Mastering Linux Security and Hardening: Protect Your Linux System from Cyber Attacks

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The third edition of Mastering Linux Security and Hardening is a comprehensive guide to implementing the latest Linux security measures, using the latest versions of Ubuntu and AlmaLinux. Gain a practical understanding of how to secure your Linux system from intruders, malware attacks, and other cyber threats. This book is for Linux administrators, system administrators, and network engineers interested in securing moderate to complex Linux environments.

In this new edition, discover security techniques to prevent malware from infecting a Linux system, and detect it. Prevent unauthorized people from breaking into a Linux system and protect important and sensitive data from being revealed to unauthorized persons.

The book teaches you how to set up a practice lab, create user accounts with appropriate privilege levels, protect sensitive data with permissions settings and encryption, and configure a firewall with the newest firewall technologies. You’ll also explore how to use sudo to set up administrative accounts with only the privileges required to do a specific job, and get a peek at the new sudo features that have been added over the past couple of years.

The book also provides updated information on how to set up a local certificate authority for both Ubuntu and AlmaLinux, and how to automate system auditing. You’ll learn how to automatically harden systems with OpenSCAP, audit systems with auditd, harden the Linux kernel configuration, protect your systems from malware, and perform vulnerability scans of your systems. As a bonus, you’ll see how to use Security Onion to set up an Intrusion Detection System.

By the end of this new edition, you’ll confidently be able to set up a Linux server that will be secure and harder for malicious actors to compromise. This book is also useful for security consultants looking to enhance their Linux security skills. Working experience with the Linux command line and package management is necessary to understand the concepts covered in this book.

Key Features

• Discover security techniques to prevent malware from infecting a Linux system, and detect it
• Prevent unauthorized people from breaking into a Linux system
• Protect important and sensitive data from being revealed to unauthorized persons

What You’ll Learn

• Prevent malicious actors from compromising a production Linux system
• Leverage additional features and capabilities of Linux in this new version
• Use locked-down home directories and strong passwords to create user accounts
• Configure file and directory permissions to protect sensitive data
• Harden the Secure Shell service in order to prevent break-ins and data loss
• Apply security templates and set up auditing

Table of Contents

• Running Linux in a Virtual Environment
• Securing Administrative User Accounts
• Securing Normal User Accounts
• Securing Your Server with a Firewall – Part 1
• Securing Your Server with a Firewall – Part 2
• Encryption Technologies
• SSH Hardening
• Mastering Discretionary Access Control
• Access Control Lists and Shared Directory Management
• Implementing Mandatory Access Control with SELinux and AppArmor
• Kernel Hardening and Process Isolation
• Scanning, Auditing and Hardening
• Logging and Log Security
• Vulnerability Scanning and Intrusion Detection
• Prevent Unwanted Programs from Running
• Security Tips & Tricks for the Busy Bee

Publisher: Packt Publishing; 3rd ed. edition (February 28, 2023)
Language: English
Paperback: 618 pages
ISBN-10: 1837630518
ISBN-13: 978-1837630516
Item Weight: 2.31 pounds
Dimensions: 7.5 x 1.4 x 9.25 inches