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.

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Dates/Locations:

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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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Course Overview:

The mark of excellence for a professional certification program is the value and recognition it bestows on the individual who achieves it.  The technical skills & practices the CISA promotes and evaluates are the building blocks of success in the field. Possessing the CISA designation demonstrates proficiency and is the basis for measurement in the profession.  With a growing demand for professionals possessing IS audit, control and security skills, CISA has become a preferred certification program by individuals and organizations around the world.  CISA certification signifies commitment to serving an organization and the IS audit, control and security industry with distinction.  This course will help the student prepare to obtain this credential.

Attendees to TN-822: Certified Information Systmes Auditor (CISA) Seminar will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.

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Dates/Locations:

Date/Time Event
04/13/2026 - 04/17/2026
08:00 -16:00
TN-822: Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) Seminar
TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX
05/04/2026 - 05/08/2026
08:00 -16:00
TN-825: Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) Seminar
TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX
07/27/2026 - 07/31/2026
08:00 -16:00
TN-822: Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) Seminar
TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX
12/07/2026 - 12/11/2026
08:00 -16:00
TN-822: Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) Seminar
TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX

Duration: 5 Days

Course Objectives:

  • Information Systems Auditing Process (18%)
    • Providing industry-standard audit services to assist organizations in protecting and controlling information systems, Domain-1 affirms your credibility to offer conclusions on the state of an organization’s IS/IT security, risk and control solutions.
  • Governance & Management of IT (18%)
    • This domain confirms to stakeholders your abilities to identify critical issues and recommend enterprise-specific practices to support and safeguard the governance of information and related technologies.
  • Information Systems Acquisition, Development & Implementation  (12%)
    • Domains 3 and 4 offer proof not only of your competency in IT controls, but also your understanding of how IT relates to business.
  • Information Systems Operation & Business Resilience (26%)
    • Domains 3 and 4 offer proof not only of your competency in IT controls, but also your understanding of how IT relates to business.s.
  • Protection of Information Assets  (26%)
    • Cybersecurity now touches virtually every information systems role, and understanding its principles, best practices and pitfalls is a major focus within Domain 5.

Prerequisites:

A minimum of five years of professional information systems auditing, control & security work experienced is required.  Experience must have been gained within the 10-year period preceding the application date for certification, or within five years from the date of initially passing the examination.

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Instructor comments: Thank you Tim for all the great information! I am confident that I'll do well on the ICND exam.


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Course Overview:

The Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator (CHFI) course delivers the security discipline of digital forensics from a vendor-neutral perspective. CHFI is a comprehensive course covering major forensic investigation scenarios and enabling students to acquire necessary hands-on experience with various forensic investigation techniques and standard forensic tools necessary to successfully carry out a computer forensic investigation leading to the prosecution of perpetrators.

The CHFI certification gives participants the necessary skills to perform an effective digital forensics investigation. CHRI presents a methodological approach to computer forensics including searching and seizing, chain-of-custody, acquisition, preservation, analysis and reporting of digital evidence

What’s Included:

  • 5 days of instructor-led in classroom training
  • Detailed Labs for hands-on learning experience; approximately 50% of training is dedicated to labs
  • Hundreds of investigation tools including EnCase, Access Data FTL, & ProDiscover
  • Huge cache of evidence files for analysis including RAW, .dd images, video & audio files, MS Office files, systems files, etc.
  • CHFI Courseware
  • Exam Voucher
  • CHFI onsite exam scheduling

Course Objectives:

  • Establish threat intelligence and key learning points to support pro-active profiling and scenario modeling
  • Perform anti-forensic methods detection
  • Perform post-intrusion analysis of electronic and digital media to determine the who, where, what, when, and how the intrusion occurred
  • Extract and analyze of logs from various devices like proxy, firewall, IPS, IDS, Desktop, laptop, servers, SIM tool, router firewall, switches AD server, DHCP logs, Access Control Logs & conclude as part of investigation process
  • Identify & check the possible source/ incident origin
  • Recover deleted files and partitions in Windows, MAC OS X, and Linux
  • Conduct reverse engineering for known and suspected malware files
  • Collect data using forensic technology methods in accordance with evidence handling procedures, including collection of hard copy and electronic documents

Dates/Locations:

Date/Time Event
03/23/2026 - 03/27/2026
08:00 -16:00
TN-415: Computer Hacking Forensics Investigator (CHFI)
TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX
06/29/2026 - 07/03/2026
08:00 -16:00
TN-415: Computer Hacking Forensics Investigator (CHFI)
TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX
09/28/2026 - 10/02/2026
08:00 -16:00
TN-415: Computer Hacking Forensics Investigator (CHFI)
TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX

Duration: 5 Days

Course Content:

    • Module 01. Computer Forensics in Today’s World
    • Module 02. Computer Forensics Investigation Process
    • Module 03. Understanding Hard Disks and File Systems
    • Module 04. Data Acquisition and Duplication
    • Module 05. Defeating Anti-forensics Techniques
    • Module 06. Operating System Forensics (Windows, Mac, Linux)
    • Module 07. Network Forensics
    • Module 08. Investigating Web Attacks
    • Module 09. Database Forensics
    • Module 10. Cloud Forensics
    • Module 10. Malware Forensics
    • Module 11. Investigating Email Crimes
    • Module 12. Investigating Email Crimes
    • Module 13. Mobile Forensics
    • Module 14. Forensics Report Writing and Presentation

 

Prerequisites:

      • 2+ years of proven information security work experience
      • Educational background with digital security specialization

    Target Audience:

      • Law Enforcement
      • Defense & Military
      • E-Business Security
      • Systems Administrators
      • Legal Professionals
      • Banking & Insurance professionals
      • Government Agencies
      • IT Managers

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Course Overview:

This course is developed for those individuals seeking to pass the Project Management Institute’s PMI-ACP Exam. PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)® is one of the newest certifications offered by PMI and is expected to become the industry standard certification for agile over the next few years. The PMI-ACP® certification clearly illustrates to colleagues, organizations or even potential employers that students are ready and able to lead in this new age of product development, management, and delivery.

While preparing you for the exam, you will explore various approaches to agility including Scrum, Kanban, Lean, Extreme Programming (XP), and Test-Driven Development (TDD). By the end of the course, you’ll have mastered the practices and techniques that Agile practitioners use to improve team performance, resolve problems and engage in continuous process improvements and be equipped with job-ready skills.

This course provides students with 21 contact hours in agile practices to help attain the Project Management Institute (PMI)® credential.  PMI® and PMI-ACP® are registered marks of the Project Management Institute, Inc.

Attendees to PM-224: PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) Prep Course will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.

Dates/Locations:

Date/Time Event
02/17/2026 - 02/20/2026
08:00 -16:00
PM-224: PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)® Prep Course
TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX
05/26/2026 - 05/29/2026
08:00 -16:00
PM-224: PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)® Prep Course
TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX
08/17/2026 - 08/20/2026
08:00 -16:00
PM-224: PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)® Prep Course
TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX
12/14/2026 - 12/17/2026
08:00 -16:00
PM-224: PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)® Prep Course
TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX

Duration: 4 Days

Course Objectives:

  • Agile Principles and Mindset
  • Value-driven delivery
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Team performance
  • Adaptive planning
  • Problem detection and Resolution
  • Continuous Improvement

Prerequisites:

  • Secondary degree
  • 21 contact hours of training in agile practices
  • 12 months of general project experience within the last 5 years. A current PMP® or PgMP® will satisfy this requirement but is not required to apply for the PMI-ACP
  • 8 months of agile project experience within the last 3 years

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