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Course Overview: PA-242: Palo Alto Networks Firewall Manage Cyberthreats (EDU-231) Training Class is a two-day course that teaches students strategies in defense against cyberthreats. Successful completion of this course enables administrators to better understand the threat landscape. 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.
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, ISC2, ISACA, Cisco, Unix, and Windows certifications.
Attendees to the PA-242: Palo Alto Networks Firewall Manaage Cyberthreats (EDU-231) Training Course will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.
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Duration: 2 days
Course Objectives: Students attending this training course will gain an understanding of cyberthreats and their characteristics. Students will learn how to manage cyberthreats using security policies, profiles, and signatures to protect their network against emerging threats.
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Prerequisites:
- Students must complete the PA-213: Install, Configure, and Manage course
- Understanding of network concepts, including routing, switching, and IP addressing
- In-depth knowledge of port-based security and security technologies such as IPS, proxy, and content filtering
This course is in no way associated with Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
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Course Overview:
Every programmer must keep up with the latest tools and techniques. This course will help you push your skills to the next level and become a more accomplished programmer. Advanced PERL Programming teaches you all the complex techniques for production-ready PERL programs and explains concepts such as introspection, overriding built-ins, extending PERL's OO model, and testing your code for greater stability.
Attendees to P-415: Advanced PERL Programming will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.
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Duration: 5 Days
Course Objectives:
- Advanced Techniques
- Parsing Techniques
- Templating Tools
- Objects, Databases, and Applications
- Natural Language Tools
- PERL and Natural Languages
- Handling English Text
- Modules for Parsing English
- Categorization and Extraction
- PERL and Unicode
- POE
- Programming in an Event-Driven Environment
- Testing
- Keeping Tests and Code Together
- Inline Extensions
- Just Another PERL Hacker
Prerequisites:
- P-315: Intermediate PERL Programming or equivalent knowledge and skills
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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.
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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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Instructor comments: Dave is like an encyclopedia of technical topics...what "doesn't" he have expertise in?
Facilities comments: Home2 location was well-kept and convenient to other services.
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Course Overview: PA-243: Palo Alto Networks Firewall Debug and Troubleshoot is a three-day course on how to troubleshoot the full line of Palo Alto Networks next-generation firewalls. Students will receive hands-on experience troubleshooting the security, networking, threat prevention, logging, and reporting features of the Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS® operating system. Upon completion of this class, students will have an in-depth knowledge of how to troubleshoot visibility and control over applications, users, and content. 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.
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, ISC2, ISACA, Cisco, Unix, and Windows certifications.
Attendees to the PA-243: Palo Alto Networks Firewall Debug and Troubleshoot (EDU-311) Training Course will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.
Dates/Locations:
Duration: 3 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).
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This course is in no way associated with Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
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