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CYS1170 - Security Strategies in Linux Platforms and Applications

(ANC-CYS1170.AB1)
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1

Introducing Linux

  • Introducing Linux
  • Linux Distributions
  • Installing Linux
  • File Management
  • Shell Features
  • Advanced Commands
  • Man Pages
  • Command Help Options
  • The help Command
  • The info Command
  • The /usr/share/doc Directory
  • Internet Resources
  • The vi Editor
  • Additional Editors
2

Users and Group Accounts

  • What Are Groups Used For?
  • Managing Groups
  • The Importance of User Accounts
  • Managing Users
  • Network-Based User Accounts
  • Using su and sudo
  • Restricting User Accounts
  • Introducing Kali Linux
  • Security Principles
  • Creating a Security Policy
  • Securing Accounts
  • Security Tools
3

File and Data Storage

  • Standard Permissions
  • Default Permissions
  • Special Permissions
  • Access Control Lists (ACLs)
  • Changing Ownership
  • File Attributes
  • Introduction to SELinux
  • Filesystem Essentials
  • Filesystem Types
  • Additional Filesystem Tools
  • Mounting Filesystems
  • Encrypted Filesystems
  • Managing autofs
  • Logical Volume Manager
  • Disk Quotas
  • Hard and Soft Links
4

Management

  • Viewing Processes
  • Running Processes
  • Killing Process
  • The nohup Command
  • Process Priority
  • Syslog
  • The logrotate Command
  • The journalctl Command
  • Red Hat Packages
  • Using the rpm Command
  • The yum Command
  • Additional Tools
  • Managing Packages with dpkg
  • Managing Packages with APT
  • Listing Package Information with APT Commands
5

Security Tasks

  • Understanding Footprinting
  • Common Footprinting Tools
  • Kali Linux Utilities
  • Introduction to Firewalls
  • Essentials of the iptables Command
  • Using iptables to Filter Incoming Packets
  • Using iptables to Filter Outgoing Packets
  • Implementing NAT
  • Introduction to Intrusion Detection Tools
  • Intrusion Detection Network Tools
  • Intrusion Detection File Tools
  • Additional Intrusion Detection Tools

1

Introducing Linux

  • Managing Files Using the Command Line
  • Using Shell Features
  • Getting Help Using the man Command
  • Editing Files using the Vim Editor
2

Users and Group Accounts

  • Managing Group Accounts
  • Managing User Accounts
  • Securing User Accounts
  • Testing the Security of Accounts
3

File and Data Storage

  • Managing File Permissions
  • Enabling Access Control Lists
  • Managing File Ownership and Attributes
  • Managing Encrypted Filesystems
4

Management

  • Managing System Processes
  • Managing Log Files
  • Managing Software Packages with dpkg
5

Security Tasks

  • Using Probing Tools
  • Scanning the Network
  • Configuring Linux Firewall using iptable
  • Examining an Intrusion Detection Security Policy

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