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Red Hat Security: Linux in Physical, Virtual, and Cloud

  • Course Code RH415
  • Days Access 90 days

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Course Delivery

This course is available in the following formats:

  • Company Event

    Event at company

  • Elearning (Self-paced)

    Self paced electronic learning

  • Public Classroom

    Traditional Classroom Learning

  • Virtual Learning

    Learning that is virtual

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Course Overview

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Manage security of Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems deployed in bare-metal, virtual, and cloud environments

Red Hat Security: Linux in Physical, Virtual, and Cloud (RH415) is designed for security administrators and system administrators who need to manage the secure operation of servers running Red Hat® Enterprise Linux®, whether deployed on physical hardware, as virtual machines, or as cloud instances.

This course is based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5, Red Hat Satellite 6.3, Red Hat Ansible® Engine 2.5, Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.2, and Red Hat Insights.

Maintaining security of computing systems is a process of managing risk through the implementation of processes and standards backed by technologies and tools. In this course, you will learn about resources that can be used to help you implement and comply with your security requirements.

Elearning Access: Red Hat Online Elearning features the same high-quality course content found in our interactive classroom environments and is supplemented with 90-days of unlimited access to course content, plus hours of cloud-based labs, and webinars from Red Hat experts - all of which is optimized for self-study, giving you the practical and applied knowledge you need to advance your skills, prepare for hands-on certification exams, and to further your career.   Also see information below regarding the Red Hat Learning subscription.

Target Audience

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System administrators, IT security administrators, IT security engineers, and other professionals responsible for designing, implementing, maintaining, and managing the security of Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems and ensuring their compliance with the organization's security policies.

Course Objectives

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After completing this course you should be able to:

  • Analyze and remediate system compliance using OpenSCAP and SCAP Workbench, employing and customizing baseline policy content provided with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
  • Monitor security-relevant activity on your systems with the kernel's audit infrastructure.
  • Explain and implement advanced SELinux techniques to restrict access by users, processes, and virtual machines.
  • Confirm the integrity of files and their permissions with AIDE.
  • Prevent unauthorized USB devices from being used with USBGuard.
  • Protect data at rest but provide secure automatic decryption at boot using NBDE.
  • Proactively identify risks and misconfigurations of systems and remediate them with Red Hat Insights.
  • Analyze and remediate compliance at scale with OpenSCAP, Red Hat Insights, Red Hat Satellite, and Red Hat Ansible Tower.

Course Content

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Manage security and risk

  • Define strategies to manage security on Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers.

Automate configuration and remediation with Ansible

  • Remediate configuration and security issues with Ansible Playbooks.

Protect data with LUKS and NBDE

  • Encrypt data on storage devices with LUKS and use NBDE to manage automatic decryption when servers are booted.

Restrict USB device access

  • Protect system from rogue USB device access with USBGuard.

Control authentication with PAM

  • Manage authentication, authorization, session settings, and password controls by configuring pluggable authentication modules (PAMs).

Record system events with audit

  • Record and inspect system events relevant to security, using the Linux kernel's audit subsystem and supporting tools.

Monitor file system changes

  • Detect and analyze changes to a server's file systems and their contents using AIDE.

Mitigate risk with SELinux

  • Improve security and confinement between processes by using SELinux and advanced SELinux techniques and analyses.

Manage compliance with OpenSCAP

  • Evaluate and remediate a server's compliance with security policies by using OpenSCAP.

Automate compliance with Red Hat Satellite

  • Automate and scale your ability to perform OpenSCAP checks and remediate compliance issues using Red Hat Satellite.

Analyze and remediate issues with Red Hat Insights

  • Identify, detect, and correct common issues and security vulnerabilities with Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems by using Red Hat Insights.

Perform a comprehensive review

  • Review the content covered in this course by completing hands-on review exercises.

Course Prerequisites

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Attendees should meet the following prerequisites:

  • Be a Red Hat Certified Engineer RHCE® or demonstrate equivalent Red Hat Enterprise Linux knowledge and experience

Test Certification

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Recommended as preparation for the following exams:

  • EX415 - Red Hat Certified Specialist in Security: Linux exam

Follow on Courses

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The following courses are recommended for further study:

  • Red Hat Satellite 6 Administration (RH403)
  • Automation with Ansible I (DO407) and Automation with Ansible II: Ansible Tower (DO409)
  • Recommended for those interested in learning more about Red Hat Satellite
  • Recommended for those who want to use DevOps practices to ensure security
The following are recommended for further study:

Further Information

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Red Hat Learning Subscriptions:

The Red Hat Learning Subscription is an exclusive program that provides users with 12-months access to all Red Hat Online Learning and video classroom courses. All subscribers will receive unlimited access to online learning content, up to 400 hours of hands-on lab time and more than 300 recorded instructor videos.

There are two versions available: Basic and Standard. These are also available in an Enterprise variant for large companies. The Standard is the most extensive subscription and offers access to Red Hat exams as an extra.

For more information please see LS120 and LS220 below

 https://www.globalknowledge.com/en-GB/Products/Red_Hat/LS120

https://www.globalknowledge.com/en-GB/Courses/Red_Hat/Operating_Systems/LS220

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