TN-979: Intrusion Analyst Course

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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User: Tosha

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.

Facilities comments: Very nice and clean hotel.

User: buckey26

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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TN-959: UNIX Security Administrator Course

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:

No Events

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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User: wbcarter

Instructor comments: Good Stuff. Thanks!

User: ryuhas

Instructor comments: Very Good Instructor

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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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

Comments

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User: reedrobt

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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TN-999: Reverse Engineering Malware Course

Course Overview:

This course is designed for professionals that are expected to do malware analysis. 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 Reverse Engineering Malware.

Attendees to TN-999: Reverse Engineering Malware will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.

Date/Locations:

No Events

Duration: 5 days

Course Objectives:

Toolkit and Lab Assembly
Malware Code and Behavioral Analysis Fundamentals
Malicious Static and Dynamic Code Analysis
Collecting/Probing System and Network Activities
Analysis of Malicious Document Files
Analyzing Protected Executables
Analyzing Web-Based Malware
DLL Construction and API Hooking
Common Windows Malware Characteristics in x86 Assembly
Unpacking Protected Malware
In-Depth Analysis of Malicious Browser Scripts, Flash Programs and Office
In-Depth Analysis of Malicious Executables
Windows x86 Assembly Code Concepts for Revers-Engineering Memory Forensics for Rootkit Analysis

Prerequisites:

Strong understanding of core systems and network concepts
Exposure to programming and assembly concepts
Comfortable with command line access

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User: marcus.osullivan

Instructor comments: Good stuff. I like the beginning half where there was help from an additional instructor to facilitate fixing computer errors that inevitably popped up.

Facilities comments: The baby deer were neat! I like the resort.

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TN-901: Linux for Security Professionals

Course Overview:

This course will be fast paced with in-depth and live demonstrations.

Date/Locations:

No Events

Duration: 1 day

Course Objectives:

AIDE
DNS Security with DNSsec
Logging and Audit Management
Linux Security Modules and SE-Linux
Linus Containers (Jailing Services and Apps)
SSH and SSL tunneling

Prerequisites:

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