Red Hat Security and Server Hardening

Course code

RH413

Duration

4 Days, 32 Acad. Hours

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Course Overview

Objectives

Prerequisites

Course Outline

Course Overview

Course overview

Many security policies and standards require systems administrators to address specific user authentication concerns, application of updates, system auditing and logging, file system integrity, and more. Red Hat Server Hardening provides strategies for addressing specific policy and configuration concerns. This course can also help you prepare for the Red Hat Certificate of Expertise in Server Hardening exam (EX413).

Objectives

Course content summary

Review errata and apply them to Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Use special permissions and file system access control lists
Manage users and password-aging policy requirements
Install and configure Red Hat Identity Management tools
Understand system auditing

Audience for this course

Needs technical guidance on how to enhance the security of Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems
Responsible for implementing security policy requirements on Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems consistently and in a reproducible, scalable way
Must be able to demonstrate that systems meet security policy requirements
Maintains continued adherence to security requirements, including management of security-critical operating system/software updates
RHCE-level skills highly recommended

Prerequisites

Prerequisites for this course

Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) certification, Red Hat Certified Systems Administrator (RHCSA) certification, or equivalent experience required
For candidates who have not earned their RHCSA or RHCE certifications, confirmation of the required knowledge can be obtained by passing the online skills assessment

Course Outline

Outline for this course

Track security updates
Understand how Red Hat Enterprise Linux produces updates and how to use yum to perform queries to identify what errata are available.
Manage software updates
Develop a process for applying updates to systems including verifying properties of the update.
Create file systems
Allocate an advanced file system layout and use file system encryption.
Manage file systems
Adjust file system properties through security related options and file system attributes.
Manage special permissions
Work with set user ID (SUID), set group ID (SGID), and sticky (SVTX) permissions and locate files with these permissions enabled.
Manage additional file access controls
Modify default permissions applied to files and directories; work with file access control lists.
Monitor for file system changes
Configure software to monitor the files on your machine for changes.
Manage user accounts
Set password-aging properties for users; audit user accounts.
Manage pluggable authentication modules (PAMs)
Apply changes to PAMs to enforce different types of rules on users.
Secure console access
Adjust properties for various console services to enable or disable settings based on security.
Install central authentication
Install and configure a Red Hat Identity Management server and client.
Manage central authentication
Configure Red Hat Identity Management rules to control both user access to client systems and additional privileges granted to users on those systems.
Configure system logging
Configure remote logging to use transport layer encryption and manage additional logs generated by remote systems.
Configure system auditing
Enable and configure system auditing.
Control access to network services
Manage firewall rules to limit connectivity to network services.

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Red Hat Security and Server Hardening

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RH413

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4 Days, 32 Acad. Hours

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