Overview What You Will Learn Curriculum Instructor

Course Overview

Cyber security is a booming market given our reliance on data in the modern world. Network security is of utmost importance because of the value that data and especially user- and BigData has, so this security certification is perfect for those professionals in system administration, Linux security or IT infrastructure. 

At first, the course will introduce you to the different ways the security of your Linux machine can be breached, which will help you take the appropriate steps to protect your system. You will learn the command that is used to set the parameters around the password without making changes to the user account along with the minimum number of days required between password changes and the maximum number of days the password is valid. These steps will go a long way in ensuring that you reduce the vulnerability of your system. What is the value of setting up a password policy in a corporate environment? This cyber security training will clarify this common question and show you how to use any of the three main files to set the password policy. 

You will be able to include essential best practices in your password policy, such as preventing users from reusing old passwords and setting the minimum password length. Next, you will learn how to disable Secure Shell (SSH) access for a specific user and disable root login in your machine, after which the process of monitoring the number of users who have not been logged into the system for a long time and how to manually lock or disable those accounts and discussed. Disabling inactive accounts ensures that accounts which may not have been responsibly removed are not available to attackers and section sets up learning about another layer of security, which involves setting the file ownership rights and permissions that users and groups in your Linux system can have. 

Finally, by the end of the course you will study the process of changing file ownership rights, “message of the day”, “one service per server”, and user account creation.  

What You Will Learn

  • Familiarize working with Oracle VirtualBox
  • Learn how to recall the different system tabs in Linux CentOS 8
  • Learn to create a virtual machine
  • Understand the role of the anaconda installation program in CentOS
  • Familiarize with different types of security breaches
  • Learn about operating system breaches
  • Understand Linux file ownership and permissions
  • Learn how to identify the examples of services in Linux

Program Curriculum

  • Complete Guide to Linux Security - Introduction
  • $7 Million Cybersecurity Scholarship by EC-Council

  • Download and Install VirtualBox
  • Creating First Virtual Machine
  • Linux Installation
  • Linux CentOS8 Installation

  • What is Security and OS Hardening?
  • Securing All OS
  • Importance of Linux Security
  • Type of Security Breach
  • Change Password Parameters
  • Creating User Account and Changing Password
  • Set Password Policy
  • Disable SSH Access for a Specific User
  • Lock or Disable User Accounts Manually
  • Lock or Disable User Accounts
  • Lock User Account After 3 Failed Attempts
  • Restrict Direct “root” Login
  • Linux File Ownership and Permissions
  • Change File Permissions - LAB
  • Change File Ownership - LAB
  • Change SSH Port
  • Message of the Day (motd)
  • One Service Per Server
  • Chapter 3 Quiz

Instructor

Imran Afzal

Imran Afzal has over 20 years of experience in Systems administration & engineering, leadership, entrepreneurship, teaching, and public speaking. Currently, Imran manages a team of 58+ systems engineers, administrators, and team lead globally.  He started his career with Time Warner (New York City) in 2000 as a systems administrator. That is where he began his career in IT. He has utilized IT skills in many fortune 500 companies such as financial firms, fashion industries, tech media industry, etc. He spearheaded projects like datacenter migration, introduction and deployment of VMWare, monitoring tools implementation, Amazon cloud migration, and many more. Imran earned his bachelor’s in Computer Information Systems from Baruch College, the City University of New York as an honor student. He earned his MBA from the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) in operation management and IT. Some of his certifications are in Linux Systems Management, UNIX Operating Systems, Linux System Administration, System Internals, VMWare Certified Professional, RHCSA, and Windows Server Certified Imran has been teaching since 2010 and provides onsite and online training on many IT subjects.  He has the best selling and highest-rated online courses with 250,000+ students worldwide. He has helped almost 1000+ students to land the job of their dream in IT. He believes in education and giving back. He also established a non-profit school for children from pre-K till 10th grade.

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