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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Course Overview:

PenTest+ is an intermediate-level certification for cybersecurity professionals who are tasked with penetration testing to identify, exploit, report, and manage vulnerabilities on a network. PenTest+ is at the same certification level as CT-395: CySA+. Depending on your course of study, PenTest+ and CySA+ can be taken in any order, but typically follow the skills learned in CT-325: Security+. PenTest+ focuses on offense through penetration testing and vulnerability assessment while CySA+ focuses on defense through incident detection and response. The most qualified cybersecurity professionals have both offensive and defensive skills. Attend Tech Now training for hands-on, instructor led course to prepare you for the CompTIA PT0-002 exam. This exam is hands-on, performance-based questions and multiple choice, to ensure each candidate possesses the skills, knowledge, and ability to perform tasks on systems.

 

 

 

 

What’s Included:

  • 5 days of instructor led in classroom training
  • Labs
  • PenTest+ Courseware
  • Exam Voucher
  • PenTest+ onsite exam scheduling

Course Objectives:

  • Plan and scope penetration tests
  • Conduct passive reconnaissance
  • Perform non-technical tests to gather information
  • Conduct active reconnaissance
  • Analyze vulnerabilities
  • Penetrate networks
  • Exploit host-based vulnerabilities
  • Test application
  • Complete post-exploit tasks
  • Analyze and report pen test results

Dates/Locations:

No Events

Duration: 5 Days

Course Content:

    • Module 01. Planning and Scoping Penetration Tests
    • Module 02. Conducting Passive Reconnaissance
    • Module 03. Performing Non-Technical Tests
    • Module 04. Conducting Active Reconnaissance
    • Module 05. Analyzing Vulnerabilities
    • Module 06. Penetrating Networks
    • Module 07. Exploiting Host-Based Vulnerabilities
    • Module 08. Testing Applications
    • Module 09. Completing Post-Exploit Tasks
    • Module 10. Analyzing and Reporting Pen Test Results

 

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Target Audience:

This course is designed for cybersecurity professionals tasked with penetration testing and vulnerability management.

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Course Overview:

The Implementing Cisco Enterprise Advanced Routing and Services (ENARSI) gives you the knowledge you need to install, configure, operate, and troubleshoot an enterprise network. This course covers advanced routing and infrastructure technologies, expanding on the topics covered in the N-415: Implementing and Operating Cisco Enterprise Network Core Technologies (ENCOR).

Attendees to N-425 : Implementing Cisco Enterprise Advanced Routing and Services ( ENARSI) will receive TechNow approved course materials, expert instruction, and prepare you to take the 300-410 Implementing Cisco® Enterprise Advanced Routing and Services (ENARSI) exam.

Dates/Locations:

Date/Time Event
03/16/2026 - 03/20/2026
08:00 -16:00
N-425 : Implementing Cisco Enterprise Advanced Routing and Services ( ENARSI)
TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX
07/06/2026 - 07/10/2026
08:00 -16:00
N-425 : Implementing Cisco Enterprise Advanced Routing and Services ( ENARSI)
TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX
10/19/2026 - 10/23/2026
08:00 -16:00
N-425 : Implementing Cisco Enterprise Advanced Routing and Services ( ENARSI)
TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX

Duration: 5 Days

Course Objectives:

  • Configure classic Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP) and named EIGRP for IPv4 and IPv6
  • Optimize classic EIGRP and named EIGRP for IPv4 and IPv6
  • Troubleshoot classic EIGRP and named EIGRP for IPv4 and IPv6
  • Configure Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)v2 and OSPFv3 in IPv4 and IPv6 environments
  • Optimize OSPFv2 and OSPFv3 behavior
  • Troubleshoot OSPFv2 for IPv4 and OSPFv3 for IPv4 and IPv6
  • Implement route redistribution using filtering mechanisms
  • Troubleshoot redistribution
  • Implement path control using Policy-Based Routing (PBR) and IP Service Level Agreement (SLA)
  • Configure Multiprotocol-Border Gateway Protocol (MP-BGP) in IPv4 and IPv6 environments
  • Optimize MP-BGP in IPv4 and IPv6 environments
  • Troubleshoot MP-BGP for IPv4 and IPv6
  • Describe the features of Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
  • Describe the major architectural components of an MPLS VPN
  • Identify the routing and packet forwarding functionalities for MPLS VPNs
  • Explain how packets are forwarded in an MPLS VPN environment
  • Implement Cisco Internetwork Operating System (IOS®) Dynamic Multipoint VPNs (DMVPNs)
  • Implement Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
  • Describe the tools available to secure the IPV6 first hop
  • Troubleshoot Cisco router security features
  • Troubleshoot infrastructure security and services

Prerequisites:

 

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Course Overview:

Course one of a three course series to obtain a Server 2016 MCSA certification. This five-day course is designed primarily for IT professionals who have some experience with Windows Server. It is designed for professionals who will be responsible for managing storage and compute by using Windows Server 2016, and who need to understand the scenarios, requirements, and storage and compute options that are available and applicable to Windows Server 2016.

The course leads directly to preparing for the(MCSA):Windows Server 2016 exam “70-740: Installation, Storage, and Compute with Windows Server 2016”.  It also maps to Microsoft’s course 20740A, and is part of the Server 2016 MCSA certification. 

Attendees to TN-5415: Installation, Storage, and Compute with Window Server 2016 will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.

Dates/Locations:

No Events

Duration: 5 Days

Course Objectives:

  • Prepare and install Nano Server, a Server Core installation, and plan a server upgrade and migration strategy
  • Describe the various storage options, including partition table formats, basic and dynamic disks, file systems, virtual hard disks, and drive hardware, and explain how to manage disks and volumes
  • Describe enterprise storage solutions, and select the appropriate solution for a given situation
  • Implement and manage Storage Spaces and Data Deduplication
  • Install and configure, and manage Windows and Hyper-V containers
  • Describe the high availability and disaster recovery technologies in Windows Server 2016
  • Plan, create, and manage a failover cluster
  • Implement failover clustering for Hyper-V virtual machines
  • Configure a Network Load Balancing (NLB) cluster, and plan for an NLB implementation
  • Create and manage deployment images
  • Manage, monitor, and maintain virtual machine installations

Prerequisites:

  • A basic understanding of networking fundamentals
  • An awareness and understanding of security best practices
  • An understanding of basic AD DS concepts
  • Basic knowledge of server hardware
  • Experience supporting and configuring Windows client operating systems such as Windows 10
  

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