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Securing Linux for System Administrators
Part of Cyber Defense Forensics Analyst Training Series · Cyber Security Professional · Linux Security & Hardening · Network Operations Specialist Training Series · Technical Support Specialist Training Series Topic: Blue Team
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What you'll do
Linux environments are ubiquitous in many different sectors, and securing these environments is as important as securing Windows environments.
- This lab walks you through implementing least-privilege and strong security practices in a Linux environment.
- Specifically, you will walk through ways to secure your Linux box, look at and fix common areas of privilege issues/abuses, and get introduced to SELinux and how it helps when implementing least-privilege.
- ⏱ About 60 minutes
- Counts towards: CompTIA Linux+ (exam XK0-006)
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Roadmaps that use this lab
- Advanced Security Practice — SecurityX (CAS-005) practice labs — step 4: Advanced operations
- CompTIA Linux+ (XK0-006) — step 3: Secure and harden it
- Digital Forensics Analyst — career path — step 6: Casework, end to end
- Security Engineer — career path — step 2: Harden Linux
- Security Architect — career path — step 4: Architecture at scale
