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    Windows Security Automation and Threat Hunting with PowerShell Seminar

    Location: 400 W Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53203, USA

    Date: October 10, 2018 8:00am – 4:00pm

    Duration: 8 hours

    Audience: Cyber Security professionals and Windows administrators

    Attendees Environment: Laptops not required, but suggested to have better hands-on absorption of subject matter.

    Description:
    PowerShell is both a command-line shell and scripting language. Fight fires quickly using existing or custom PowerShell commands or scripts at the shell. PowerShell is made for Security Operations (SecOps) automation on Windows. This seminar does not require prior programming skills. The seminar focuses on PowerShell programming, giving a beginner skills to be productive in windows scripting to automate tasks and also remediate problems.

    Cyber Security is the objective of this seminar, and the PowerShell examples will demonstrate PowerShell capabilities that help lock down a Windows system and also report security status.

    Objectives:

    PowerShell Overview

    • Getting started running commands
    • Security cmdlets
    • Using and updating the built-in help
    • Execution policies
    • Fun tricks with the ISE graphical editor
    • Piping .NET and COM objects, not text
    • Using properties and methods of objects
    • Helping Linux admins feel more at home
    • Aliases, cmdlets, functions, modules, etc.

    PowerShell Utilities and Tips

    • Customizing your profile script
    • PowerShell remote command execution
    • Security setting across the network
    • File copy via PowerShell remoting
    • Capturing the output of commands
    • Parsing text files and logs with regex patterns
    • Parsing Security Logs
    • Searching remote event logs
    • Mounting the registry as a drive
    • Security settings in the Registry
    • Exporting data to CSV, HTML and JSON files
    • Running scripts as scheduled jobs
    • Continued Security Compliance
    • Pushing out scripts through Group Policy
    • Importing modules and dot-sourcing functions
    • http://www.PowerShellGallery.com

    PowerShell Scripting

    • PowerShell Scripting to implement Security Practices
    • Writing your own functions to automate security status and settings
    • Passing arguments into your scripts
    • Function parameters and returning output
    • Flow control: if-then, foreach, that make security decisions
    • How to pipe data in/out of your scripts for security compliance and reporting

    Attendees to this seminar, Windows Security Automation and Threat Hunting with PowerShell, will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.[/wr_text][/wr_column][/wr_row]

    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:

      • To provide management an overview of what it takes to stand up a SOC.

    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
      • Leveraging and integrating existing security measures
    • 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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    TN-965 Windows Security Automation with Powershell

    Course Overview:

    PowerShell is made for Security Operations (SecOps) automation on Windows. SecOps requires automation in order to scale out security changes and monitoring beyond a handful of hosts. For example, when a vulnerability must be remediated but there is no patch for it yet, automation is needed to quickly and consistently enact the changes necessary. PowerShell “remoting” is encrypted remote command execution of PowerShell scripts in a way that can scale to thousands of endpoints and servers.

    Imagine being able to hunt for indicators of compromise across thousands of machines with just a few lines of PowerShell code. Or imagine having the local Administrator account password reset every night on thousands of endpoints in a secure way, and being able to retrieve that password securely too.

    We will show you to do these tasks and more. Transcription logging for forensics, strong encryption code signing, application whitelisting of scripts, IPSec port control, and Just Enough Admin (JEA).

    As more and more of our systems are moved up to the cloud, PowerShell will become even more important. Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Office 365, Hyper-V and VMware already support PowerShell administration for many tasks.

    Attendees to TN-965: Windows Security Automation with PowerShell will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.

    Date/Locations:

    Date/Time Event
    11/03/2025 - 11/07/2025
    08:00 -16:00     		TN-965 Windows Security Automation with Powershell
    TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX

    Duration: 5 days

    Intended Audience
    This course is intended for IT Professionals already experienced in general Windows Server and Windows Client administration or already experienced in administering and supporting Application servers and services including applications like Exchange, SharePoint, and SQL. It is broadly intended for students who want to use Windows PowerShell to automate administrative tasks from the command line, using any Microsoft or independent software vendor (ISV) product that supports Windows PowerShell manageability.

    Course Objectives:

    PowerShell Overview and Tips

      • Getting started running commands
      • Using and updating the built-in help
      • Execution policies
      • Fun tricks with the ISE graphical editor
      • Piping .NET and COM objects, not text
      • Using properties and methods of objects
      • Helping Linux admins feel more at home
      • Aliases, cmdlets, functions, modules, etc.
      • Customizing your profile script

    What Can We Do With PowerShell

      • PowerShell remote command execution
      • Fan-out remoting and security
      • File copy via PowerShell remoting
      • Capturing the output of commands
      • Parsing text files and logs with regex patterns
      • Searching remote event logs faster with XPath
      • Mounting the registry as a drive
      • Exporting data to CSV, HTML and JSON files
      • Parsing and mining nmap port scanner XML output
      • Running scripts as scheduled jobs
      • Pushing out scripts through Group Policy
      • Importing modules and dot-sourcing functions
      • http://www.PowerShellGallery.com

