This course shows you how to follow best practices for secure design, deployment, and operation of a VMware vSphere™ environment. Through lecture, discussion, and hands-on practice, you will gain the knowledge and skills necessary to meet the security and compliance goals of your organization.

Course Objectives

After completing this course, you should be able to:

• Identify vulnerabilities in the current design of a vSphere environment and recommend corrective actions
• Harden vSphere components as described in vSphere Hardening Guide
• Recommend configuration and change management policies, processes, and systems

Target Audience

System administrators, systems engineers, and consultants responsible for securing a vSphere installation.

Prerequisites

This is an advanced course. Prerequisites include the completion of one of the following:

• VMware vSphere 4: Install, Configure, Manage
• VMware vSphere: Fast Track
• VMware vSphere 4: What's New
• Equivalent knowledge and administration experience with VMware ESX™/ESXi and VMware vCenter™ Server

Experience working at the command prompt is helpful.