Course Overview: 

Learn to protect yourself and your company against hackers, by learning their tools and techniques, and then testing your network.  This course is heavily based on Kali and primarily on Metasploit.  In TN-515: Implementing Cybersecurity and Information Assurance Methodologies class you will learn the step by step process that hackers use to assess your enterprise network, probe it & hack into it, utilizing a mixed-platform target environment including Windows, Linux, Solaris, and Cisco.  This course is 90% hacking, but  defenses for demonstrated hacks will be discussed.  If you want to know the ins and outs of the hacks presented in this course, then this is the course for you.

Attendees to TN-515: Implementing Cybersecurity and Information Assurance Methodologies Class Attendees will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.

Dates/Locations:

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Duration: 5 Days

Course Objectives:

  • Introduction to Pen Testing using the PTES model
  • Metasploit Basics
    • MSFconsole, MSFcli, Armitage, MSFpayload, MSFencode, NasmShell
  • Intelligence Gathering
    • Nmap, Databases in Metasploit, Port Scanning with Metasploit
  • Quick Intro to Ruby
    • Writing a simple Ruby script to create a custom scanner
  • Vulnerability Scanning
    • Importing Nessus Results
    • Scanning with Nessus from Within Metasploit
  • Exploitation
    • Using the Metasploit Framework and console to exploit
  • Meterpreter
    • Compromising a Windows System
    • Attacking MS SQL, xp_cmdshell
    • Dumping Usernames and Passwords, extracting and dumping hashes
    • Pass the Hash and Token Impersonation
    • Pivoting
    • Railgun
    • Using Meterpreter Scripts: Migrating a process, Killing AV, Persistence
  • Avoiding Detection
    • Creating Stand-Alone Binaries with MSFpayload
    • Encoding with MSFencode and Packers (go Green Bay:)
  • Exploitation Using Client Side Attacks
    • Introduction to Immunity Debugger
    • Using Immunity Debugger to Decipher NOP Shellcode
  • Metasploit Auxiliary Modules
  • Social Engineer Toolkit (SET)
    • Spear-Phishing, Web Attack
    • Creating a Multipronged Attack
  • Creating Your Own Module
    • Adapt an existing Module
    • Add some PowerShell and Run the Exploit
  • Meterpreter Scripting
  • Capture The Flag Exercise

Prerequisites:

  • This is an advanced  Cybersecurity and Information Assurance Course which requires basic Windows & UNIX competency
  • Certification or 2 years of experience in these operating systems is highly recommended
  • An understanding of TCP/IP

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Course Overview:

A rigorous Pen Testing program that, unlike contemporary Pen Testing courses, teaches you how to perform an effective penetration test across filtered networks. The course requires you to Pen Test IoT systems, OT systems, builds on your ability to write your own exploits, build your own tools, conduct advanced binaries exploitation, double pivot to access hidden networks, and various technologies.

What’s Included:

    • EC-Council official E-Courseware
    • EC-Council official Certificate of Attendance
    • EC-Council iLabs with access for 6 months
    • EC-Council CPENT Range access
    • CEH Exam Voucher

     

    Dates/Locations:

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    Duration: 5 days

    Course Content:

      • Module 01. Introduction to Penetration Testing
      • Module 02. Penetration Testing Scoping and Engagement
      • Module 03. Open Source Intelligence (OSINT)
      • Module 04. Social Engineering Penetration Testing
      • Module 05. Network Penetration Testing – External
      • Module 06. Network Penetration Testing – Internal
      • Module 07. Network Penetration Testing – Perimeter Devices
      • Module 08. Web Application Penetration Testing
      • Module 09. Wireless Penetration Testing
      • Module 10. IoT Penetration Testing
      • Module 11. OT/SCADA Penetration Testing
      • Module 12. Cloud Penetration Testing
      • Module 13. Binary Analysis and Exploitation
      • Module 14. Report Writing and Post Testing Actions

     

    Prerequisites:

        • Pass the CEH exam
        • Pass the CND exam

    Target Audience:

    Penetration Testers, Ethical Hackers, Information Security Consultants/ Testers/ Analysts/ Engineers, Network Server Administrators, Firewall & System Administrators, Risk Assessment Professionals

     

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Course Overview:

The  UNIX Security Administrator Prep is a hands-on course that covers how to secure and audit UNIX and Linux operating systems. This includes concepts such as Rootkits, Buffer overflows, and monitoring UNIX/Linux systems.

Attendees to TN-959: Unix Security Administratorwill receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.

Date/Locations:

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Duration: 5 days

Course Objectives:

  • AIDE
  • Apache
  • Best Practices for Kernel Tuning and Warning Banners
  • Boot Services
  • Chroot()
  • DNS- BIND
  • DNSSec
  • Evidence Collection and Preservation
  • Forensic Analysis
  • Forensic Preparation and Incident Handling
  • Host Based Firewalls – iptables
  • Intro to Forensics
  • OS Install and Patching
  • Physical, User Account, and Password Access Control
  • Se Linux
  • Sendmail
  • SSH
  • Stack Smashing
  • Sudo
  • Syslog-NG
  • UNIX Logging

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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Facilities comments: Facilities was great. Location had a lot to be desired. To much traffic and accidents trying to get here.


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    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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