Mastering Linux Security and Hardening

Mastering Linux Security and Hardening

The book Mastering Linux Security and Hardening is a comprehensive book on ways to prevent attackers from infiltrating your systems that teaches how to create a secure environment on Linux. The book explores various security techniques, SSH, detecting network services, setting up firewalls, encrypting system files, protecting user accounts, authentication processes, and more. Finally, in this book, you will explore the best practices and troubleshooting techniques.

In this book, you will learn:

Use various techniques to prevent intruders from accessing sensitive data
Prevent intruders from planting malware, and detect whether malware has been planted
Prevent insiders from accessing data that they aren’t authorized to access
Do quick checks to see whether a computer is running network services that it doesn’t need to run
Learn security techniques that are common to all Linux distros, and some that are distro-specific

Headlines:

CH1: Running Linux in a virtual environment

CH2: Securing user accounts

CH3: Securing your server with a Firewall

CH4: Encrypting and SSH Hardening

CH5: Mastering Discretionary Access Control

CH6: Access Control Lists and Shared Directory Management

CH7: Implementing Mandatory Access Control with SELinux and AppArmor

CH8: Scanning, Auditing and Hardening

CH9: Vulnerability Scanning and Intrusion Detection

CH10: Security Tips & Tricks for the Busy Bee

Specifications:

Author: Donald A. Tevault

Publisher: Packt Publishing

Year of release: 2018

Number of Pages: 598

File size: 7.60MB