PMI)® credential. PMI® and PMI-ACP® are registered marks of the Project Management Institute, Inc.
Attendees to PM-224: PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) Prep Course will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.
Dates/Locations:
| Date/Time | Event |
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02/17/2026 - 02/20/2026 08:00 -16:00 |
PM-224: PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)® Prep Course TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX |
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05/26/2026 - 05/29/2026 08:00 -16:00 |
PM-224: PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)® Prep Course TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX |
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08/17/2026 - 08/20/2026 08:00 -16:00 |
PM-224: PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)® Prep Course TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX |
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12/14/2026 - 12/17/2026 08:00 -16:00 |
PM-224: PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)® Prep Course TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX |
Duration: 4 Days
Course Objectives:
- Agile Principles and Mindset
- Value-driven delivery
- Stakeholder engagement
- Team performance
- Adaptive planning
- Problem detection and Resolution
- Continuous Improvement
Prerequisites:
- Secondary degree
- 21 contact hours of training in agile practices
- 12 months of general project experience within the last 5 years. A current PMP® or PgMP® will satisfy this requirement but is not required to apply for the PMI-ACP
- 8 months of agile project experience within the last 3 years
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Course Overview:
This course is designed for students who intend to work with virtual private networks (VPNs) using IPSec. The course includes detailed coverage of the VPN 3000 Concentrator, a scalable remote access platform that offers encryption, high availability, and superior performance. This class is an invaluable theory and configuration guide for the VPN 3000 series of products, with its thorough coverage of concentrators, hardware clients, and software clients.
Attendees to N-315: Cisco Secure Virtual Private Networks will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.
Dates/Locations:
No Events
Duration: 5 days
Course Objectives:
- Network Security & Virtual Private Network Technologies Cisco VPN 3000 Concentrator Series Hardware Overview
- Routing on the VPN 3000
- Configuring the Cisco VPN 3000 for Remote Access Using Pre-shared Keys
- Configuring the Cisco VPN 3000 for Remote Access Using Digital Certificates
- The Cisco VPN Client Firewall Feature
- Configuring the Cisco 3002 Hardware Client for Remote Access
- Configuring the Cisco 3002 Hardware Client for User & Unit Authentication
- Configuring Cisco VPN Clients for Backup Server, Load Balancing & Reverse Route Injection
- Configuring the Cisco 3000 Concentrator for IPSec over TCP & UDP
- Configuring LAN-to-LAN VPNs on the Cisco 3000
- Network Monitoring & Administration Troubleshooting
Prerequisites:
- Students who attend this advanced course must have experience in configuring Cisco IOS software
- CCNA certification
- Basic knowledge of the Windows operations system
- Familiarity with the networking & security terms & concepts
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