Track 2: Linux System Administration and Network Security

This is a four-day workshop to train network engineers and systems administrators in basic network security using Linux-based systems. Workshop goals include the following:

Reviewing the Basics

• Review the basics of TCP/IP so that all participants understand the structures and terms to be used in the workshop
• Review the Linux operating system, its operation, file system, and networking capabilities - as a platform to secure, and a platform from which to provide security

Concept Introductions

• Introduce the basics of Cryptography
• Introduce the concepts of public key encryption, and use implement them with PGP, SSH and TLS
• Introduce Threat Models and Pragmatics, and how they apply to network and host security

Tool Utilisation

• Learn to Analyse network traffic in real time
• Learn to Establish baselines and alert on deviations
• Learn to Implement cryptography to protect network traffic
• Learn to Analyse log files to detect anomalies

Security Processes

• Understand holistic security processes
• Understand how incident reporting works

Requirements

• Some Linux/UNIX, Networking, and command line experience.
• Maximum of 28 participants in the workshop. Lab work is in pairs or larger groupings.

Recommended Software

• PuTTY SSH for Windows (SSH) ​putty
• PuTTY Secure Copy for Windows (SCP) ​scp

Detailed Agenda

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