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:
This hands-on course provides a comprehensive introduction to programming logic, and builds a solid foundation of programming skills that can be used to master additional programming languages like C, C++, PERL, Java or Python. To learn programming you must focus on a particular language, and we have chosen Java. In this course you will write and debug programs in Python. If you would like this course to use a different computer language, that can be arranged.
Attendees to PL-115: Fundamentals of Computer Programming will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.
Dates/Locations:
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Duration: 5 Days
Course Objectives:
- Writing Simple Programs Data Types, Constants, & Variables
- Screen Output & Keyboard Input
- Expressions
- Decision Making
- Looping
- Subroutines
- Debugging
- Data Collections – Arrays
- Data Collections – Classes Working with Files
Prerequisites:
- This course is for students starting out in programming. No programming experience is required.
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User: tsonger
Instructor comments: While I could tell the instructor was very knowledgeable, his instructions were not very clear. He could've done a better job preparing for the class.
Facilities comments: Room was fine. The location of the room could have been better as the dings from the elevator were a bit distractive.
User: TracyPaul
Instructor comments: Very knowledgeable. Diagnosed our programming problems in short order. Could go into the details of 'why', versus only the 'how'.
Facilities comments: Outstanding. The hotel staff did a great job supporting our class.
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TechNow offers many courses that also have a related certification exam. As an Authorized Peason VUE testing center, we offer exams for many certifications. Pearson VUE offers exams for a wide array of certifications that includes the IT certs of Cisco, EC-Council, CompTIA, and SANS.
Course Overview:
CT-395: CompTIA CySA+ Cybersecurity Analyst is for IT professionals looking to gain IT security analyst skills, and for those following the recommended skills pathway to achieve cybersecurity mastery. It provides a bridge between CompTIA Security+ (CT-325) and CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP,CT-425), thus completing a certification path within the CompTIA family of certifications. As attackers have learned to evade traditional signature-based solutions, an analytics-based approach has become extremely important. CySA+ applies behavioral analytics to the IT security market to improve the overall state of security. The CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+) certification verifies that successful candidates have the knowledge and skills required to configure and use threat detection tools, perform data analysis and interpret the results to identify vulnerabilities, threats and risks to an organization, with the end goal of securing and protecting applications and systems within an organization. Let us help you bridge this gap, and leave you prepared for the certification exam (CS0-002).
TechNow is a CompTIA partner uses official CompTIA CySA+ curriculum.
Dates/Locations:
Duration: 5 Days
Course Objectives:
- Threat Management
- Vulnerability Management
- Cyber Incident Response
- Security Architecture and Tool Sets
Prerequisites:
While there is no required prerequisite, the CompTIA CySA+ certification is intended to follow CT-325: Security+ or equivalent experience. It is recommended for CompTIA CySA+ candidates to have the following:
- 3-4 years of hands-on information security or related experience
- Network+, Security+, or equivalent knowledge.
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Course Overview:
This course is a project management certification that provides validation of fundamental project management skills. This course will confirm a project manager’s knowledge of the project life cycle, from initiation and planning, through execution, acceptance, support and closure. Students will gain the knowledge and skills necessary to complete projects on time and within budget, and learn common project management terminology used throughout the industry.
Attendees to CT-210: Project+ will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.
Dates/Locations:
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02/03/2025 - 02/06/2025
08:00 -16:00
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CT-210: Project+
TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX
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04/28/2025 - 05/01/2025
08:00 -16:00
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CT-210: Project+
TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX
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07/21/2025 - 07/24/2025
08:00 -16:00
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CT-210: Project+
TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX
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10/27/2025 - 10/30/2025
08:00 -16:00
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CT-210: Project+
TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX
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Duration: 4 Days
Course Objectives:
- Project Initiation
- Project planning, estimating and scheduling.
- Creating project plans
- Managing people
- Managing cost and evaluating project performance
- Project closure
Prerequisites:
- Basic understanding of project management
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User: ChiefsLeo94
Instructor comments: Mr. Moore was very knowledgeable in the subject area and kept us on target and interested in subject area by inputting relevant stories from his project management experience.
Facilities comments: Room was adequate for the training environment just big enough for the class size and still not feel like a broom closet.
User: trosale8
Instructor comments: very knowledgeable and very supportive and empathetic. Taught us not only the content but the test-taking techniques. Instructor talks during lab/practice tests which is harder to concentrate.
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