Securing the Cloud with VMware vSphere®
Overview
This course is going to provide a solid understanding of the various components that make up the vSphere environment. From the virtual CPU to the storage devices attached to your host and everything in and around that network, we will study and understand the interconnectivity and design of all those components. You will walk away with a solid understanding of how the adversary infiltrates the virtual environment and most importantly how you can secure that environment. You will study the virtual components that VMware has developed in the vSphere product line, including the vCpu, vMemory, vNetwork, vStorage, ESX/I host, virtual center, update manager and many other plug-ins, appliances and third-party mitigation tools.
Course Summary
We will also prepare you for the Certified Virtualization Security Expert® certification. This is a unique and one-of-a-kind certification intended to prove you have the knowledge necessary to secure a virtual environment, cloud environment that is running on VMware vSphere. When you finish this course you will be able to assess the security posture of your vSphere 4.x architecture, and by extension, the services covered thru and by that architecture, and reducing the identified risks.
The course will study the following VMware products:
- ESX 3.5
- ESX 4.x
- ESXi 4.x
- vCenter 4.x
Who Should Attend?
System Administrators and Security Administrators using virtualization software.
Prerequisites
vSphere 4.1 Ultimate Bootcamp®, VMware vSphere® 4.1 Advanced Administration or equivalent knowledge. In lieu of hands-on classroom training, an in-depth knowledge of VMware's ESX/ESXi virtualization environment is required..
Course Length
5 Days
“These guys are like the Darth Vaders of the network world. I'm glad they are on our side since this was a security course. Our instructor was amazing and by far the best guy we've seen here. This guy is world class.”- S.B., US Navy Seal
