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Linux System Administration

The intent of the Linux System Administration Knowledge Unit is to provide students with skill to perform basic operations involved in system administration of LINUX based systems.

Topics

  1. Backup and Restoring Data
  2. Event Logging and Auditing (for performance and security)
  3. 1. OS Installation
  4. 2. User accounts management (Access controls, Password Policies, Authentications Methods, Group Policies)
  5. 3. Command Line Interfaces
  6. 4. Configuration Management
  7. 5. Updates and patches
  8. 6. Event Logging and Auditing (for performance and security)
  9. 7. Managing System Services
  10. 8. Virtualization
  11. 9. Backup and Restoring Data
  12. 10. File System Security
  13. 11. Network Configuration (port security)
  14. 12. Host (Workstation/Server) Intrusion Detection
  15. 13. Security Policy Development

Outcomes

  1. Setting up user accounts
  2. Configuring appropriate authentication policies
  3. Configuring audit capabilities
  4. Performing back-ups and restoring the system from a backup
  5. Installing patches and updates
  6. Reviewing security logs

KSA-T

Below are the Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Tasks (KSA-T) identified as being required to perform this work role.
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  • Knowledge
  • Skills
  • Abilities
  • Tasks
ID DESCRIPTION
K0060 Knowledge of operating systems.
K0021 Knowledge of data backup and recovery.
K0065 Knowledge of policy-based and risk adaptive access controls.
K0076 Knowledge of server administration and systems engineering theories, concepts, and methods.
K0210 Knowledge of data backup and restoration concepts.
K0224 Knowledge of system administration concepts for operating systems such as but not limited to Unix/Linux, IOS, Android, and Windows operating systems.
K0397 Knowledge of security concepts in operating systems (e.g., Linux, Unix.)
K0608 Knowledge of Unix/Linux and Windows operating systems structures and internals (e.g., process management, directory structure, installed applications).
K0589 Knowledge of the process used to assess the performance and impact of operations.
K0229 Knowledge of applications that can log errors, exceptions, and application faults and logging.
K0363 Knowledge of auditing and logging procedures (including server-based logging).
K0145 Knowledge of security event correlation tools.
K0064 Knowledge of performance tuning tools and techniques.
K0053 Knowledge of measures or indicators of system performance and availability.
ID DESCRIPTION
S0038 Skill in identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
S0158 Skill in operating system administration. (e.g., account maintenance, data backups, maintain system performance, install and configure new hardware/software).
S0173 Skill in using security event correlation tools.
S0141 Skill in assessing security systems designs.
S0144 Skill in correcting physical and technical problems that impact system/server performance.
S0153 Skill in identifying and anticipating system/server performance, availability, capacity, or configuration problems.
S0155 Skill in monitoring and optimizing system/server performance.
S0036 Skill in evaluating the adequacy of security designs.
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