© 2013 Jones and Bartlett Learning, LLC, an Ascend Learning Company All rights reserved. Security Strategies in Linux Platforms and Applications Lesson 15 Best Practices and Emerging Technologies
Page 2 Security Strategies in Linux Platforms and Applications © 2013 Jones and Bartlett Learning, LLC, an Ascend Learning Company All rights reserved. Learning Objective and Key Concepts Learning Objective Describe best practices for keeping Linux up to date and future changes to Linux security. Key Concepts Best practices for keeping Linux software up to date Corporate and community support Future changes in Linux security
Page 3 Security Strategies in Linux Platforms and Applications © 2013 Jones and Bartlett Learning, LLC, an Ascend Learning Company All rights reserved. DISCOVER: CONCEPTS
Page 4 Security Strategies in Linux Platforms and Applications © 2013 Jones and Bartlett Learning, LLC, an Ascend Learning Company All rights reserved. Gold Baselines
Page 5 Security Strategies in Linux Platforms and Applications © 2013 Jones and Bartlett Learning, LLC, an Ascend Learning Company All rights reserved. DISCOVER: PROCESS
Page 6 Security Strategies in Linux Platforms and Applications © 2013 Jones and Bartlett Learning, LLC, an Ascend Learning Company All rights reserved. Security Best Practices
Page 7 Security Strategies in Linux Platforms and Applications © 2013 Jones and Bartlett Learning, LLC, an Ascend Learning Company All rights reserved. Security Best Practices (Continued)
Page 8 Security Strategies in Linux Platforms and Applications © 2013 Jones and Bartlett Learning, LLC, an Ascend Learning Company All rights reserved. DISCOVER: ROLES
Page 9 Security Strategies in Linux Platforms and Applications © 2013 Jones and Bartlett Learning, LLC, an Ascend Learning Company All rights reserved. Support Options
Page 10 Security Strategies in Linux Platforms and Applications © 2013 Jones and Bartlett Learning, LLC, an Ascend Learning Company All rights reserved. DISCOVER: CONTEXTS
Page 11 Security Strategies in Linux Platforms and Applications © 2013 Jones and Bartlett Learning, LLC, an Ascend Learning Company All rights reserved. Future Trends Nftables Will replace iptables More mandatory access controls AppArmor SELinux Penetration testing tools Single sign-on
Page 12 Security Strategies in Linux Platforms and Applications © 2013 Jones and Bartlett Learning, LLC, an Ascend Learning Company All rights reserved. DISCOVER: RATIONALE
Page 13 Security Strategies in Linux Platforms and Applications © 2013 Jones and Bartlett Learning, LLC, an Ascend Learning Company All rights reserved. Which Support Community? The group behind the application The developers of the distribution The group behind a graphical user interface (GUI) desktop environment
Page 14 Security Strategies in Linux Platforms and Applications © 2013 Jones and Bartlett Learning, LLC, an Ascend Learning Company All rights reserved. Summary Best practices for keeping Linux software up to date Corporate and community support Future changes in Linux security