    Write your own scripts

      • Writing your own functions
      • Passing arguments into your scripts
      • Function parameters and returning output
      • Flow control: if-then, do-while, foreach, switch
      • The .NET Framework class library: a playground
      • How to pipe data in/out of your scripts

    Continuous Secure Configuration Enforcement

      • How to use Group Policy and PowerShell together
      • Automate with INF security templates
      • How to customize INF templates
      • Microsoft Security Compliance Manager (SCM)
      • SECEDIT.EXE scripting
      • Building an in-house security repository for SecOps/DevOps
      • NSA’s Secure Host Baseline GPOs

    Group Policy Precision Targeting

      • Managing Group Policy Objects (GPOs) with PowerShell
      • LSDOU, Block Inheritance, Enforced GPOs
      • Group Policy permissions for targeting changes
      • ADMX templates for mass registry editing
      • Deploying PowerShell startup and logon scripts
      • WMI item-level targeting of GPO preferences
      • GPO scheduled tasks to run PowerShell scripts
      • Remote command execution via GPO (not remoting)
      • Empowering the Hunt Team to fight back!

    Server Hardening for SecOps/DevOps

      • Server Manager scripting with PowerShell
      • Adding and removing roles and feature
      • Remotely inventory roles, features, and apps
      • Why Server Nano or Server Core
      • Running PowerShell automatically after service failure
      • Service account identities, passwords, and risks
      • Tools to reset service account passwords securely

    PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC)

      • DSC is Configuration Management built in for free
      • Using DSC for continuous reinforcement of settings
      • Writing your own DSC configuration scripts
      • Free DSC resource modules: www.PowerShellGallery.com
      • How to push DSC configurations to many targets
      • DSC background job processing in push mode
      • Examples: sync files, install roles, manage groups
      • Auditing a remote target against a DSC MOF template
      • “ApplyAndAutoCorrect” mode for continuous enforcement

    PowerShell Just Enough Admin (JEA)

      • JEA is Windows sudo, like on Linux
      • JEA is Windows setuid root, like on Linux
      • Restricting commands and arguments
      • Verbose transcription logging
      • How to set up and configure JEA
      • Privilege Access Workstations (PAWs)

    PowerShell and WMI

      • Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) service
      • What is WMI and why do hackers abuse it so much?
      • Using PowerShell to query WMI CIM classes
      • WMI authentication and traffic encryption
      • Inventory operating system versions and installed software
      • WMI remote command execution versus PowerShell remoting
      • PowerShell security best practices
      • PowerShell transcription logging to catch hackers

    Prerequisites:

    • Previous Windows Server and Windows Client management knowledge and hands on experience.
      Experience installing and configuring Windows Server into existing enterprise environments, or as standalone installations.
    • Knowledge and experience of network adapter configuration, basic Active Directory user administration, and basic disk configuration.
    • Knowledge and hands on experience specifically with Windows Server 2012/Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows 8/Windows 8.1 would be of benefit but is not essential.

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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.

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    Dates/Locations:

    Date/Time Event
    08/18/2025 - 08/22/2025
    08:00 -16:00     		CT-325: Security+
    TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX
    10/27/2025 - 10/31/2025
    08:00 -20:00     		CT-325: Security+
    TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX
    12/15/2025 - 12/19/2025
    08:00 -16:00     		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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    AZ-500: Microsoft Azure Security Technologies

     

    Course Overview:

    Gain the knowledge and skills needed to implement security controls, maintain the security posture, and identify and remediate vulnerabilities by using a variety of security tools. The course covers scripting and automation, virtualization, and cloud N-tier architecture.

    After completing this course, students will be able to describe specialized data classifications on Azure, Identify Azure data protection mechanisms, Implement Azure data encryption methods, Secure internet protocols and how to implement them on Azure, Describe Azure security services and features.

    TechNow has worked worldwide enterprise infrastructures for over 20 years and has developed demos and labs to exemplify the techniques required to demonstrate cloud technologies and to effectively manage security in the cloud environment.

    Attendees to AZ-500: Microsoft Azure Security Technologies will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.

    Date/Locations:

    No Events

    Course Duration: 5 days

    Course Outline:

    • Identity and access
      • Configure Azure Active Directory for Azure workloads and subscriptions
      • Configure Azure AD Privileged Identity Management
      • Configure security for an Azure subscription
    • Platform Protection
      • Understand cloud security
      • Build a network
      • Secure network
      • Implement host security
      • Implement platform security
      • Implement subscription security
    • Security Operations
      • Configure security services
      • Configure security policies by using Azure Security Center
      • Manage security alerts
      • Respond to and remediate security issues
      • Create security baselines
    • Data and Applications
      • Configure security policies to manage data
      • Configure security for data infrastructure
      • Configure encryption for data at rest
      • Understand application security
      • Implement security for application lifecycle
      • Secure applications
      • Configure and manage Azure Key Vault

    Prerequisites :

        • AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals
        • Students should have 1-2 years professional development experience and experience with Microsoft Azure.
        • Student must be able to program in an Azure Supported Language.

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