Cloudera Administrator Training for Apache Hadoop 101

Cloudera University Security Training

Duration: eLearning - Self Paced

Industry: Information Technology

About this course

Cloudera University Security Training Course

Cloudera Security Training, which is offered exclusively through OnDemand, introduces experienced system administrators to some of the tools and techniques that Cloudera’s Solution Architects use to protect the clusters that our customers rely on for essential business operations.

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Who can benefit?


The course is intended for system administrators and those in similar roles.


Course Objectives

  • Describe security in the context of Hadoop
  • Assess threats to a production Hadoop cluster
  • Plan and deploy defenses against these threats
  • Improve the security of each node in the cluster
  • Set up authentication with Kerberos and Active Directory
  • Use permissions and ACLs to control access to files in HDFS
  • Use Apache Sentry to control data access
  • Perform common key management tasks
  • Use encryption to protect data in motion and at rest
  • Monitor a cluster for suspicious activity
  • Understand additional security considerations, including data governance and disaster recovery

Course Outline

Security Overview

  • What Is Security?
  • The Need for Security
  • Key Principles
  • Threat Assessment
  • Risk Management

Security Architecture

  • Scenario Explanation
  • Assessing Cluster Security

Host Security

  • General Server Hardening
  • Recommendations
  • System Entropy
  • Access Control
  • Host Firewalls
  • Host-Level Monitoring

Encrypting Data In Motion

  • Encryption Fundamentals
  • Certificates
  • Configuring Cloudera Manager for TLS

Authentication

  • Hadoop Authentication Fundamentals
  • Kerberos
  • Active Directory
  • Browser-Based Authentication
  • Encrypting Hadoop Data in Motion

Authorization

  • Authorization Mechanisms
  • Cloudera Manager Authorization
  • YARN Authorization
  • HDFS Authorization
  • Apache Sentry

Encrypting Data at Rest

  • Overview of HDFS Encryption
  • Encrypting Data Outside of HDFS
  • Hardware Security Modules

Additional Considerations

  • Auditing
  • Data Governance and Lineage Business Continuity and Disaster
  • Recovery

Conclusion

Prerequisite Skills

Prospective students should have a good understanding of Hadoop's architecture, the ability to perform system administration tasks in the Linux environment, and at least basic exposure to Cloudera Manager. We recommend that students complete the Cloudera Administrator Training for Apache Hadoop course, or have equivalent on-the-job experience, before beginning this course. No prior training or experience with computer security is required.

Schedule

eLearning - Self Paced