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VMware vSphere: Manage and Design for Security Overview This course shows you how to follow best practices for secure design, deployment, and operation of a VMware vSphere™ environment. Through lecture, discussion, and hands-on practice, you will gain the knowledge and skills necessary to meet the security and compliance goals of your organization. Course Objectives After completing this course, you should be able to: • Identify vulnerabilities in the current design of a vSphere environment and recommend corrective actions • Harden vSphere components as described in vSphere Hardening Guide • Recommend configuration and change management policies, processes, and systems Target Audience System administrators, systems engineers, and consultants responsible for securing a vSphere installation Prerequisites This is an advanced course. Prerequisites include the completion of one of the following:
• VMware vSphere 4: Install, Configure, Manage • VMware vSphere: Fast Track • VMware vSphere 4: What’s New • Equivalent knowledge and administration experience with VMware ESX™/ESXi and VMware vCenter™ Server Experience working at the command prompt is helpful. Scope • Three (3) days of instructor-led
classroom training • 60% lecture and 40% lab exercise • Individual enrollment is available at convenient locations worldwide at http://www.vmware.com/education. • Contact your VMware representative for pricing information. • Onsite training is available for companies that want the benefits of instructor-led classes without travel. • Contact VMware Education to discuss facility requirements for onsite training at education@vmware.com. Course Outline Module 1: Course Introduction • Introductions and course logistics • Online resources for security and compliance Module 2: Security in a Virtual Environment • Review of information security and risk management concepts • How virtualization affects security and compliance • Top vulnerabilities in a virtual environment • Basic guidelines for securing a virtual environment • Security tools and technologies Module 3: Secure Virtual Networking • vNetwork security architecture • Network segmentation and traffic isolation • Secure virtual network configuration • Traffic isolation with private VLANs Module 4: Protecting the Management Environment • vCenter Server authentication, authorization, and accountingWorking with SSL certificates • Hardening the vCenter Server system Module 5: Protecting VMware ESX/ESXi Host Systems • ESX and ESXi security architecture • Controlling access to storage • Hardening ESX and ESXi hosts. Module 6: Hardening Virtual Machines • Virtual machine security architecture • Configuring security parameters Module 7: Configuration and Change Management • Configuration and change management goals and guidelines • Maintaining the proper configuration of vSphere components • Monitoring logs for security-related events • Configuration and change management tools and technologies Enter content here |
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