Education
Introduction to HP NonStop for AuditorsCourse Code: T4AI
This two-day course is an intensive hands-on introduction to the HP NonStop® fundamentals and Guardian security. The student will be introduced to the concepts of fault tolerance parallelism, and scalable architecture, followed by discussion on the basic utilities, transaction protection, and Guardian security. On completion of the course the student will have a conceptual understanding of NonStop® Servers and be able to implement some basic Guardian security measures.
Who Should Attend:
Security Administrators, or those who will perform auditing tasks on the NonStop® system(s).
Course Highlights:
- Basic concepts of fault-tolerant, scalable, parallel processing systems
- Use of basic utility functions
- Features of the NonStop Kernel operating system
- Transaction protection features
- Basic Guardian security features
- Introduction to Safeguard
Prerequisites: Familiarity with at least one other computer system.
Introduction to Protect® XP Course Code: PXPI
This two-day course will introduce the student to the use of the Protect® XP product. This course involves both lecture and lab components. On completion of this course the
student will understand the components and be able to utilize all the features of the Protect® XP product.
Who Should Attend:
Security Administrators and Security Operators
Course Highlights:
- Components of the Protect® XP product suite
- User Management (view, add, modify, delete User and Alias IDs)
- Object (ACL) Management (view, add, modify, delete ACLs)
- Safeguard Management
- Policy Model Management (defining the relationships between Users in business terms)
- Basic reporting features including compliance reporting
- Special features of Protect XP (Peruse, Scheduler, Who Is On)
- Real-time Intrusion Detection
- Menu Security
Prerequisites: Some knowledge of the HP NonStop system and/or Safeguard.
Advanced Protect XP Course Code: PXPA
This one-day course simulates several real life tasks of a systems/security administrator through a case study scenario. The course builds up and reinforces knowledge of several of the more advanced concepts introduced in the Introduction to Protect® XP course. Students will gain
a practical knowledge of these skills through hands on experience under the guidance of our experienced instructors. On completion of this course students should feel comfortable executing a wide variety of high-level administration tasks on their own.
Who should attend:
Security Administrators
Course Highlights:
- Setup of Users
- Creation of a Policy Model
- Review of a Policy Model
- Implementation of a Policy
- Review ACLs created by policy implementation
- Review Safeguard global parameters
- Ensure desired security is in place by using Explain Access, Show Access reports
- Alter Policy model, re-implement with changes only and review security again
- Ensure auditing requirements satisfied using Auditview
- Define and check compliance using TSA
- Real Time intrusion monitoring using Alert-Plus®
Prerequisites: Introduction to Protect® XP
Introduction to Alert-Plus® Course Code: API
This two-day course will introduce the student to the use of CSP's Alert-Plus® (Real Time Intrusion Detection and Prevention) product. This course involves both lecture and lab components. On completion of this course the student will understand the components and be able to utilize all the features of the Alert-Plus® product.
Who Should Attend:
System Managers, Security Administrators and Security Operators
Course Highlights:
- Components of the Alert-Plus® product
- Rules syntax, definition and management
- Rules creation using the editor and the rules wizard
- Rules compilation and viewing output
- Rules activation
- Viewing rules results using monitor console
- Definition of trusted files and powerful users
- Setting audio in alarm execution
- Special features of Alert-Plus® (Peruse, Scheduler, Who Is On)
- Alert-Plus® command security
- Alert-Plus® installation and configuration
- Alert-Plus® configuration file management
- Command execution using the Alert-Plus® command interpreter ALCOM
- Threat analysis
Prerequisites: Some knowledge of HP NonStop® system
Introduction to CSP PassPort® Course Code: PPI
This two-day course will introduce the student to the use of the CSP PassPort® product. This course involves both lecture and lab components. On completion of this course the student will understand the components and be able to utilize the features of the CSP PassPort® product.
Who Should Attend:
Security Administrators and Security Operators
Course Highlights:
- Administrator Management (view, add, modify and delete Administrator IDs)
- User Management for both General and Menu users (view, add, modify, delete User IDs)
- Creation of menus for menu users
- Setting & altering system defaults
- Group Management (view, add, modify and delete Group profiles)
- Telserv Services Management (view, add, modify and delete Telserv services)
- Online Activity reports
- CSP PassPort System, User and Auditview reports
Prerequisites: Some knowledge of HP NonStop systems
Introduction to CSP NetPass Course Code: NPI
This one-day course will introduce the student to the use of the CSP NetPass product. This course involves both lecture and lab components. On completion of this course
the student will understand the components and be able to utilize the features of the CSP NetPass product.
Who Should Attend:
Security Administrators and Security Operators
Course Highlights:
- How to setup and configure NetPass
- How to set Password quality options and features
- How to use NetPass from the GUI interface and the command line interface
- Administrator Management (how to change user passwords on single or multiple nodes in an Expand Network)
Prerequisites: Some knowledge of HP NonStop systems