Device Hardening
Pluralsight is not an official partner or accredited training center of EC-Council. Reducing the attack surface is important to secure the enterprise. This course provides insight as to how IT systems can be hardened to protect digital IT assets.
What you'll learn
Pluralsight is not an official partner or accredited training center of EC-Council. Hardening ensures IT systems comply with organizational security guidelines. In this course, Device Hardening, you'll acquire skills that will let you secure your IT environment. First, you'll explore how hardening applies to a wide variety of computing solutions. Next, you'll learn how to apply security requirements to harden network devices and hosts. Finally, you'll discover how to secure virtualization environments and application servers. When you're finished with this course, you'll have the skills and knowledge needed to properly harden your IT ecosystem. Software required: Microsoft Windows Server 2016, System Center Configuration Manager 2016, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1, Amazon Web Services, and Microsoft Azure.
Table of contents
- Module Introduction 1m
- File System Hardening 8m
- Demo: Secure Windows File System Permissions 6m
- Demo: Secure Linux File System Permissions 5m
- Data Loss Prevention (DLP) 5m
- Application Server Hardening 8m
- Demo: Harden a Windows DNS Server 4m
- Demo: Configure a Microsoft Azure Web Application Firewall 6m
- Module Summary 2m
About the author
Daniel Lachance, CompTIA Security+, CompTIA A+®, CompTIA Network+®, CompTIA Server+, CompTIA Cloud Essentials, MCITP, MCTS, MCSA, is the owner of Lachance IT Consulting Inc. He is the author of the CompTIA Server+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide, CompTIA Cloud Essentials Certification Study Guide, and co-author of CompTIA Security+ Certification Practice Exams. Mr. Lachance is an experienced trainer having delivered IT training in Canada and the Caribbean since the 1990s on topics ranging f... more