AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals

Course Overview:

This three-day course will provide foundational level knowledge on cloud concepts; core Azure services; security, privacy, compliance, and trust; and Azure pricing and support.

NOTE: This course provides an Azure pass and time for you to participate in hands-on labs. The content for this course aligns to AZ-900 exam objective domain

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-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.

Date/Locations:

No Events

Course Duration: 3 days

Course Outline:

Cloud Concepts
Core Azure Services
Security, Privacy, Compliance, And Trust
Azure Pricing and Support

Lab Objectives:

- Create a virtual machine
- Deploy Azure container instances
- Create a virtual network
- Create blob storage
- Create a SQL database
- Implement an Azure IoT Hub
- Implement Azure Functions
- Create a web app
- Create a VM with a Template
- Create a VM with PowerShell
- Create a VM with CLI
- Secure network traffic
- Implement Azure key vault
- Create an Azure Policy
- Manage access with RBAC
- Manage resource locks
- Implement resource tagging
- Exploring the Trust Center
- Use the Azure Pricing Calculator
- Use the Azure TCO Calculator
- Open a Support request
- Calculate composite SLAs
- Access Azure Preview features

Prerequisites :

- - There are no prerequisites for taking this course. Technical IT experience is not required however some general IT knowledge or experience would be beneficial.
  - This course is suitable for IT personnel who are just beginning to work with Azure.
  - This course primarily uses the Azure portal to create services and does not require scripting skills.
  - Students in this course will gain confidence to take other role-based courses and certifications, such as Azure Administrator.
  - This course provides an Azure pass and optional lab environment.

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VM-335: VMware Cloud Essentials and vCloud – Architecting the VMware Cloud FastTrack

Course Overview:

This FastTrack course combines combines two VMware courses (VMware Cloud Essentials and vCloud Architecting the VMware Cloud) into a single week course that adds extra exercises and labs to exemplify the techniques presented. The course begins with how to adopt, operate, and govern the cloud. The course enables participants to successfully complete the associated CompTIA Cloud Essentials™ Exam to become a Cloud Essentials™ Professional(CEP). This course also covers the subject matter specified by the VCP-Cloud certification.

This course is designed to guide students through the decision points and policy choices available for designing and implementing a VMware vCloud environment. Detailed labs and exercises for VMware vSphere™, VMware vCloud Director, VMware vCenter™ Chargeback, and the VMware® vShield Edge capability that is included with vCloud Director. A comprehensive VMware cloud design is demonstrated and discussed.

Attendees to VM-335: VMware Cloud Essentials and vCloud – Architecting the VMware Cloud FastTrack will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.

Date/Locations:

No Events

Course Duration: 5 days

Course Objectives:

Understand the common terms and definitions of cloud computing.
Understand the business benefits and business considerations of cloud computing.
Understand cloud computing from a technical perspective and recognize the various techniques, methods, challenges, and types of clouds.
Understand the impact and changes of cloud computing on IT service management.
Explain typical steps that lead to the successful adoption of cloud computing and understand the implications for organizations.
Recognize the compliance, risk, and regulatory consequences of cloud computing and its financial and strategic impact on an organization.
Evaluate and design a multitenant environment to address both private cloud and public cloud customer needs.
Configure vCloud providers that can accommodate heterogeneous server, storage, and network resources
Design a network infrastructure optimized for vCloud.
Integrate vCloud Director security with existing LDAP systems and design appropriate security hierarchies with security rolesnderstand the common terms and definitions of cloud computing.
Understand the business benefits and business considerations of cloud computing.
Understand cloud computing from a technical perspective and recognize the various techniques, methods, challenges, and types of clouds.
Understand the impact and changes of cloud computing on IT service management.
Explain typical steps that lead to the successful adoption of cloud computing and understand the implications for organizations.
Recognize the compliance, risk, and regulatory consequences of cloud computing and its financial and strategic impact on an organization.
Evaluate and design a multitenant environment to address both private cloud and public cloud customer needs.
Configure vCloud providers that can accommodate heterogeneous server, storage, and network resources.
Design a network infrastructure optimized for vCloud.
Integrate vCloud Director security with existing LDAP systems and design appropriate security hierarchies with security roles.
Design a vCenter Chargeback implementation.

Course Prerequisites:

VM-315 or equivalent experience.
Managing or administering at least one of UNIX, Windows, databases, networking, or security.

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CL-425: AWS Security Operations and Architecture

Course Overview:

This course begins by introducing you to fundamental cloud computing and AWS security concepts including AWS access control and management, governance, logging, and encryption methods. It also covers security-related compliance protocols and risk management strategies, as well as procedures related to auditing your AWS security infrastructure.

The course continues to teach students how to efficiently use AWS security services to stay secure and compliant in the AWS cloud. The course focuses on the AWS-recommended security best practices that you can implement to enhance the security of your data and systems in the cloud. The course highlights the security features of AWS key services including compute, storage, networking, and database services. This course also refers to the common security control objectives and regulatory compliance standards and examines use cases for running regulated workloads on AWS across different verticals, globally. You will also learn how to leverage AWS services and tools for automation and continuous monitoring—taking your security operations to the next level.

Attendees to CL-425: AWS Security Operations and Architecture will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.

