Linux Essentials for Cybersecurity Pearson uCertify

(Pearson-linux-ess-cybersec) / ISBN : 978-1-64459-032-4
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Linux Essentials for Cybersecurity course aims at providing skills that a Linux professional should have. The course takes typical ground-up approach with a methodology of keeping an eye on security. Throughout the course, there are references to security issues and a strong emphasis is placed on creating security policies. The course also provides knowledge and skills in managing local storage, managing group and user accounts, working on the command line, editing files, and more.

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1

Introduction

2

Distributions and Key Components

  • Introducing Linux
  • Linux Distributions
  • Installing Linux
  • Summary
3

Working on the Command Line

  • File Management
  • Shell Features
  • Advanced Commands
  • Summary
4

Getting Help

  • Man Pages
  • Command Help Options
  • The help Command
  • The info Command
  • The /usr/share/doc Directory
  • Internet Resources
  • Summary
5

Editing Files

  • The vi Editor
  • Additional Editors
  • Summary
6

When Things Go Wrong

  • The Science of Troubleshooting
  • Notifying Users
  • Summary
7

Managing Group Accounts

  • What Are Groups Used For?
  • Managing Groups
  • Summary
8

Managing User Accounts

  • The Importance of User Accounts
  • Managing Users
  • Network-Based User Accounts
  • Using su and sudo
  • Restricting User Accounts
  • Summary
9

Develop an Account Security Policy

  • Introducing Kali Linux
  • Security Principles
  • Creating a Security Policy
  • Securing Accounts
  • Security Tools
  • Summary
10

File Permissions

  • Standard Permissions
  • Default Permissions
  • Special Permissions
  • Access Control Lists (ACLs)
  • Changing Ownership
  • File Attributes
  • Introduction to SELinux
  • Summary
11

Manage Local Storage: Essentials

  • Filesystem Essentials
  • Filesystem Types
  • Additional Filesystem Tools
  • Mounting Filesystems
  • Summary
12

Manage Local Storage: Advanced Features

  • Encrypted Filesystems
  • Managing autofs
  • Logical Volume Manager
  • Disk Quotas
  • Hard and Soft Links
  • Summary
13

Manage Network Storage

  • Samba
  • Network File System
  • Summary
14

Develop a Storage Security Policy

  • Developing the Plan
  • Backing Up Data
  • Summary
15

crontab and at

  • Using crontab
  • Using at
  • Summary
16

Scripting

  • Linux Programming
  • Basics of BASH Scripting
  • Flow Control Statements
  • User Interaction
  • Using Command Substitution
  • Additional Information
  • Summary
17

Common Automation Tasks

  • Exploring Scripts that Already Exist on Your System
  • Creating Your Own Automation Scripts
  • Summary
18

Develop an Automation Security Policy

  • Securing crontab and at
  • Securing BASH Scripts
  • Summary
19

Networking Basics

  • Network Terminology
  • IPv4 Versus IPv6
  • IPv4 Addresses
  • Common Protocol Suites
  • Network Ports
  • Summary
20

Network Configuration

  • Ethernet Network Interfaces
  • Persistent Network Configurations
  • Network Troubleshooting Commands
  • Access to Wireless Networks
  • Summary
21

Network Service Configuration: Essential Services

  • DNS Servers
  • Zone Files
  • Securing BIND
  • DHCP Server
  • Email Servers
  • Managing Local Email Delivery
  • Remote Email Delivery
  • Summary
22

Network Service Configuration: Web Services

  • Apache Web Server
  • Basic Apache Web Server Configuration
  • Apache Web Server Security
  • Virtual Hosts
  • HTTPS
  • SSL and Apache
  • Proxy Servers
  • Summary
23

Connecting to Remote Systems

  • LDAP
  • FTP Servers
  • Secure Shell
  • Summary
24

Develop a Network Security Policy

  • Kernel Parameters
  • TCP Wrappers
  • Network Time Protocol
  • Summary
25

Process Control

  • Viewing Processes
  • Running Processes
  • Killing Process
  • The nohup Command
  • Process Priority
  • Summary
26

System Logging

  • Syslog
  • The logrotate Command
  • The journalctl Command
  • Summary
27

Red Hat–Based Software Management

  • Red Hat Packages
  • Using the rpm Command
  • The yum Command
  • Additional Tools
  • Summary
28

Debian-Based Software Management

  • Managing Packages with dpkg
  • Managing Packages with APT
  • Listing Package Information with APT Commands
  • Summary
29

System Booting

  • Phases of the Boot Process
  • GRUB
  • Kernel Components
  • The init Phase
  • Summary
30

Develop a Software Management Security Policy

  • Ensuring Software Security
  • xinetd
  • Summary
31

Footprinting

  • Understanding Footprinting
  • Common Footprinting Tools
  • Kali Linux Utilities
  • Summary
32

Firewalls

  • Introduction to Firewalls
  • Essentials of the iptables Command
  • Using iptables to Filter Incoming Packets
  • Using iptables to Filter Outgoing Packets
  • Implementing NAT
  • Summary
33

Intrusion Detection

  • Introduction to Intrusion Detection Tools
  • Intrusion Detection Network Tools
  • Intrusion Detection File Tools
  • Additional Intrusion Detection Tools
  • Summary
34

Additional Security Tasks

  • The fail2ban Service
  • OpenVPN
  • gpg
  • Security Alert Services
  • Summary
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Appendix A: Resource Guide

  • Resources by Lesson
36

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