As the statistics from the Honeynet Project highlight, default installations and poor security procedures leave systems open to attack. Solaris is no exception. Applying best-practice security configurations and procedures is the only way to dramatically reduce the likelihood of successful intrusions.

The Center for Internet Security, with the help of a large group of user organizations, information security professionals and auditors, has developed a Gold Standard for Solaris security: The Solaris CIS Level-1 Benchmark.

SANS is pleased to offer a hands on course that combines labs and lecture to teach you the Solaris Gold Standard and the tools that can be used to establish, maintain and audit the Gold Standard.

Minimum security settings (baselines or benchmarks) work. However, system administrators need to be confident that what they are doing will work and that they know how to do it. In "Securing Solaris 8 & 9" you will receive the training needed to build their confidence and skills.

Who Should Attend This Course:
- System Administrators
- Auditors
- Security Officers
- Security Managers responsible for Solaris systems will all benefit from this course

Tools you will learn include:
- The Solaris Security Toolkit
- The SANS cis-hardening driver
- The CIS scoring tool
- The PatchCheck tool, downloadable from
- The lsof tool