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Lectures and hands-on practice in sandbox environments

Gain invaluable insight into the ever-growing demands of the IT landscape through expert-led lectures and hands-on practice in custom lab environments.

Which labs are right for me?

In-person and virtual options

There will be numerous Lab offerings for both in-person and virtual attendees.

In-Person Labs

Lectures led by Tanium experts with complementary hands-on practice in customized sandbox environments. Intended for both new users and those looking to expand their existing Tanium skills and knowledge.

 

Dates: Nov. 18, 20, 21
Duration: 90 minutes
CEU Credits: 0.2 Credits per Lab completion 
Needed Ticket Type: Available to in-person attendees with an In-Person Labs ticket add-on. 

In-Person Labs Roster

 

Access to:
Up to seven (7) Labs total to take in-person at Converge:

  • Nov. 18: Four (4) In-Person Labs
  • Nov. 20: Two (2) In-Person Labs
  • Nov. 21:  One (1) In-Person Lab
OR

Up to four (4) Labs total to take in-person at Converge + Capture the Flag (CTF):
  • Nov. 18: One (1) In-Person Lab + CTF
  • Nov. 20: Two (2) In-Person Labs
  • Nov. 21:  One (1) In-Person Lab

Virtual Self-Service Labs

User-driven access to a select number of lab environments to explore at user’s own pace on November 19 & 20. The format of the Virtual Self-Service Labs will include access to recorded lectures by Tanium experts, followed by access to the corresponding custom-built sandbox environments.

 

Dates: November 19 & 20
Duration: Self-set (Virtual Self-Service Labs) / 5 hours (CTF)
CEU credits: 0.2 Credits per Lab completion 
Needed ticket type: Available to virtual attendees with a Virtual Self-Service Labs ticket add-on.

Virtual Labs Roster

 

 

 

Access to:
Up to four (4) Labs total to take virtually on November 19 and 20 at the designated times plus choice of participating in Capture the Flag (CTF) on November 18.

  • Nov. 18: Capture the Flag (CTF)
  • Nov. 19: (2) Virtual Self-Service Labs
  • Nov. 20: (2) Virtual Self-Service Labs
Which labs are right for me?

This year’s collection of Labs has been tailored for Tanium users of all levels, interests, and focus subsets. Lab sessions have been labeled with session tags to help you customize your learning experience to best fit your role, experience level, and individual needs.

In-person lab roster
Virtual lab roster

XEM Core
See and control endpoints across your environments in seconds.

Endpoint Management
Manage your entire IT lifecycle with speed and scale.

Risk & Compliance Management
Know your risks and exposure and secure them.

Incident Response
Expediate your security team's incident response.

Digital Employee Experience
Deliver delightful digital work experiences.

  

Administration (Core Platform)
Product Platform

Appliance (Core Platform)
Learn how to deploy Tanium Appliances with Tanium Core Platform roles and how to use the Tanium operating system (TanOS) menus.

Asset
View your enterprise inventory by aggregating live asset data with recent data from offline assets.

Automate
Orchestrate and automate mission-critical tasks

Benchmark
Compare key enterprise risk, security, and operations metrics against Tanium customers.

Certificate Manager
Gain visibility into the digital certificates across your endpoints.

Client (Core Platform)
Connect endpoints to the Tanium Core Platform.

Client Index Extension
Index the local file systems on Tanium Client endpoints that are running Windows, Linux, and macOS operating systems.

Client Management
Connect endpoints to the Tanium Core Platform.

Client Recorder Extension
Continuously save event data on each endpoint and monitor the endpoint kernel and other low-level subsystems to capture a variety of events.

Cloud (Core Platform)
Get the full functionality of the Tanium platform delivered as a fully-managed, cloud-based service.

Comply
Identify vulnerabilities and misconfigurations to reduce attack surface and improve security posture.

Connect
Capture accurate and complete endpoint data from Tanium.

Console (Core Platform)
Customize your Tanium environment, ask questions, review results, deploy actions, and administer your endpoints.

Containers (Core Platform)
Extend the visibility of the Tanium Core Platform to monitor containers in your environment.

Criticality
Manage criticality levels for endpoints, users, and groups to add context about the endpoints, users, and groups in your organization.

