Overview
Manage security of Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems deployed in bare-metal, virtual, and cloud environments.
The Red Hat Security: Linux in Physical, Virtual, and Cloud (RH415) course 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.
Skills Covered
- Manage compliance with OpenSCAP.
- Enable SELinux on a server from a disabled state, perform basic analysis of the system policy, and mitigate risk with advanced SELinux techniques.
- Proactively identify and resolve issues with Red Hat Insights.
- Monitor activity and changes on a server with Linux Audit and AIDE.
- Protect data from compromise with USBGuard and storage encryption.
- Manage authentication controls with PAM.
- Manually apply provided Ansible Playbooks to automate mitigation of security and compliance issues.
- Scale OpenSCAP and Red Hat Insights management with Red Hat Satellite and Red Hat Ansible Tower.
Who Should Attend
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 Curriculum
Prerequisites
Be a Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE®), or demonstrate equivalent Red Hat Enterprise Linux knowledge and experience.
Course Modules
Exam & Certification
Red Hat Certified Specialist in Security: Linux exam (EX415)
A Red Hat Certified Specialist in Security: Linux has demonstrated the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to secure Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® systems and to enforce compliance with security policies.
A Red Hat Certified Specialist in Security: Linux is able to:
- Configure intrusion detection.
- Configure encrypted storage.
- Restrict USB devices.
- Manage PAM authentication.
- Configure system auditing.
- Configure SELinux.
- Use OpenSCAP and other tools to audit security policy compliance.
This course is not inclusive of exam. Should you wish to bundle certification exam with the course, please opt for RH416: Red Hat Security: Linux in Physical, Virtual, and Cloud with exam instead.
