About this course:

This course is hands-on, providing the basic foundational understanding required for the highly secure deployment of VMware vSphere. It also offers a thorough knowledge of the CIA triad related to virtualization. This fast-paced course covers all areas from design to configuration, best practices to performance monitoring, and everything in between related to these aspects. It is our goal to equip the attendee with a complete understanding of how their virtualized datacenter can be secured and through what means. This course is preparatory for students who would like to sit for C)VSE exam.

The Certified Virtualization Security Engineer exam is taken online through Mile2’s Assessment and Certification System (MACS).

The salary for a Virtualization Security Engineer is $110,000 per annum.

Course Objective: 

Upon the completion of this course, students will be able to: 

• Understand that when the Datacenter is under attack and

• mistakes are made in implementing the virtual platform, it could lead to a major attack. It has happened before and will again.

• Learn how a properly designed virtual layer can aid in mitigating attacks.

• Learn how confidentiality can be improved with some features implemented in vSphere.

• Learn how integrity can be maintained with a proper design and implementation of VMware vSphere.

• Learn how availability is designed into the VMware vSphere architecture and how you can improve upon and maintain this.

• Spend some time performing a few hacks, and a lot of time implementing a secure architecture with hands on labs

Audience:

This course is intended for:

• Virtualization and Cloud Administrators and Engineers

• Virtualization and Cloud Security Engineers

• System Administrators and Engineers

Prerequisites:

• Network+ Certification or Equivalent Knowledge

• Two Years’ Experience with Microsoft or Linux ServersBasic Virtualization/Cloud KnowledgeCertified Virtualization Engineer or equivalent knowledge

Suggested prerequisites courses:

• CompTIA Network+ (Exam N10-006) (ComptiaNet)

• Virtualization Technologies Introduction