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Top 5 Tips to Improve Your Linux Desktop Security 2017

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Having Linux as your operating system is one of the better decisions you can make concerning your computer’s security. Having this OS on your desktop allows you to relax a little bit when it comes to many forms of security breaches, which would probably inflict serious damage to less security-oriented systems.

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Azure Storage Account Networking: When to Use Firewalls and Service Endpoints

Linux Academy

Recently, when building content for one of my upcoming courses, Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies – Exam AZ-300 , I found the Microsoft documentation wasn’t immediately clear on the exclusivity of Storage Account Firewalls, and Service Endpoints. Do I need to use Service Endpoints and the Storage Firewall together?

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Using Secure Configurations | Standardize Your Security

Linux Academy

This week, we’re discussing secure configurations, and why they matter. Our friends at the Center for Internet Security (CIS) listed “Secure Configurations” as the No. 5 most important security control on this year’s Top 20 hit list. Of course, I need to securely configure my devices.

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User Account Review | Roadmap to Securing Your Infrastructure

Linux Academy

One of the topics you may not often think of as being all that important to security is user accounts on systems. We spend so much time on other things — like managing firewall rules, system patching , analyzing report data, etc. Check out previous security topics that we’ve covered in this series: Security Awareness Training.

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Self-Audits | Roadmap to Securing Your Infrastructure

Linux Academy

However, in information security, I believe we should embrace audits and advocate for them. Now, before you think I’m crazy — hear me out, because it’s important and here’s why: Security Audits Find Red Flags. Security audits are the same thing. Regulatory Information Security Audit Requirements.

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Regulatory Compliance and Red Hat Security

Linux Academy

In today’s interconnected world, data security has never been more important. By training your IT staff to keep your systems secure, you can prevent harmful or costly data breaches. If your organization handles either of these sensitive data types, you must follow guidelines to keep your systems secure. Security policies.

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Vulnerability Scanning – Roadmap to Securing Your Infrastructure

Linux Academy

As we continue down the path to successfully securing our infrastructure, we come to vulnerability scanning. A vulnerability scan simply scans for security flaws in systems and devices known as vulnerabilities and reports them. For internal vulnerability scanning, you can set up an OpenVAS server running on Linux.