Linux Networking
CSE-X413.65
This course provides a hands-on learning experience
in a safe and online environment to master Linux Networking. This course will teach students how to operate running systems, configure local storage, manage users and groups, and manage security.
Course Highlights:
- Managing Accounts
- Develop an Account Security Policy and File Permissions
- Manage Local Storage
- Manage Network Storage and Develop a Storage Security Policy
- Crontab and at - Developing an Automation Security Policy
- Networking
- Network Service Configuration
- Connecting to Remote Systems and Developing a Network Security Policy
- Process Control and System Logging
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Use essential file management tools
- Configure user and group management tools
- Apply permissions management
- Manage processes
- Configuring logging
- Manage advanced storage
- Understand the kernel management procedures
- Understand the boot procedure
- Manage Apache http services
Lab Fee: Students must purchase a uCertify license in or to access the uCertify materials for this course. Students license is valid for 4 months.
Course Typically Offered: Online in Fall and Spring quarters.
Prerequisites: CSE-41363 Cybersecurity Fundamentals course or equivalent knowledge and experience.
Next Step: After completing this course, consider taking CSE-41364 Linux System Administration course or another course in the Cybersecurity certificate.
Contact: For more information about this course, please email infotech@ucsd.edu.
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This course is entirely web-based and to be completed asynchronously between the published course start and end dates. Synchronous attendance is NOT required.
You will have access to your online course on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.
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No Textbook Required
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Instructor:
Tracy Reed, CISSP, CMMC, CCP, CCA, CCSK, RHCE, ATP
Tracy Reed is a cybersecurity consultant, assessor, architect, and educator with more than 25 years of experience in cybersecurity, Linux, infrastructure, and enterprise technology. His work spans security architecture, regulatory compliance, cloud and container security, operational technology and industrial control systems (OT/ICS), and artificial intelligence security and governance.
Reed is a CMMC Lead Assessor and CyberAB-designated Lead CCA with extensive experience implementing and assessing cybersecurity programs based on CMMC and NIST SP 800-171. His assessment and compliance experience also includes PCI DSS, SOC 2, ISO/IEC 27001, and other security and risk-management frameworks. He is a PCI Professional (PCIP) and has performed PCI security assessments for the US Air Force and helped organizations design and implement compliant environments.
His technical experience includes AWS and cloud security, identity and access management, Kubernetes and container security, network and systems security, and OT/ICS environments. His recent work increasingly focuses on artificial intelligence security, risk, and governance. Reed is an ISO/IEC 42001 AI Management System Lead Auditor and works with organizations on AI governance, third-party AI risk, generative AI and large language model security, and integrating AI governance with existing cybersecurity and compliance programs.
Reed is also an FAA Airline Transport Pilot and draws on aviation's mature approaches to risk management, human factors, and operational discipline in his cybersecurity work.
At UC San Diego Division of Extended Studies, Reed brings his practical consulting, assessment, and engineering experience into the classroom, connecting technical implementation with cybersecurity risk, governance, and real-world security requirements.
