Lab for Secadmin

CompTIA Security+® Lab Series

Lab 2: Secure Network Administration Principles Log Analysis

CompTIA Security+® Domain 1 - Network Security

Objective 1.2: Apply and implement secure network administration principles

Document Version: 2012-08-15 (Beta)

Lab Author:

Jesse Varsalone

Assistant Professor

Cyber Security

Organization: Community College of Baltimore County

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The development of this document is funded by the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Advanced Technological Education (ATE)

program Department of Undergraduate Education (DUE) Award No. 0702872 and 1002746; Center for Systems Security and

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Lab 2: Secure Network Administration Principles - Log Analysis

Contents

1 Introduction ................................................................................................................. 3

2 Objective: Apply and implement secure network administration principles ............. 3

3 Pod Topology ............................................................................................................... 4

4 Lab Settings.................................................................................................................. 5

Task 1 Log Analysis in Linux Using grep........................................................................... 8

Task 1.1 Using grep ..................................................................................................... 8

Task 1.2 Conclusion ................................................................................................... 14...