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Self-Audits | Roadmap to Securing Your Infrastructure

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EICAR is an industry standard test file used to test malware, anti-virus, content filters, etc. Firewall rules : Attempt to access something your firewall should be blocking. The post Self-Audits | Roadmap to Securing Your Infrastructure appeared first on Linux Academy Blog.

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May Intro | Roadmap to Securing Your Infrastructure

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As many of you know, most firewalls today come with a default rule set permitting all outbound traffic to flow freely. You put the firewall in place, and traffic flows outbound unimpeded. When command and control (CNC) malware is installed it needs to phone home. They are priceless! The necessity of outbound traffic filtering.

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May Intro | Roadmap to Securing Your Infrastructure

Linux Academy

As many of you know, most firewalls today come with a default rule set permitting all outbound traffic to flow freely. You put the firewall in place, and traffic flows outbound unimpeded. When command and control (CNC) malware is installed it needs to phone home. They are priceless! The necessity of outbound traffic filtering.

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May Intro | Roadmap to Securing Your Infrastructure

Linux Academy

As many of you know, most firewalls today come with a default rule set permitting all outbound traffic to flow freely. You put the firewall in place, and traffic flows outbound unimpeded. When command and control (CNC) malware is installed it needs to phone home. They are priceless! The necessity of outbound traffic filtering.

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Outbound Traffic Filtering | Roadmap to Securing Your Infrastructure

Linux Academy

This is filtering provided at the network edge by a firewall with rules (ACLs) restricting what internal users are allowed to access. Some firewalls have the ability to filter by an application (layer 7 firewalls), but we’re going to concentrate on standard packet-filtering firewalls and their capabilities.

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25 Feb Cloudera Federal Forum in Tysons Corner: Amazing agenda filled with lessons learned and best practices

CTOvision

Before entering the land of Big Data, Alex spent the better part of ten years wrangling Linux server farms and writing Perl as a contractor to the Department of Defense and Department of Justice. Steve was previously CTO of Sanctum, a pioneer in Web application security testing and firewall software. He likes shiny objects.

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Join Architects, Planners, Program Managers, Data Scientists at 4th Annual Cloudera Federal Forum in DC 25 Feb

CTOvision

Before entering the land of Big Data, Alex spent the better part of ten years wrangling Linux server farms and writing Perl as a contractor to the Department of Defense and Department of Justice. Steve was previously CTO of Sanctum, a pioneer in Web application security testing and firewall software. He likes shiny objects.