Training offering

Implementing AIX Security Features

Description

Learn about the AIX facilities to implement security and compliance policies. During this course you will discuss: security concerns in an IT environment; the AIX commands to implement base system and network security; the aixpert facility to design, implement, check and distribute a security policy. You will also learn about the new features in AIX 6.1: Role Based Access Control (RBAC), Encrypted File Systems, Trusted Execution, Secure by Default and Trusted AIX.

Objectives

•    Describe security threats to a computer system.
•    List the AIX commands and compenents that can meet both the base system and network security threats including how to configure IPSEC and LDAP.
•    Configure, distribute and monitor a security policy and check soxx-cobit compliance using AIXPert and LDAP with Active Directory.
•    Configure the Role Based Access Control (RBAC) feature in AIX 6.1
•    Implement the encrypted file systems feature of AIX 6.1
•    Implement the trusted execution feature of AIX 6.1
•    Implement the AIX install time options of Secure by Default and Trusted AIX.

Participants

This course in intended for persons who:
•    Wish to learn what the secuirty mechanisms are in an AIX system.
•    Will plan, implement, or distribute a security policy in AIX.
The audience for this training include the following:
•    AIX technical support individuals
•    System administrators
•    System architects

Prerequisite(s)

You should have basic AIX administration experience. The AIX prerequisite may be net by attending one of the two following classes or having equivalent AIX skills:
•    AIX System Administration I: Implementation (AU14GB)
•    AIX 5L Jumpstart for Unix Professionals (AW18GB)

Programme

•    Unit 1 - Security in an IT Environment
•    Unit 2 - AIX Base System Security
•    Unit 3 - AIX Network Security
•    Unit 4 - Implementing IPSEC
•    Unit 5 - Implementing LDAP
•    Unit 6- Implementing a Security Policy with AIXpert
•    Unit 7 - Implementing Role Based Access Control (RBAC)
•    Unit 8 - Implementing Encrytped File Systems
•    Unit 9 - Implementing Trusted Execution
•    Unit 10 - AIX Install Time Security Options

Options

Roadmaps that reference this course are:

•    AIX Security, Network Administration, Problem Determination, Virtualization and Performance
•    System p - AIX System Administration (continued)