Data / Reporting (Core Platform)
Product Platform

Deploy
Install, update, or remove software on a flexible set of targets.

Deployment for Windows (Core Platform)
Install and upgrade the Tanium Server, Tanium Module Server, and Tanium Zone Server on Windows infrastructure.

Direct Connect
Manage direct connections to endpoints.

Directory Query
Add access to directory servers, such as Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD), for Tanium solutions that require directory access.

Discover
Find, report on, and take action against unmanaged endpoints.

Endpoint Configuration
Manage configuration changes on endpoints.

End-User Notifications
Manage End-User Self-Service applications and configure notifications for endpoints.

Enforce
Apply policies to harden your environment and prevent unwanted activity.

Engage
Collect and respond to qualitative employee feedback.

Feed
View and manage notifications from Tanium from within Tanium™ Console.

Gateway
Build integrated solutions with the Tanium™ Core Platform with a single and stable API integration point.

Guardian
Stay ahead of emerging security issues with alerts and recommendations for critical vulnerabilities

Health Check
Get a comprehensive view of the issues, risks, and performance of your Tanium environment.

Impact
Understand the administrative realm of your enterprise by visualizing and contextualizing access rights to reduce the attack surface.

Integrity Monitor
Plan, install, and monitor file and registry integrity.

Interact
Ask questions, consume data, and deploy actions across your enterprise.

Investigate
Resolve incidents through collaboration and activity organization.

Mac Device Enrollment
Extend visibility and simplify management of macOS devices.

Patch
Automate patch delivery to minimize security vulnerabilities.

Performance
Monitor, investigate, and remediate endpoint performance issues.

Provision
Modernize bare metal and operating system refreshes.

Reporting
Explore data and create custom reports and charts.

Reputation
Build a repository of reputation data to determine threat levels for file hashes.

Reveal
Identify sensitive data and embedded libraries on endpoints to assist in regulatory compliance, information security, and data privacy.

Threat Response
Detect, react, and recover quickly from attacks and the resulting business disruptions.

Trends
Visualize, understand, and communicate security and operational health data correlations.

Zero Trust
Integrate with supported Identity and Access Management providers to send trust data about managed endpoints.

  

Beginner
Lab requires little to no Tanium experience (all attendees welcome).

Beginner/Intermediate
Lab requires a basic understanding of Tanium and its capabilities.

Intermediate
Lab requires a standard level of competency with using the Tanium platform and a basic knowledge of its capabilities.

Intermediate/Advanced
Lab requires a deeper understanding of the Tanium platform, its capabilities, and various modules.

Advanced
Lab requires an elevated understanding of the Tanium platform, its capabilities and modules, and/or the specific topic being discussed.

  

Administrator
Geared towards those with roles focusing on the management, maintenance, and troubleshooting of platforms and/or systems, and the monitoring and remediation of uncovered health risks.

Advanced Content
Geared towards those with roles focusing on the management of advanced content.

Fundamentals
Geared towards those in roles dealing mostly with the fundamentals of security risk management.

Integrations
Geared towards those in roles that support or manage integrations with Tanium modules.

Leadership
Geared towards those in leadership roles.

Operations Practitioner
Geared towards those with roles focusing on the management of complete system lifecycles from installation and deployment, to provisioning and removing.

Return on Investment (ROI)
Geared towards those in roles that include focus on how the mitigation of security risks impacts return on investment.

Risk Practitioner
Geared towards those with roles focusing on threat and risk analysis, including measuring, identifying, and mitigating security threats and risks within an organization.

Security Practitioner
Geared towards those with roles focusing on the evaluation and management of an organization's security risks and gaps, as well as the safety and privacy of corporate data and industry knowledge.

Sponsor Co-Led Labs

For the first time ever, Tanium will be hosting hands-on labs that are co-led by Tanium partners. These sponsor co-led labs will be available both in-person and virtually and feature SMEs from Avanade, ServiceNow, PwC, and AHEAD.

Dive into the world of cutting-edge security by integrating Microsoft Security Copilot with Tanium and ServiceNow. This hands-on lab will guide participants through detecting incidents, automating ticket creation, performing initial triage, and remediating security issues efficiently. By the end of this lab, participants will be equipped to enhance their organization’s security posture through streamlined workflows and powerful integrations.

