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Top 5 Tips to Improve Your Linux Desktop Security 2017

Galido

Having Linux as your operating system is one of the better decisions you can make concerning your computer’s security. However, many Linux users make the same mistakes of believing that it’s enough just to have it on your computer and only that fact will make all threats simply disappear, when unfortunately the reality is quite different.

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Using Secure Configurations | Standardize Your Security

Linux Academy

Ansible can help automate the backup, and you can learn more in this month’s how-to video that covers using Ansible to back up a Cisco ASA firewall. Don’t stop with the backup, though — we still need to monitor for changes. How do we do this kind of monitoring?

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User Account Review | Roadmap to Securing Your Infrastructure

Linux Academy

We spend so much time on other things — like managing firewall rules, system patching , analyzing report data, etc. Great news – as I’m writing this, I’m also working on a CompTIA CySA+ certification course here at Linux Academy to be released soon!). Data Backups. Identifying unused accounts. Patch Management.

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Linux Academy Monthly Update – October

Linux Academy

Hi, I’m Anna, COO of Linux Academy. Anthony is out on some much-needed vacation, but that’s not going to stop us from updating you on everything new in this Linux Academy Monthly Update. CompTIA Linux Plus XK0-004. Configuring Azure Storage for Backups . Backup and Recovery Using RSync . Platform Updates.

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Is Information Security the Right Profession for Me?

Linux Academy

These controls could be firewalls, Security Information and Event Monitoring (SIEM) systems, Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPSs), Network Access Control (NAC) systems, etc. This is because you have to audit technical controls and be able to understand things like firewall rules, Active Directory structure, file permissions, backups, etc.

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May Intro | Roadmap to Securing Your Infrastructure

Linux Academy

In the past few weeks, we’ve discussed patch management and using vulnerability scanning to see what vulnerabilities are in your infrastructure, and then we dove into the importance of data backups , as well as passwords and policies such as using MFA and proactively identifying compromised passwords to help secure your infrastructure.

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May Intro | Roadmap to Securing Your Infrastructure

Linux Academy

In the past few weeks, we’ve discussed patch management and using vulnerability scanning to see what vulnerabilities are in your infrastructure, and then we dove into the importance of data backups , as well as passwords and policies such as using MFA and proactively identifying compromised passwords to help secure your infrastructure.