VM-345: VMware Infrastructure Security: VMware Install, Configure, and Manage with Security Objectives

Course Overview:

This course explores the VMware Infrastructure and related security, which consists of VMware ESX Server & VMware Virtual Center Server. We will look at both the design environments and operational processes of the VMware Infrastructure including security. This course provides IT architects with the insight needed to tackle tough issues in server virtualization such as virtual machine technologies, storage infrastructure, and designing clustered environments with security practices included. Extensive hands-on labs provide for a rich student experience.

Hypervisors and their supporting environment require attention to security due to the aggregated risk of hosting multiple virtual servers. This course explores the security of virtualized environments. Student configure ESXi by learning to manage the security and risk between ESXi, virtual servers and security integration of ESXi to the physical network infrastructure including appropriate segregation from other sensitive networks and management networks. How to configure virtual networks when some hosts are dual or multi homed, but internally segregate between the two or more connected networks with different security levels. Appropriate integration of zero-clients and thin clients. Configuration of defensive measures on hosts, servers, hypervisors within the virtual environment and practices for those guarding it externally. Integration of Active Directory and other AAA/CIA related services relative to a virtualized environment.

Students are also walked through DoD ESXi Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG). Introduction to the impact of Intel Trusted Execution Technology integrated with ESXi to create a trusted platform for virtual machines. Additionally the instructor walks the students through NIST Special Publication 800-125A: Security Recommendations for Hypervisor Deployment on Servers, and NIST Special Publication 800-125B: Secure Virtual Network Configuration for Virtual Machine (VM) Protection.

Attendees to “VM-345: VMware Infrastructure Security: VMware Install, Configure, and Manage with Security Objectives” will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.

Dates/Locations:

No Events

Duration: 5 Days

Course Objectives:

• Virtual Infrastructure Overview
• ESX and ESXi Server Installation
• Configuration of Networking, Scalability and Security
• Storage
• Install and Configure vCenter Server and Components
• Creation, Deployment, Management, and Migration of Virtual Machines
• Utilize vCenter Server for Resource Management
• Utilize vCenter Server for Virtual Machine Access Control and User Managment
• Use vCenter Server to increase scalability
• Monitoring Your Environment
• Data & Availability Protection Troubleshooting
• Use VMware vCenter Update Manager to apply ESXi patches
• Use vCenter Server to manage vMotion, HA, DRS and data protection.

PA-215: Palo Alto Networks Firewall Essentials FastTrack

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: No Events

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:

Security+, Network+, CCNA and networking experience is recommended.

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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TN-575: Open Source Network Security Monitoring

Course Overview:

TN-575: Open Source Network Security Monitoring teaches students how to deploy, build, and run an NSM operation using open source software and vendor-neutral tools. No network is bullet proof and when attackers access your network, this course will show you how to build a security net to detect, contain, and control the attacker. Sensitive data can be monitored and deep packet and deep attachment analysis can be achieved. As organizations stand up a Security Operations Center (SOC) the enterprise NSM is the key ingredient to that SOC. This course not only teaches how to implement an NSM technologically, but how to effectively monitor an enterprise operationally. You will learn how to architect an NSM solution: where to deploy your NSM platforms and how to size them, stand-alone or distributed, and integration into packet analysis, interpret evidence, and integrate threat intelligence from external sources to identify sophisticated attackers. A properly implemented NSM is integral to incident response and provides the responders timely information to react to the incident. TN-575: Open Source Network Security Monitoring is a lab intensive environment with a cyber range that gives each student in-depth knowledge and practical experience monitoring live systems to include: Cisco, Windows, Linux, IoT, and Firewalls.

Attendees to TN-575: Open Source Network Security Monitoring class will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.

This Course is taught utilizing Security Onion or RockNSM as specified by the customer.

Dates/Locations:

No Events

Duration: 5 Days

Course Objective:

The focus of this course is to present a suite of Open Source security products integrated into a highly functional and scalable Network Security Monitoring solution.

Prerequisites:

Students should have a basic understanding of networks, TCP/IP and standard protocols such as DNS, HTTP, etc. Some Linux knowledge/experience is recommended, but not required

Course Outline:

Network Security Monitoring (NSM) Methodology
High Bandwidth Packet Capture Challenges
Installation of Security Onion
- Use Cases (analysis, lab, stand-alone, distributed)
- Resource Requirements
Configuration
- Setup Phase I – Network Configuration
- Setup Phase 2 – Service Configuration
- Evaluation Mode vs. Configuration Mode
- Verifying Services
Security Onion Architecture
- Configuration Files and Folders
- Network Interfaces
- Docker Environment
- Security Onion Containers
Overview of Security Onion Analyst Tools
- Kibana
- CapME
- CyberChef
- Squert
- Sguil
- NetworkMiner
Quick Review of Wireshark and Packet Analysis
- Display and Capture Filters
- Analyze and Statistics Menu Options
- Analysis for Signatures
Analyzing Alerts
- Replaying Traffic
- 3 Primary Interfaces:
  - Squert
  - Sguil
  - Kibana
- Pivoting Between Interfaces
- Pivoting to Full Packet Capture
Snort and Surricata
- Rule Syntax and Construction
- Implementing Custom Rules
- Implementing Whitelists and Blacklists
Hunting
- Using Kibana to Slice and Dice Logs
- Hunting Workflow with Kibana
Bro
- Introduction and Overview
  - Architecture, Commands
- Understanding and Examining Bro Logs
  - Using AWK, sort, uniq, and bro-cut
- Working with traces/PCAPs
- Bro Scripts Overview
  - Loading and Using Scripts
- Bro Frameworks Overview
  - Bro File Analysis Framework FAF
- Using Bro scripts to carve out more than files
RockNSM ( * If Applicable)
- Kafka
  - Installation and Configuration
  - Kafka Messaging
  - Brokers
  - Integration with Bro and FSF
- File Scanning Framework FSF
  - Custom YARA Signatures
  - JSON Trees
  - Sub-Object Recursion
  - Bro and Suricata Integration
Elastic Stack
- Adding new data sources in Logstash
- Enriching data with Logstash
- Automating with Elastalert
- Building new Kibana dashboards
Production Deployment
- Advanced Setup
- Master vs Sensor
- Node Types – Master, Forward, Heavy, Storage
- Command Line Setup with sosetup.conf
- Architectural Recommendations
- Sensor Placement
- Hardening
- Administration
- Maintenance
Tuning
- Using PulledPork to Disable Rules
- BPF’s to Filter Traffic
- Spinning up Additional Snort / Suricata / Bro Workers to Handle Higher Traffic Loads