Duration: 5 Days

Audience:
• Security engineers
• Security architects
• Security analysts
• Security auditors
• Individuals who are responsible for governing, auditing, and testing an organization’s IT infrastructure, and ensuring conformity of the infrastructure to security, risk, and compliance guidelines

DoD 8140: Not Mandated

Course Prerequisites:

We recommend that attendees of this course have the following prerequisites:
This course assumes you have the equivalent experience or have taken the AWS operational courses that are in the TechNow AWS track.
• CL-415: AWS Security Operations

The above courses encapsulate prerequisite knowledge:
• Experience with governance, risk, and compliance regulations and control objectives
• Working knowledge of IT security practices
• Working knowledge of IT infrastructure concepts
• Familiarity with cloud computing concepts

Course Objectives:

This course teaches you how to:
• Identify the security and compliance benefits of using the AWS cloud.
• Discuss the AWS Shared Responsibility Model.
• Describe the access control and access management features of AWS.
• Use AWS services for security logging and monitoring.
• Describe data encryption methods to secure sensitive data.
• Describe AWS services used to protect network security.
• Describe the basic steps to ensure strong governance of your AWS resources.
• Identify AWS services used to maintain governance of control environments.
• Use the AWS audit features.
• Explain how to audit an AWS environment.
• Explain the AWS compliance and assurance programs.
• Describe how AWS audits and attestations validate that security controls are implemented and operating effectively.
• Assimilate and leverage the AWS shared security responsibility model.
• Mange user identity and access management in the AWS cloud.
• Use AWS security services such as AWS Identity and Access Management, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud, AWS Config, AWS CloudTrail, AWS Key Management Service, AWS CloudHSM, and AWS Trusted Advisor.
• Implement better security controls for your resources in the AWS cloud.
• Manage and audit your AWS resources from a security perspective.
• Monitor and log access and usage of AWS compute, storage, networking, and database services.
• Analyze events by capturing, monitoring, processing, and analyzing logs.
• Identify AWS services and tools to help automate, monitor, and manage security operations on AWS.
• Perform security incident management in the AWS cloud.
• Perform security assessments to ensure that common vulnerabilities are patched and security best practices are applied. The assessment outline deals both with AWS specifics and also lays down the workflow of NIST, FedRAMP, and Cloud Security Alliance STAR compliance for a deployed AWS solution.

Dates/Locations: No Events

Course Outline:

Day 1
• Introduction to Cloud Computing and AWS Security
• Access Control and Management
• AWS Security: Governance, Logging, and Encryption
• Compliance and Risk Management

Day 2
• Introduction to Cloud Security Course Objectives
• Security of the AWS Cloud: Entry Points, Web Application, Communications, and Incident Response.
• Cloud Aware Governance and Compliance and related control frameworks.
• Identity and Access Management
Day 3
• Securing AWS Infrastructure Services
• Securing AWS Container Services
• Securing AWS Abstracted Services
• Using AWS Security Services
Day 4
• Data Protection in the AWS Cloud
• Managing security in a hybrid environment
• Deep dive into AWS monitoring and log analysis
• Protecting against outside threats to AWS VPC
Day 5
• How to carry out a Pentest on an AWS solution
• Security Incident Management and Automating security and incident response
• Threat detection and monitoring sensitive data
• Lets Do it! Building Compliant Workloads on AWS—Case Study

TN-8150: CISSP Certification Preparation Seminar

Course Overview:

TechNow's CISSP Certification Preparation Seminar is an accelerated course designed to meet the high demands of the information security industry by preparing students for the industry standard Certified Information Systems Security Professional exam. The exam covers (ISC)²'s 8 Domains from the Common Body of Knowledge, which encompass the whole of information security.

This course is an intense 10 day program that ensures the student passes the CISSP exam on the first try. We encourage our students to take the exam within a week after course completion. The goal for this course is a pass rate of one and done. Our high pass rate reflects the dedication of TechNow's students and our commitment to a ten day program that many in the industry do in 5 days. TechNow has a proven CISSP track record that you can depend on.

Attendees to TN-815: CISSP Certification Preparation Seminar will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.

Dates/Locations:

Date/Time	Event
12/02/2024 - 12/13/2024 08:00 -16:00	TN-8150: CISSP Certification Preparation Seminar TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX
02/03/2025 - 02/13/2025 08:00 -16:00	TN-8150: CISSP Certification Preparation Seminar TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX

Duration: 10 Days

Course Objectives:

Our CISSP Professional training program covers the 8 Domains of the CBK in-depth with an emphasis on rigorous exam preparation.

Security and Risk Management (Security, Risk, Compliance, Law, Regulations, Business Continuity)
Asset Security (Protecting Security of Assets)
Security Engineering (Engineering and Management of Security)
Communications and Network Security (Designing and Protecting Network Security)
Identity and Access Management (Controlling Access and Managing Identity)
Security Assessment and Testing (Designing, Performing, and Analyzing Security Testing)
Security Operations (Foundational Concepts, Investigations, Incident Management, Disaster Recovery)
Software Development Security (Understanding, Applying, and Enforcing Software Security)

Prerequisites:

To qualify for this CISSP training program you must first qualify for the CISSP exam, which requires:

4 years of experience in the information security field
or 3 years experience & a college degree

Contact TechNow to verify that you qualify.

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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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