Implementing AIX Security Features

Prerequisites:

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)

Course 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.

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

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.

This course includes the following modules:

AIX Security

• 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