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TN-542: Establishing a Security Operations Center (SOC) People, Processes, and Technologies

Course Overview:

TN-542: Establishing a Security Operations Center (SOC) People, Processes, and Technologies is the big picture overview of a SOC, other courses provide a deep dive into the technologies that a SOC may utilize. This course addresses the internal workings of staff, skills required, required authorizations, internal agreements, and setting appropriate expectation levels of a SOC within budget constraints. A SOC is not a one size fits all, the instructor has decades of security experience and brings to the table opportunities to discuss what can work within constraints. Many organizations are coming to the realization that some level of a SOC is now required and to learn just what decisions need to be made: Out-sourced, In-sourced, budgets, capabilities and many more. Students leave with a worksheet of how to progress when they get back to their organization.

TN-542: Establishing a Security Operations Center (SOC) People, Processes, and Technologies – Is a course that incorporates lecture, demos, and group exercises for standing up a Security Operations Center (SOC). Students learn strategies and resources required to deploy, build, and run Network Security Monitoring (NSM) and work roles and flows for a SOC. No network is bullet proof and when attackers access your network, this course will show you options and resources to build a security net to detect, contain, and control the attacker. Examples on what it takes to architect an NSM solution to identify sophisticated attackers and a response strategy. Properly implemented detection and response technologies is integral to incident response and provides the responders timely information and tools to react to the incident. Effective demonstrations are given of Open Source technologies that build up a SOC, but any software can be used and demonstrations are provided to demonstrate technology families not push a specific solution.

TN-542: Establishing a Security Operations Center (SOC) People, Processes, and Technologies demonstrations utilize a cyber range that gives each student in-depth knowledge of monitoring live systems to include: Cisco, Windows, Linux, IoT, and Firewalls; and software and services to provide orchestrate Incident Response, Intelligence Analysis, and Hunt Operations.

Attendees to TN-542: Establishing a Security Operations Center (SOC) People, Processes, and Technologies class will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.

Dates/Locations:

No Events

Duration: 2 Days

Course Objective:

Prerequisites:

Students should have an understanding of the security field.

Course Outline:

What threats does my organization care about?
What does a threat look like?
What does a threat look like?
How to present the SOC internally.
Communication with Stakeholders and Executives
People
- Establishing a skill matrix and work roles for SOC members
- Establishing a training path
- Personnel background requirementsProcesses
Processes
- Alignment to standards: NIST, PCI, HIPAA, etc.
- Risk related decision trees
- Playbooks
- Threat Intelligence Integration
Technology – Tool Suites to Support:
- Ethical Hacking
- Network Security Monitoring and SIEM
- Forensics
- Dashboards
- Analysis and Hunting
- Incident Management and Ticketing

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CT-325: Security+

Course Overview:

The CT-325: Security+ (SY0-701) class is the primary class you will need to take if your job responsibilities include securing network services, network devices, and network traffic. It will also help you prepare for the CompTIA Security+ examination (exam number SY0-701). In the CT-325: Security+ class you’ll build on your knowledge and professional experience with computer hardware, operating systems, and networks as you acquire the specific skills required to implement basic security services on any type of computer network. Let us help you prepare for the CompTIA Security+ exam (SY0-701).

TechNow is a CompTIA partner and uses official CompTIA Security+ curriculum.

Attendees to CT-325: Security+ will receive TechNow approved course materials and TechNow expert instruction.

Dates/Locations:

Date/Time	Event
12/09/2024 - 12/13/2024 00:00 -23:59	CT-325: Security+ TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX

Duration: 5 Days

Course Objectives:

Compare and contrast attacks
Compare and contrast security controls
Use security assessment tools
Explain basic cryptography concepts
Implement a public key infrastructure
Implement identity and access management controls
Manage access services and accounts
Implement a secure network architecture
Install and configure security appliances
Install and configure wireless and physical access security
Deploy secure host, mobile, and embedded systems
Implement secure network access protocols
Implement secure network applications
Explain risk management and disaster recovery concepts
Describe secure application development concepts
Explain organizational security concepts

Prerequisites:

CompTIA A+ and Network+ certifications, or equivalent knowledge.
Windows 7/8/10 and Server 2008/2012/2016 experience required.
Six to nine months experience in networking, including experience in configuring & managing TCP/IP.

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Instructor comments: Instructor was very knowledgeable on all the course content. There were some instances when I felt he streamlined through some of the material too quickly, such as going over how to identify types of attacks.