Jones & Bartlett Learning

Linux Strategies

Course Description

This course is an introduction to the securing of Linux platforms and applications. Areas of study include identifying and examining methods of securing Linux platforms and applications and implementing those methods.

Major Instructional Areas

1. Threats to Linux operating systems and other open source applications and mitigation of risks
2. Core components to secure Linux platform
3. User account management and software management plan
4. Network applications security
5. Linux kernel and techniques
6. Security breach response and recovery

Course Objectives

1. Identify threats to the Linux operating system and other open source applications.
2. Configure the basic settings to secure a Linux platform.
3. Explain user account management and the principle of least privilege to protect and secure the system and its data.
4. Examine the flexibility of various options with file permissions and filesystem settings and how granular control isolates data access.
5. Describe security solutions to mitigate vulnerabilities in Linux services and the appropriate steps to mitigate the risks.
6. Assess how firewall, Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) Wrappers, and Security Enhanced Linux (SELinux) complement one another to secure network applications.
7. Assess the architecture of the Linux kernel and techniques used to enact a more secure kernel.
8. Evaluate the importance of maintaining a software management plan.
9. Establish a system baseline with monitoring and logging to detect anomalies.
10. Analyze the best practices to respond and recover from a security breach (incident).

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