Security Engineering: Securing Endpoints
Endpoints are the devices that run applications on a network, or that users operate every day to get their work done — desktops, laptops, servers, and, increasingly, containerized workloa...
A foundational understanding of security engineering concepts and terminology is assumed.
Throughout this material, a running scenario illustrates each concept in practice. Globomantics is a large corporation expanding into new regions. As it opens new office spaces, its computer network has grown significantly. Globomantics evaluated its cybersecurity defenses and determined that its endpoints are vulnerable to attack and require a layered defensive solution. As the security engineer, the goal is to harden the endpoints, automate patching, and deploy monitoring systems to further secure the network.
The material is organized around securing three endpoint categories in sequence: Windows endpoints (desktops and servers), Linux endpoints, and container endpoints. For each type, the same set of endpoint security concepts is revisited — monitoring/detection, file integrity, hardening, and patch automation — so the parallels and differences between platforms become clear.
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What's inside
6 sections- 1 Table of Contents
- 2 Introduction
- 3 Module 1: Configuring Secure Windows Endpoints
- 4 Module 2: Configuring Secure Linux Endpoints
- 5 Module 3: Configuring Secure Containers
- 6 Summary
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