Linux-- Security, Audit and Control Features

This document, which focuses on the Linux security issues for one of the more popular versions of Linux, Red Hat version 9/Fedora, provides a standard reference for Linux security controls and their audit for security administrators, security professionals and information systems auditors. It provides the following guidance to IT management:

• The business and technology drivers for Linux
• The vulnerabilities of the Linux operating system
• Risk management issues with an action-oriented perspective
• Linux security software
• How to secure Linux installations to fulfill the control objectives of two well-known standards COBIT and ISO 17799
• Detailed internal control questionnaires