Red Hat and IT Security

With Red Hat Ansible, Red Hat OpenShift, and Red Hat Security Auditing
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-4842-6433-1
Verlag: Apress

Buch, Englisch, 233 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 394 g

Use Red Hat’s security tools to establish a set of security strategies that work together to help protect your digital data. You will begin with the basic concepts of IT security and DevOps with topics such as CIA triage, security standards, network and system security controls and configuration, hybrid cloud infrastructure security, and the CI/CD process. Next, you will integrate and automate security into the DevOps cycle, infrastructure, and security as code. You will also learn how to automate with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform and about hybrid cloud infrastructure. The later chapters will cover hyper-converged infrastructure and its security, Red Hat Smart Management, predictive analytics with Red Hat Insights, and Red Hat security auditing to ensure best security practices. Lastly, you will see the different types of case studies with real-world examples.Red Hat and IT Security will help you get a better understanding of IT security concepts from a network and system administration perspective. It will help you to understand how the IT infrastructure landscape can change by implementing specific security best practices and integrating Red Hat products and solutions to counter against modern cybersecurity threats.What You Will Learn?        Understand IT infrastructure security and its best practices?        Implement hybrid cloud infrastructure ?        Realign DevOps process into DevSecOps, emphasizing security?        Implement automation in IT infrastructure services using Red Hat Ansible?        Explore Red Hat Smart Management, predictive analytics, and auditingWho This Book Is For IT professionals handling network/system administration or the IT infrastructure of an organization. DevOps professionals and cybersecurity analysts would find the book useful.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chatterjee, Rithik

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Technische Informatik Computersicherheit
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Betriebssysteme Linux Betriebssysteme, Open Source Betriebssysteme

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction to IT SecurityChapter Goal: Introduction to IT Security conceptsSub-Topics:Networking basicsSystem administration and IT InfrastructureStandardizing security in Red Hat Enterprise LinuxConclusion
Chapter 2: Red Hat Hybrid Cloud InfrastructureChapter Goal: To understand the concepts and technologies related to cloud infrastructure and automating the security process.Sub - Topics:Basics of Cloud InfrastructureIntroduction to Hybrid Cloud ArchitectureOrchestration with Red Hat OpenShiftBuilding Hybrid Cloud with Red Hat Cloud Suite
Chapter 3: Security in DevOps and AutomationChapter Goal: To grasp and gain a better understanding of the importance of security in DevOps and automation using Red Hat technologiesSub - Topics:Difference between DevOps and DevSecOpsAutomation with Red Hat Ansible Automation PlatformDevSecOps Integration with Red Hat OpenShiftInfrastructure as Code and Security as CodeBenefits of Red Hat Consulting
Chapter 4: Red Hat Hyperconverged InfrastructureChapter Goal: To learn about the advantages of using a hyper-converged infrastructure and how to ensure its security.Sub - Topics:What is a hyper-converged infrastructure?Red Hat Hyperconverged Infrastructure for VirtualizationOpen & Scalable Red Hat VirtualizationFlexibility with Red Hat Gluster StorageRed Hat Hyperconverged Infrastructure for CloudCloud Computing with Red Hat OpenStack PlatformScalability with Red Hat Ceph StorageHyperconverged Infrastructure Security best practices
Chapter 5: Red Hat Smart Management and Red Hat InsightsChapter Goal: To learn how to manage Red Hat Infrastructure across every environment and also learn about predictive analytics and how it improves the security of any infrastructureSub - Topics:Introduction to Red Hat SatelliteInfrastructure Controlling with Red Hat Smart ManagementLearn how to evaluate vulnerabilities and verify compliancePredictive analytics using Red Hat Insights
Chapter 6: Red Hat Security AuditingChapter Goal: Learn about the importance and best practices of Security Auditing in Red Hat Enterprise LinuxSub - Topics:System AuditingRed Hat security auditing best practicesConclusion
Chapter 7: Case StudiesChapter Goal: Learn about some of the real-world examples regarding IT Security and ramifications caused due to security negligence.Sub - Topics:Learn more about the real-world case studies related to some of the impacting IT and cybersecurity incidents and what the technological world has learned from them.

Über Autor(innen)

Rithik Chatterjee graduated as an electronics and telecommunications engineer. As he was interested in the networking domain, he completed his course in IT infrastructure management. Later on, he was accredited as a Red Hat Certified System Administrator and Red Hat Certified Engineer. Working for a startup, his responsibilities included network/system administration, IT security, information security, and DevOps. Having gained a better understanding of the IT landscape, his interest and goals leaned towards cybersecurity leading to his training and certification as an EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker.

His hobbies include landscape and wildlife photography, blogging, reading, and watching anime. To pursue his hobby of writing he developed his own blogging website (Inspirio Scripts), also encouraging budding authors like him to pen their thoughts.