Linux Academy

MAY 5, 2019

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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Linux Academy

MAY 6, 2019

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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Linux Academy

APRIL 22, 2019

Happy Monday, and welcome back to Roadmap to Securing Your Infrastructure. Last week, we covered the importance of password policies and some points that should be covered by those policies. Hopefully, I was able to convey the importance of policies, and this is now on your to-do list or, better yet, on your to-done list!

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Linux Academy

APRIL 29, 2019

Security is hard. This means if your password policy says passwords must be rotated every three months, this will be taken care of in an automated fashion by the computers themselves. The post Local Administrator Accounts | Roadmap to Securing Your Infrastructure appeared first on Linux Academy Blog.

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Linux Academy

MAY 13, 2019

We have incident response plans so we can quickly address security incidents and eliminate the threat as quickly as possible. We can always just restore from a backup and be up and running in a few hours. Incident Response Practice and Improving Security. How Does an Incident Response Plan Benefit Us?

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Linux Academy

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Linux Academy is the only way to get exam-like training for multiple Microsoft Azure certifications. Configuring resource policies and alerts. Securing Storage with Access Keys and Shared Access Signatures in Microsoft Azure. Identity and security. Azure Storage Accounts: Configuration and Security. Hybrid cloud.

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Linux Academy

OCTOBER 2, 2019

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. Google Cloud Professional Cloud Security Engineer – Practice Exam. AZ-500: Microsoft Azure Security Technologies – FINAL EXAM.

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Scott Lowe

MAY 29, 2020

Bruce Schneier weighs in on the security and privacy implications of Zoom. Some security vulnerabilities with Thunderbolt were recently discovered and disclosed. Looking for some security tools? Jason Price shares a fully fleshed-out example of Kubernetes Pod Security Policies. Ubuntu 20.04 Look no further.

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Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Andrey Khomyakov shares some information on automating the setup of whitebox switches running Cumulus Linux in part 2 of this series on learning network automation. James Green shares some information on Docker Bench , a tool designed to help secure Docker environments. Alpine Linux 3.5 Servers/Hardware. was recently released.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

SDN Central has a nice write-up on the need for open efforts in the policy space, which includes the Congress project. Preston Bannister took a look at cloud application backup in OpenStack. Running Hyper-V with Linux VMs? Ben Armstrong details what versions of Linux support the various Hyper-V features in this post.

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Linux Academy

JANUARY 22, 2020

Amazon S3 is an object storage service that is built to be scalable, high available, secure, and performant. A data store like Amazon S3, on the other hand, could be a great place to store your database backups as files, which could then be used to restore databases should anything happen. Great for disaster recovery, backups.

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Linux Academy

APRIL 1, 2019

Why do I bring up car care when this is an information security blog? More secure passwords. The individual topics for this month are: More Secure Passwords. Passwords and Policies. Security challenges. Our end goal in this is to get C-level buy-in on secure password practices. Welcome to April! Next steps.

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ForAllSecure

DECEMBER 2, 2021

And my background is pretty straightforward with cyber security for the past 16 years on many different levels. Vamosi: At SecTor, an annual security conference in Toronto, Paua gave not one but two talks this year. In addition to her knowledge of Windows, she’s equally versed in Linux and other operating systems as well.

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Linux Academy

MAY 20, 2019

We discuss whitelist and blacklist approaches in the CompTIA CySA+ course here at Linux Academy. In the end, outbound filtering is not a silver bullet, but, then again, nothing in security is. Remember: We address security with a layered approach. That’s how we need to approach security — layer by layer.

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

In a few minutes I’m going to talk to a pentester who’s written a book that can help take your current skills as a sys admin and security engineer and turn them into skills needed to become a great digital pentester. You want to see if they can penetrate your security, and cause it to break in some way. I mean really?

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

In a few minutes I’m going to talk to a pentester who’s written a book that can help take your current skills as a sys admin and security engineer and turn them into skills needed to become a great digital pentester. You want to see if they can penetrate your security, and cause it to break in some way. I mean really?

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 14, 2022

In fact, I remember starting a new job by flying to Auburn Hills, Michigan for the very first meeting of the Featherstone Group, a collection of automotive OEM executive and security professionals. Steve Grobman, CTO with Intel’s security group had this to say: CNBC: Yeah, so I think that nothing is ever impossible.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

For example, their product runs natively as an agent/daemon/service on various UNIX platforms, various Linux distributions, and all recent versions of Windows Server. SwiftStack is working on some nice enhancements to Swift that hopefully will show up soon, including erasure coding support and greater policy support.

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Linux Academy

APRIL 8, 2019

I am a huge fan of password managers because they make my life more secure and easier. They were stored securely online, and we could access them from anywhere. I can access any password from my phone or computer via a secure connection. This leads me to our first point within the topic for today, which is password managers.

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Dataconomy

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

NFS has become a widely used protocol for file sharing and data access in both Unix and Linux-based systems. NAS devices are versatile and can store a variety of data types, making them an efficient solution for data sharing and backup purposes. Modern data management establishes clear data governance policies and practices.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 26, 2022

So there’s a need, a definite need, for information security professionals to have access to industrial control systems -- not virtual, but actual hands on systems -- so they can learn. In a moment I’ll introduce you to someone who is trying to do that--bring ICS equipment to security conferences. Technology Security.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 26, 2022

The US Justice Department says it will no longer prosecute good-faith security researchers, but what constitutes good-faith security research? Vamosi: While I was producing the episode, The United States Justice Department announced an important policy shift. Is it the hospital, which should have had a power backup?

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