TN-949: Certified Firewall Analyst Course

Course Overview:

This is a hands-on course that covers many of the concepts of securing the perimeter of an organization. This includes concepts such as intrusion detection, packet filtering, and central logging.

A skills focus enables the student to better absorb the subject matter and perform better 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 Firewalls.

This course is an excellent precursor to PA-215 Palo Alto Firewall Essentials FastTrack.

Attendees to TN-949: Certified Firewall Analyst Prep will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.

Date/Locations:

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Duration: 5 days

Course Objectives:

  • Analyzing Network and Wireless Design
  • Creating and Auditing a Rulebase
  • Firewall Assessment and Penetration Testing
  • Host-Based Detection and DLP
  • Incident Detection and Analysis
  • IOS and Router Security
  • IPv6 and ICMPv6
  • Log Collection and Analysis
  • NAT and Proxies
  • Netfilter IPtables
  • Network Access Control
  • Network-Based Intrusion Detection
  • Packet Filters and Inspection
  • Packet Fragmentation
  • Perimeter Concepts and IP Fundamentals
  • Securing Hosts and Services
  • TCP/IP Protocols
  • VPN Design and Auditing
  • VPN Implementation

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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TN-125: Introduction to UNIX and Linux

 

Course Overview:

This hands-on course provides an intensive overview of fundamental UNIX commands that are common to all flavors of UNIX, but the focus is on RedHat. At the end of this course students will have a firm grasp of how the UNIX operating system works, how to accomplish powerful functions using multiple commands & most importantly of all, how to think UNIX. With the skills gained in this course, students can move on to RedHat System Administration I or Linux System Admnistration I.

Attendees of TN-125: Introduction to UNIX and Linux will receive course materials and expert Instruction.

Date/Locations:

Date/Time Event
01/26/2026 - 01/30/2026
08:00 -16:00 		TN-125: Introduction to UNIX and Linux
TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX
04/20/2026 - 04/24/2026
08:00 -16:00 		TN-125: Introduction to UNIX and Linux
TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX
07/13/2026 - 07/17/2026
08:00 -16:00 		TN-125: Introduction to UNIX and Linux
TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX
10/19/2026 - 10/23/2026
08:00 -16:00 		TN-125: Introduction to UNIX and Linux
TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX

Duration: 5 days

Course Objectives:

  • Unix Overview
  • Introduction to the UNIX command Line
  • Managing and controlling access to files
  • Batch Scripting and tools
  • Regular Expressions, Pipelines, and IO Redirection
  • Text File Manipulation
  • Basic Network Commands
  • Managing Unix Processes
  • GNOME Graphical Desktop

Prerequisites:

  • Basic Knowledge of Computers

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CT-405: PenTest+

 

 

 

 

 

 

Course Overview:

PenTest+ is an intermediate-level certification for cybersecurity professionals who are tasked with penetration testing to identify, exploit, report, and manage vulnerabilities on a network. PenTest+ is at the same certification level as CT-395: CySA+. Depending on your course of study, PenTest+ and CySA+ can be taken in any order, but typically follow the skills learned in CT-325: Security+. PenTest+ focuses on offense through penetration testing and vulnerability assessment while CySA+ focuses on defense through incident detection and response. The most qualified cybersecurity professionals have both offensive and defensive skills. Attend Tech Now training for hands-on, instructor led course to prepare you for the CompTIA PT0-002 exam. This exam is hands-on, performance-based questions and multiple choice, to ensure each candidate possesses the skills, knowledge, and ability to perform tasks on systems.

 

 

 

 

What’s Included:

  • 5 days of instructor led in classroom training
  • Labs
  • PenTest+ Courseware
  • Exam Voucher
  • PenTest+ onsite exam scheduling

Course Objectives:

  • Plan and scope penetration tests
  • Conduct passive reconnaissance
  • Perform non-technical tests to gather information
  • Conduct active reconnaissance
  • Analyze vulnerabilities
  • Penetrate networks
  • Exploit host-based vulnerabilities
  • Test application
  • Complete post-exploit tasks
  • Analyze and report pen test results

Dates/Locations:

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Duration: 5 Days

Course Content:

    • Module 01. Planning and Scoping Penetration Tests
    • Module 02. Conducting Passive Reconnaissance
    • Module 03. Performing Non-Technical Tests
    • Module 04. Conducting Active Reconnaissance
    • Module 05. Analyzing Vulnerabilities
    • Module 06. Penetrating Networks
    • Module 07. Exploiting Host-Based Vulnerabilities
    • Module 08. Testing Applications
    • Module 09. Completing Post-Exploit Tasks
    • Module 10. Analyzing and Reporting Pen Test Results

 

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Target Audience:

This course is designed for cybersecurity professionals tasked with penetration testing and vulnerability management.

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Palo Alto Networks Firewall Training Course Lab

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.