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Optimizing PCI compliance in financial institutions

CIO

Furthermore, if the operating system pattern is Linux Oracle Enterprise, the architect would use that pattern first in its design unless technical constraints made the consumption of this pattern suboptimal to accomplish the solution’s goal.

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Enhanced SQL Server Security with Cross Realm kerberos and NTLM authentication from Linux

Progress

NTLM Windows Authentication from Unix/Linux. I have been seeing this requirement a lot which is primarily driven by corporate compliance since Microsoft strongly discourages use of SQL Server authentication with a database and password. You can learn more about our exclusive authentication from Unix/Linux to SQL Server via JDBC.

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Configure a Failover Cluster with Pacemaker

Linux Academy

Run firewall-cmd commands on both nodes, and allow traffic for Pacemaker (TCP ports 2224, 3121, 21064, and UDP port 5405): sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-service=high-availability. sudo firewall-cmd --reload. On node1 , authenticate as the hacluster user: sudo pcs cluster auth NODE1 NODE2.

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Using Secure Configurations | Standardize Your Security

Linux Academy

For network devices, we should consider using RADIUS/TACACS+ for authentication purposes, not a shared user account. Ansible can help automate the backup, and you can learn more in this month’s how-to video that covers using Ansible to back up a Cisco ASA firewall. Network Device Configurations.

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Regulatory Compliance and Red Hat Security

Linux Academy

The Linux Audit system is a great solution. Finally, use the Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) to set password requirements and lock out users with too many failed logins. Your security team can use the Linux Unified Key Setup (LUKS) to encrypt and decrypt physical disks to keep data secure when not in use. Disk Encryption.

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Top Ten Ways Not To Sink the Kubernetes Ship

Linux Academy

RBAC (Role Based access Control) has become a standard for the Kubernetes Authentication-Authorization-Admission security paradigm. These policies, like any firewall, provide an invaluable means of limiting attack vectors both inside and outside the VPC. Implement RBAC.

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Cortex XDR 2.5: Future-Proofed Security Operations With Host Insights

Palo Alto Networks

reveals the vulnerabilities on your Linux endpoints, with up-to-date severity information provided by the NIST National Vulnerability Database. It also detects hosts that evade scans by analyzing network traffic and authentication logs. We’ve also added: Web shell exploit protection for Linux. Cryptomining protection for Linux.

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