Advanced VMware Security Ultimate Bootcamp

    

Summary:
A critical and often overlooked aspect of migrating to a virtualized environment is security and setting up security properly. Like physical machines, virtualization technologies are not secure "out of the box" and VMware is no exception. The Advanced VMware Security course focuses on "where the vulnerabilities lie" and how to reduce the attack surfaces in the virtualized environment. This course goes beyond the typical security protocols administrators use to secure their environments and delves much deeper into the actual working (and shortcomings) of the VMware environment. Students will take a 360 degree look at the potential threats, how to defend and defeat them, and establish a solid foundation to build secure virtual data centers from the ground up.

Duration:
5 Days/Lecture & Lab

Audience:
This course is designed for System Administrators and Security Administrators using virtualization software.

Topics:

• Primer and Reaffirming Our Knowledge
• Routing and the Security Design of VMware
• emote DataStore Security
• Penetration Testing 101
• Information Gathering, Scanning and Enumeration
• enetration Testing and the Tools of the Trade
• DMZ Virtualization and Common Attack Vectors
• ardening Your ESX Server
• Hardening your ESXi Server
• Hardening your vCenter Server
• 3rd Party Migration Tools

Prerequisites:
Students should have taken the VMware vSphere 4.1 Ultimate Boot Camp course or have equivalent knowledge and experience.

Last Update: May 20, 2012