Course Overview:

This is a hands-on course that covers many of the concepts of securing the perimeter of an organization. This includes concepts such as intrusion detection, packet filtering, and central logging.

A skills focus enables the student to better absorb the subject matter and perform better 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 of Firewalls.

This course is an excellent precursor to PA-215 Palo Alto Firewall Essentials FastTrack.

Attendees to TN-949: Certified Firewall Analyst Prep will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.

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Duration: 5 days

Course Objectives:

  • Analyzing Network and Wireless Design
  • Creating and Auditing a Rulebase
  • Firewall Assessment and Penetration Testing
  • Host-Based Detection and DLP
  • Incident Detection and Analysis
  • IOS and Router Security
  • IPv6 and ICMPv6
  • Log Collection and Analysis
  • NAT and Proxies
  • Netfilter IPtables
  • Network Access Control
  • Network-Based Intrusion Detection
  • Packet Filters and Inspection
  • Packet Fragmentation
  • Perimeter Concepts and IP Fundamentals
  • Securing Hosts and Services
  • TCP/IP Protocols
  • VPN Design and Auditing
  • VPN Implementation

Course Prerequisites:

  • GSEC or equivalent experience
  • UNIX, Windows, networking and security  experience
  • This is a hands-on skill course requiring comfort with command line interaction and network communications

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Course Overview:

This is an advanced course that assumes the attendee is a qualified security professional with experience using security tools and understands the concepts behind penetration testing. Courses that build up the expertise that enables a student to succeed in this course is Security+, CEH, CISSP, and any of the GIAC certifications. This course is completely hands-on and utilizes the BackTrack tool suite from backtrack-linux.org. The course covers, in detail, various attacks and tools that are contained in the BackTrack tool suite.

Attendees to TN-335: Advanced Penetration Testing Using Open Source Tools will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.

Dates/Locations:

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Duration: 5 days

Course Objectives:

  • Information Security and Open Source Software
  • Operating System Tools
  • Firewalls
  • Scanners
  • Vulnerability Scanners
  • Network Sniffers
  • Intrusion Detection Systems
  • Analysis and Management Tools
  • Encryption Tools
  • Wireless Tools
  • Forensic Tools
  • More on Open Source Software

Prerequisites:

  • Experience in IT Security
  • Solid basic knowledge of networks and TCP/IP
  • Experience in command line under Linux and Windows is required

 

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    CompTIA Cloud Essentials+ is for both IT and non-technical professionals who require the essential business acumen needed to make informed cloud service decisions.  Cloud Essentials is a vendor-neutral credential designed to validate the candidate has an understanding of basic terms and definitions of cloud computing along with the different processes involved in the successful adoption of cloud computing and its implications for organizations’ use.

    TechNow is a CompTIA partner and uses official CompTIA Cloud Essentials+ curriculum.

    Attendees to CT-213: Cloud Essentials+ will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.

    Date/Locations:

    Date/Time Event
    03/30/2026 - 04/01/2026
    08:00 -16:00
    CT-213: Cloud Essentials+
    TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX
    06/15/2026 - 06/17/2026
    08:00 -16:00
    CT-213: Cloud Essentials+
    TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX
    10/13/2026 - 10/15/2026
    08:00 -16:00
    CT-213: Cloud Essentials+
    TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX

    Course Duration: 3 days

    Course Objectives:

    • Domain 1 : Cloud Concepts
      • Understand cloud principles
      • Identify cloud networking concepts & storage techniques
      • Understand cloud design aspects
    • Domain 2: Business Principles of Cloud Environments
      • Identify and employ appropriate cloud assessments like feasibility studies, benchmarking, or gap analysis
      • Highlight key business aspects of cloud vendor relation adoption, and comprehend cloud migration approaches
    • Domain 3: Management and Technical Operations
      • Explain aspects of operating within the cloud, such as data management or optimization
      • Understand the role of DevOps in cloud environments, like API integration or provisioning
    • Domain 4: Governance, Risk, Compliance and Security for the Cloud
      • Understand risk management and response concepts related to cloud services and identify the importance and impacts of compliance in the cloud, such as regulatory concerns or international standards.

     

    Course Prerequisites:

    • CompTIA recommends that a candidate have at least 6 months of experience in an IT environment, with direct involvement in IT-related tasks responsibilities and/or decision making.

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