Red Hat Server Hardening

Server Hardening Training & Certification (RH413)

Nowadays, security is an important and integral aspect of working process of any organisation, so much so that an organization cannot function without it. This is important when one is dealing with confidential and private data files. The security features can be improved by learning hardening skills offered by Techgrills. The Red Hat server hardening training course provides valuable guidance on managing and administering security updates and tracking them. One can also get an opportunity to learn about the management of software updates and their verification through this training program.

In working place, an employer needs to keep a watch on the websites accessed by the employees when the internet usage is liberal. Therefore one needs to put restriction upon certain websites at workplace to increase the productivity of the organisation. These restricted websites may include social networking sites, chatting zones etc.

Red Hat Certified server hardening training course is designed for users who have gained knowledge and experience into Red Hat Linux operating systems. The training course helps one improve in various domains of security issues like maintenance of security at workplace, authentication system for entry, system configuration, creating and managing system files, restricting the content through internet like websites, etc. to the system and auditing the system.

A brief outline of the said course is as given below.

• Tracking security updates and managing software updates

• Creating file systems by allocating file system layout and using the encryption

• Managing file systems by adjusting file system properties through security related criteria and file system attributes.

• Managing special permissions and file access controls

• Managing user accounts

• Configuring system logging and auditing

• Installing and managing central authentication system

• Controlling access to network services

For opting to this course, the candidate is required to have Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) certification or Red Hat Certified Systems Administrator (RHCSA) certification or any other equivalent certification or experience. He is required to be proficient in advanced operations of Linux operating systems. This course will help the candidate to gain knowledge in advance security measures used in Linux operating systems.

Red Hat Certified server hardening training course is in big demand today as security is a key question in any organisation or set-up. In this competitive world, right from data security to controlling and restricting the web content in the system is of a big importance to any employer or owner of the company.

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.

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).

Course content summary

Audience & Prerequisites

 

• 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 for this course

After The Course

Red Hat Certificate of Expertise in Server Hardening exam (EX413)
Red Hat Enterprise Performance Tuning (RH442)