SECURITY AND AUDIT OF UNIX/LINUX                                                    >>Home

This course is designed to give participants a detailed walk-through of Unix/Linux security administration and controls, highlighting the main areas of risk and how they can be controlled by correct system configuration and monitoring.

The main objective of this course therefore is to give an IS Auditor an overview of the Linux operating system, the security and audit issues and how to go about monitoring them to give assurance to key stakeholders on the effectiveness and efficiency of processes running on the Linux platform as well as ensuring adequate protection of the information assets of the business.

The key topic areas include
• Learn how UNIX/Linux systems are configured and secured
• Explore the different versions of UNIX currently in use
• Discover how to control UNIX’s/Linux greatest risk areas
• Gain a greater understanding of how UNIX/Linux systems can operate securely and reliably in a Windows environment
•  knowledge of how to plan and conduct an audit of both in the UNIX and Linux operating systems

At the end of this course, participants should be able to:

• identify different distributions of the Unix /Linux Operating systems
• carry out a proper start up and shutdown of a Unix/Linux computer
• identify and locate common Unix/Linux directories e.g. /bin, /sbin, /etc, /home and their functions use common Linux commands for navigation, directory and file creations, user and group creations etc
• understand file systems and directory permissions within Linux
• understand interaction between file and directory permissions
• understand users and authentication within Linux and the password file
• understand User and Group management
• understand networking services within Unix/Linux
• evaluate Linux operating system account management
• evaluate file security and control
• evaluate Network security and controls
• evaluate security monitoring and other controls
• evaluate root security
• Audit tools and practical steps to audit of a Unix/Linux system.

Target Audience
IT Personnel, IS Auditors, IS Security Managers, Internal Auditors, External Auditors, Chief Information Officers, and Internal Control Personnel, Audit Managers Etc.

LAPTOP REQUIRED: A laptop is required for the training. This is to afford the
participants the opportunity of actually simulating actual attacks on their own laptops within a Linux on VMware virtualized environment.
Laptop specification: We recommend a laptop with a minimum of 512 MB RAM (1 GBpreferable) with Windows XP, Windows server 2003 or Windows Vista.             VMware should be installed on it.
A trial version of VMware workstation software will be provided for the participants who do not already have it.
Linux OS software will also be provided.

Participants that pay before the start date can  pick up the software for
installation on their laptops before the start date.

Duration:  3 Days

Date:         Click to view the course schedule

Time:        9am to 5pm Daily

Venue: Rhythex Learning Centres                                                                                           
 13, Samora Machel road                                         
Asylum Down, Accra, Ghana.                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                 
Fees: GHc 550.00 Per Participant.

In-house Training:
In-house training can be arranged at 35% discount for 8 participants and above.
Please let your nominations reach us a week before commencement of the training. For further enquiries call Rhythex on 021 236375, 028 5157501. We are looking forward to the participation of your staff in this programme.