Pre-Req(s): Prior experience with Tanium Administration, ServiceNow, and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE)

Sponsor Co-Led by Avanade

Many IT Operations teams spend countless hours submitting change requests for their patching activities. Imagine a world where IT Ops staff can save time by opening changes for their patch activities in ServiceNow and have them be scheduled automatically after they are approved. The future is now! In this hands-on lab, participants will have access to their own Tanium and ServiceNow environments to perform an automated monthly patching cycle orchestrated by ServiceNow.

Pre-Req(s): Basic understanding of Tanium Platform, Patch and Deploy; Basic understanding of ServiceNow (Change Management concepts and Flow Designer knowledge)

Sponsor Co-Led by ServiceNow

In this lab, participants will get an understanding of the Vulnerability Response Framework and architecture supported by Tanium and ServiceNow. Participants will then configure the needed Vulnerability Response app integrations, as available in the ServiceNow store. Lastly, participants will work on additional configuration activities based on best practices and experiences we have discovered during customer implementations.

Pre-Req(s): Administrative ServiceNow knowledge; Administrative knowledge of Tanium; Familiarity with vulnerability and patch management

Sponsor Co-Led by AHEAD

This lab focuses on integrating Tanium with Microsoft Sentinel to enhance SOC (Security Operations Center) capabilities. The integration utilizes Tanium connectors and Sentinel's real-time capabilities to offer several benefits:

Data Integration: Students will learn how to send data from Tanium to Sentinel and create incidents using the Tanium connection.
Incident Management: The lab involves leveraging both automated and manual incident actions, utilizing Tanium as a data source.
Real-time Remediation: Students will use Tanium's API for real-time remediation actions within Sentinel.

Pre-Req(s): Practical experience with Tanium, specifically Threat Response; Basic understanding of Microsoft Sentinel.

Sponsor Co-Led by PwC

Tickets

Hands-On Labs and Capture the Flag will be available to add on to your registration based on your base ticket type (in-person or virtual). Click on each base ticket type below to review the applicable add-ons.

Base ticket

Converge In-Person

$1295General Admission
  • Live keynotes
  • Live breakout sessions
  • Partner Pavilion
  • Networking opportunities & evening events
  • On-demand access to recordings after the event

Add-on

In-Person Labs

$495 General Admission
  • Up to seven (7) Labs total to take in-person at Converge
  • Access to in-Person Tanium experts
  • OR
  • Up to four (4) Labs total to take in-person at Converge + Capture the Flag (CTF) 
  • Access to in-Person Tanium experts

Base ticket:

Converge Virtual

FREE General Admission
  • Live-streamed keynotes and breakouts on November 19 and 20
  • On-demand access to keynote and breakout recordings after the event

Add-on:

Virtual Self-Service Labs

$199 General Admission
  • Up to four (4) Labs to take virtually on November 19 and 20
  • Capture the Flag (CTF) competition taking place virtually on November 18

FAQs

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In-Person Labs

Tanium expert-led lectures with opportunities for hands-on experience in custom-built environments. Intended for both new users and those looking to expand their existing Tanium skills and knowledge.

Which labs are right for me?

Adding In-Person Labs to your Converge In-Person ticket costs $495.00 ($395.00 for verified government employees).

The In-Person Labs ticket add-on awards registrants with choice of one of the below access options:

  • Up to seven (7) Labs total to take in-person at Converge
    • Nov. 18: Four (4) In-Person Labs
    • Nov. 20: Two (2) In-Person Labs
    • Nov. 21: One (1) In-Person Lab
  • Up to four (4) Labs total to take in-person at Converge + Capture the Flag (CTF) 
    • Nov. 18: One (1) In-Person Lab + Capture the Flag (CTF)
    • Nov. 20: Two (2) In-Person Labs
    • Nov. 21: One (1) In-Person Lab

In-Person Lab signups will be available on a first-come, first-served basis until 5:00 PM PT on Wednesday, October 23, 2024, or when the Lab’s capacity is reached, whichever comes first. This policy will also apply to those who register for Labs and wish to change their selections after completing their registration.

