Course Content
Are you getting ready to administer database security policies? Learn how to configure Guardium V11 to discover, classify, analyze, protect, and control access to sensitive data. You will learn to perform vulnerability assessment, and how to monitor data and file activity. This course also teaches you how to create reports, audits, alerts, metrics, and compliance oversight processes.
Who should attend
Database administrators, security administrators, security analysts, security technical architects, and professional services using IBM Guardium.
Prerequisites
Before taking this course, make sure that you have the following skills:
- Working knowledge of SQL queries for IBM DB2 and other databases
- Working knowledge of NoSQL type databases
- Working knowledge of UNIX commands
- Ability to use a UNIX text editor such as vi
- Familiarity with data protection standards such as HIPAA, PCI, GDPR, and SOX
Course Objectives
- Identify the primary functions of IBM Security Guardium
- Apply key Guardium architecture components
- Navigate the Guardium user interface and command line interface
- Manage user access to Guardium
- Build and populate Guardium groups
- Use the administration console to manage Guardium components
- Configure policy rules that process the information gathered from database and file servers
- Use the configuration auditing system, Vulnerability Assessment application, and Database Discovery to perform data security tasks
- Create queries and reports to examine trends and gather data
- Automate compliance workflow processes
- Use file activity monitoring to keep track of the files on your servers
Outline: IBM Security Guardium (V11) Foundations (8G101G)
Unit 1: Guardium: Overview
Unit 2: Guardium: Architecture
Unit 3: Guardium: User interface
Unit 4: Guardium: Access management
Unit 5: Guardium: Groups
Unit 6: Guardium: System view and data management
Unit 7: Guardium: Policy management
Unit 8: Guardium: Auditing, Vulnerability Assessment, and Discovery
Unit 9: Guardium: Custom queries and reports
Unit 10: Guardium: Compliance workflow automation
Unit 11: Guardium: File activity monitoring