Linux Security Fundamentals
Author(s): David Clinton (Author)
- Publisher: Sybex
- Publication Date: 23 Oct. 2020
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 192 pages
- ISBN-10: 1119781469
- ISBN-13: 9781119781462
Book Description
Linux Security Fundamentals provides basic foundational concepts of securing a Linux environment. The focus is the digital self-defense of an individual user. This includes a general understanding of major threats against individual computing systems, networks, services and identity as well as approaches to prevent and mitigate them.
This book is useful for anyone considering a career as a Linux administrator or for those administrators who need to learn more about Linux security issues. Topics include:
- Security Concepts
- Encryption
- Node, Device and Storage Security
- Network and Service Security
- Identity and Privacy
Readers will also have access to Sybex’s superior online interactive learning environment and test bank, including chapter tests, a practice exam, electronic flashcards, a glossary of key terms.
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From the Inside Flap
Includes one year of FREE access after activation to the online test bank and study tools:
- Custom practice exam
- 100 electronic flashcards
- Searchable key term glossary
The Sybex™ method for teaching Linux® security concepts
Understanding Linux Security is essential for administration professionals. Linux Security Fundamentals covers all the IT security basics to help active and aspiring admins respond successfully to the modern threat landscape. You’ll improve your ability to combat major security threats against computer systems, networks, and services. You’ll discover how to prevent and mitigate attacks against personal devices and how to encrypt secure data transfers through networks, storage devices, or the cloud. Linux Security Fundamentals teaches:
- Using Digital Resources Responsibly
- What Vulnerabilities and Threats Are
- Controlling Access to Your Assets
- Controlling Network Connections
- Encrypting Data, Whether at Rest or Moving
- Risk Assessment
- Configuring System Backups and Monitoring
- Resource Isolation Design Patterns
Interactive learning environment
Take your skills to the next level with Sybex’s superior interactive online study tools. To access our learning environment, simply visit www.wiley.com/go/sybextestprep, register your book to receive your unique PIN, and instantly gain one year of FREE access to:
- Interactive test bank with a practice exam to help you identify areas where you need to expand your knowledge
- 100 electronic flashcards to reinforce what you’ve learned
- Comprehensive glossary in PDF format gives you instant access to key terms you use in your job
From the Back Cover
Includes one year of FREE access after activation to the online test bank and study tools:
- Custom practice exam
- 100 electronic flashcards
- Searchable key term glossary
The Sybex™ method for teaching Linux® security concepts
Understanding Linux Security is essential for administration professionals. Linux Security Fundamentals covers all the IT security basics to help active and aspiring admins respond successfully to the modern threat landscape. You’ll improve your ability to combat major security threats against computer systems, networks, and services. You’ll discover how to prevent and mitigate attacks against personal devices and how to encrypt secure data transfers through networks, storage devices, or the cloud. Linux Security Fundamentals teaches:
- Using Digital Resources Responsibly
- What Vulnerabilities and Threats Are
- Controlling Access to Your Assets
- Controlling Network Connections
- Encrypting Data, Whether at Rest or Moving
- Risk Assessment
- Configuring System Backups and Monitoring
- Resource Isolation Design Patterns
Interactive learning environment
Take your skills to the next level with Sybex’s superior interactive online study tools. To access our learning environment, simply visit www.wiley.com/go/sybextestprep, register your book to receive your unique PIN, and instantly gain one year of FREE access to:
- Interactive test bank with a practice exam to help you identify areas where you need to expand your knowledge
- 100 electronic flashcards to reinforce what you’ve learned
- Comprehensive glossary in PDF format gives you instant access to key terms you use in your job
About the Author
David Clinton is a Linux server admin and Amazon Web Services solutions architect who has worked with IT infrastructure in both academic and enterprise environments. He has created video courses teaching AWS and Linux administration, server virtualization, and IT security for Pluralsight. He has also written or cowritten a dozen technology books, including AWS Certified Solutions Architect Study Guide: Associate (SAA-C01) Exam, Second Edition, and AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Study Guide: Foundational (CLF-C01) Exam.
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