VMware vSphere Security Design: Advanced Security
Part 3 of 3 in the VMware vSphere Security Design series focuses on advanced security concepts in VMware virtualization.
What you'll learn
Part 3 of 3 in the VMware vSphere Security Design series focuses on advanced security concepts in VMware virtualization. The goal of this course is to take you beyond basic implementation, configuration, and administration of VMware vSphere and teach you the skills needed to properly secure a vSphere environment. You’ll learn information security and risk management concepts, how virtualization affects security, guidelines and best practices for securing a virtual environment, and securing virtual machines. This course is recommended for those who have existing VMware vSphere knowledge who want to enhance their security knowledge.
Table of contents
- Introduction 2m
- Monitoring Log Files for Security 6m
- Where vSphere Stores Local Log Files 2m
- Using Syslog for Logging Repository 2m
- How to Monitor and Retain Log Files for Auditing Purposes 14m
- Using vCenter Alarms for Security Monitoring 6m
- Monitoring vSphere Configuration Files 6m
- Aggregating Log Files - A Demo of Splunk 13m
- What We Covered 3m
- Introduction 2m
- An Overview of the vShield Suite 3m
- Centralized Management of the vShield Suite Using vShield Manager 1m
- Protecting Virtual Machines with vShield Zones 2m
- How vShield Zones Does Traffic Analysis 4m
- Configuring vShield Zones Firewall Policies 2m
- Enhancements Provided by vShield App 3m
- Deploy the vShield Manager 8m
- Deploy Agent VMs 9m
- Moving VMs Between Protected and Unprotected Hosts 10m
- Using vShield Edge to Provide Multi-tenancy Security 2m
- Deploying the vShield Suite for Maximum Benefit 2m
- What We Covered 3m
- Introduction 2m
- What is vShield Endpoint? 3m
- An Overview of Trend Micro's Deep Security 3m
- Pros and Cons 4m
- Deployment Steps 3m
- Deploy Endpoint 4m
- Install Deep Security Manager 4m
- Prepare the vSphere Host and Deploy an Agent VM 13m
- Install Drivers on the Guest and Activate the Guest to Be Managed 7m
- Configure Anti-malware and Intrusion Prevention Functionality 8m
- Where/When Would I Use Deep Security? 4m
- Introduction 2m
- What is Compliance 3m
- How Do We Do Compliance? 3m
- Why is Compliance Important? 4m
- Tools for Managing Compliance 3m
- About VMware Configuration Manager 4m
- Compliance Checker for vSphere and PCI Compliance Checker 2m
- Installing and Running Free Compliance Checking Tools 7m
- What We Covered 3m
About the authors
Lane has worked in the IT industry for over 13 years. He has worked as a Server, Network, and Virtualization engineer in both private and public sector organizations. Lane has spent the last 6 years in a consulting role for 3 different Systems Integrators implementing, designing, and architecting VMware Infrastructure, Cisco and HP networking, and EMC, NetApp, HP, and IBM storage solutions for customers. He currently works for ENS Inc. out of Sacramento, CA as a Senior Systems Engineer where he ... more
Jason Nash has over 15 years of industry experience and is currently the Data Center Solutions Principal at Varrow, a leader in virtualization, storage, and DR located in the southeast. Before Varrow, Jason was a Platform Architect at a large investment bank where he helped to develop the organization's IT strategy. He has published several books on networking, Windows, and Linux. Jason was designated a vExpert by VMware and holds a BS in Networking Technology and a MS in Information Security.
David has authored over 100 courses for Pluralsight.com around enterprise data center technologies such as cloud computing, virtualization, and (especially) VMware vSphere. He is a partner at ActualTechMedia.com where he creates compelling enterprise technology content, moderates online events, and helps to connect some of the best-known technology companies in the industry with the end user community. With over 20 years in enterprise technology, he has served as an IT Manager, administrator, an... more