Authentication & Encryption: Best Practices

Authentication & Encryption: Best Practices

• discover the key concepts covered in this course
• describe authentication, authorization, and encryption factors and how they fit together
• describe methods of authentication and their best practices
• describe methods of authorization and access control
• describe the use of encryption methods and best practices in implementing encryption
• differentiate between public and private keys and their ciphers
• describe methods of keeping login and authentication credentials secure
• describe system authentication and authorization through user account administration in Linux
• handle security policy trade-offs in situations where solutions might not align with policy
• implement and secure remote access to a system using SSH
• create secure certificates and keys using OpenSSL
• verify software package integrity using OpenSSL
• encrypt and decrypt files with OpenSSL
• summarize the key concepts covered in this course

Explore the authentication, authorization, and encryption options that a security architect will need on a day-to-day basis. The focus will be on two fronts - from a network security standpoint including cloud services and internal solutions an Agile and DevOps environment.