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Pluralsight

Compliance Auditing with Chef InSpec on Windows and Linux

via Pluralsight

Overview

Learn how to write checks that will ensure all your security setting are deployed and that your applications are configured securely. Learn how to continuously audit both your live and pre-live environments to ensure configuration is uniform.

Ensuring that all your security settings are deployed is key in maintaining a secure system. In this course, Compliance Auditing with Chef InSpec on Windows and Linux, you will gain the ability to determine that your applications are configured securely and correctly. First, you will learn how to continuously audit both your live and pre-live environments to ensure configuration is uniform ensuring deployments do not fail due to configuration differences between environments. Then, you will learn to provide compliance information required by management. Finally, you will provide actionable insights into the state of your server estate not matter the number of servers. When you are finished with this course, you will have the knowledge to discover what you need to know and back it up with evidence.

Syllabus

  • Course Overview 1min
  • Installing and Running InSpec 16mins
  • Auditing Security Benchmarks with InSpec 6mins
  • Running InSpec against Local Docker Containers 25mins
  • Running InSpec against Remote Instances 14mins
  • Utilizing Common InSpec Resources 36mins
  • Using the InSpec Shell 10mins
  • Auditing with Chef InSpec Course Review 2mins

Taught by

Robert Mortimer

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