Learn practical security skills

Are you a system or network administrator and do you want to learn more about hardening your network? This 1-day Hands-on Hardening Workshop gives you valuable insights into hardening and how you can use it daily. 

From insight to action

This workshop combines theory with practice. You’ll learn key hardening principles and immediately apply them in hands-on exercises. You'll search for common errors in your own setup or a sample end-user laptop. Topics may also include hardening policies, such as clean desk practices.

By the end of the session, you’ll understand the core hardening concepts that apply across systems and networks. Issues found during exercises can be discussed in the session or tackled afterwards.

After each session, trainers provide a memo with key points and follow-ups. You can also submit your own configuration or software in advance, so we can tailor the training to your environment.

Why should you attend?

• Hardening often involves hidden configurations that are easy to miss if you don’t have the right tools. This workshop can help you see the complete picture and teach you where to look for vulnerabilities.
• Hardening is often perceived as time consuming – this workshop will teach you simple ways to gain insights and will also teach you how to automate certain hardening elements.
• Do you know which questions to ask yourself as an admin when it comes to hardening? During this workshop our experts will give you specific lists of questions that will help you in your daily work. We will also give you concrete examples of best practices.

Who is this workshop for?

This workshop was designed with the following audience in mind:

• System or network administrators
• Dev ops-teams

Required skills and expertise

Participants should have affinity for IT administration, as the content of the workshop is mostly technical. The workshop does contain a few discussion assignments that are suitable for less technical participants – for instance an IT-team lead who might not necessarily be technical. It is important that participants bring the same devices they use in their normal daily work.