Specialization 2 of 4 ยท Linux Enterprise Track
Security and Identity
Harden systems and run central logins, certificates and compliance checks.
Is it for you? You care about who can reach what, and about proving a system is locked down.
- Exam length
- 3 hours
- Based on
- RHEL 9 and Identity Management 4.8
- Recommended first
- RHCSA; RHCE and the RH362 course are recommended
- Format
- Hands-on tasks on live systems
What the exam covers
- Install IdM, add a replica, create users, groups and policies
- Single sign-on and Kerberized services for IdM clients
- The integrated certificate authority and secret vaults
- User policies, access control and roaming or automounted home directories
- IdM as an LDAP back end for external services
- Maintenance: NTP, firewall and backups without interrupting service
- Exam length
- 4 hours
- Based on
- The latest Red Hat product version
- Recommended first
- RHCSA; RHCE is a stronger background
- Format
- Hands-on tasks on live systems
What the exam covers
- Intrusion detection with AIDE on critical files
- Encrypted storage with LUKS and automatic unlocking with NBDE
- USBGuard device policies
- PAM password quality and failed-login lockout
- Auditing with audit rules, prepackaged rules and reports
- SELinux: diagnose violations, map users, fix configurations
- Compliance with OpenSCAP and generated remediation playbooks
- Ansible Automation Platform: access controls and job templates
Planning your three. Combine with Performance and Availability for platforms that are secure and resilient.
All specializations and exams