If you can attend Converge but need to cancel In-Person Labs from your ticket, you can do so by contacting [email protected]. If you can no longer attend Converge or Hands-On Labs, you can cancel your registration by providing written notice to Tanium by emailing [email protected].

The Converge refund policy is as follows:

  • Cancellation on or before Tuesday, October 1, 2024: Full refund of registration fee, less a $50.00 processing fee.
  • Cancellation on or after Wednesday, October 2, 2024: Partial refund at Tanium’s sole discretion.   

If applicable, Tanium will refund the Registrant’s registration fees within sixty (60) days of receipt of the cancellation notice. No registration refunds will be provided other than through the process described here.  

Yes! All Hands-On Labs are CEU credit eligible. To receive credits, you will need to opt-in to being scanned into the Lab sessions you attend at Converge. You will then receive an email approximately one month after the event concludes with instructions on how to access your CEU credit certificates. 0.2 CEU credits will be awarded for every in-person Hands-On Lab completed.

To participate in the In-Person Labs, you will need access to a laptop/workstation that can open PDF documents and has an HTML5-enabled modern browser (preferably Chrome) installed. VPN and/or VDI should not be enabled when taking labs, as this may impact your experience. Tablets/iPads can be used as a secondary monitor, if needed, but should not be used as the primary device with which you access the Lab environments

Questions about your Lab ticket and registration should be directed to [email protected]. For assistance with more detailed questions – such as Lab session content, the sandbox environments, and which Labs might be best for you – please contact [email protected].

Virtual Self-
Service Labs

User-driven access to a select number of lab environments to explore at user’s own pace on November 19 and 20. The format of the Virtual Self-Service Labs will include access to recorded lectures by Tanium experts, followed by access to the corresponding custom-built sandbox environments.

Which labs are right for me?

Virtual attendees can add Virtual Self-Service Labs to their Converge Virtual ticket for $199. This fee is applied in addition to the Converge Virtual base ticket cost.

The Virtual Self-Service Labs ticket add-on includes access to the following:

  • Up to four (4) virtual self-service Labs to explore at your own pace on November 19 and 20. (Lab format will include access to a recorded lecture provided by Tanium experts, followed by access to the corresponding custom-built sandbox environment.)
  • Capture the Flag (CTF) on November 18 (Pre-registration required).

Those with the Virtual Self-Service Labs ticket add-on will have access to the four (4) custom-built lab environments of their choosing. Two (2) on November 19, and two (2) on November 20, where they can complete labs with the help of the provided supplemental materials.

These materials will consist of the following:

  • Lab access guide
  • Custom lab environment
  • Lab presentation recording
  • Lab walkthrough recording
  • Lab presentation PDF
  • Lab Instruction Takeaway
  • Supporting lab materials (if applicable)

Virtual Self-Service Lab signups will be available on a first-come, first-served basis until 5:00pm PT on Wednesday, October 23, 2024, or when capacity is reached, whichever comes first. This policy will also apply to those who register for Labs and wish to make/change their individual Lab selections after completing their registration.

If you no longer wish to take the Virtual Self-Service Labs, you can cancel them from your Converge Virtual registration by emailing [email protected]. 

The Converge refund policy is as follows:

  • Cancellation on or before Tuesday, October 1, 2024: Full refund of registration fee, less a $50.00 processing fee.
  • Cancellation on or after Wednesday, October 2, 2024: Partial refund at Tanium’s sole discretion.  

If applicable, Tanium will refund the Registrant’s registration fees within sixty (60) days of receipt of the cancellation notice. No registration refunds will be provided other than through the process described here.

Yes! Virtual attendees will be awarded 0.2 CEU credits per Virtual Self-Service Lab that they complete.

To participate in the Virtual Self-Service Labs, you will need access to a laptop/workstation that can open PDF documents and has an HTML5-enabled modern browser (preferably Chrome) installed. VPN and/or VDI should not be enabled when taking labs, as this may impact your experience. Tablets/iPads can be used as a secondary monitor, if needed, but should not be used as the primary device with which you access the Lab environments.

Questions about your Virtual Self-Service Labs ticket and registration should be directed to [email protected]. For assistance with more detailed questions — such as Lab session content, the sandbox environments, and which Labs might be best for you — please contact [email protected].

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