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    • First Half of the Semester
      • Week 1: Overview
      • Week 2: Hypervisors
      • Week 3: Windows Scripting and Limiting Access
      • Week 4: Windows Configuration Management
      • Week 5: Windows Patching
      • Week 6: Windows Antivirus and Sniffers
      • Week 7: Windows Firewalls
      • Week 8: Spring Break
    • Second Half of the Semester
      • Week 9: Windows Logging
      • Week 10: Unix/Linux Basics
      • Week 11: Unix/Linux Configuration Management
      • Week 12: Unix/Linux Patching
      • Week 13: Unix/Linux Sniffers
      • Week 14: Unix/Linux Network Controls
      • Week 15: Review
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    • Assignment 1
    • Assignment 2
    • Assignment 3
    • Assignment 4
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MIS 5170-18 Topic: Operating Systems Security

MIS 5170 - Section 001 - Andrew Szajlai

Fox School of Business

Week 4:

Windows Configuration Management

  • Configuration management practices
  • System hardening
  • Windows Group Policies
  • Baselines
    • Enabling Logging
    • Baseline Standards
  • Intrusion detection
    • Host based
    • Network based
  • Intrusion prevention
    • Host based
    • Network based
  • Assignment 2 Overview

Week 4 Reading:

  • WSUS – Read the Get Started Section: On-Line
  • Open VAS Vulnerability Scanner: On-Line
    • How to change the password of admin
      • openvasmd –user=admin –new-password=<password> On-Line
      • Need to use Chrome; Safari does not work
  • Import .ova file into Fusion: On-Line
  • Import .ova file into Workstation: On-Line

Slides from Week 4:

Week 4 Assignment 2 Starts and will be due Feb 21st 11:59 pm.

WebEx Class Recording:

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Weekly Discussions

  • Week 01: Overview (3)
  • Week 02: Hypervisors (1)
  • Week 03: Windows Scripting and Limiting Access (1)
  • Week 04: Windows Configuration Management (2)
  • Week 05: Windows Patching (1)
  • Week 06: Windows Antivirus and Sniffers (1)
  • Week 07: Windows Firewalls (1)
  • Week 09: Windows Logging (1)
  • Week 10: Unix/Linux Basics (1)
  • Week 11: Unix/Linux Configuration Management (1)
  • Week 12: Unix/Linux Patching (1)
  • Week 13: Unix/Linux Sniffers and Firewalls (1)
  • Week 14: Unix/Linux Network Controls (1)

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