Are you getting ready to administer database security policies? Learn how to configure Guardium V10 to discover, classify, analyze, protect, and control access to sensitive data. You will learn to perform vulnerability assessment, and how to monitor data and file activity. This course also teaches you how to create reports, audits, alerts, metrics, and compliance oversight processes.

*Please note: This is a self-paced virtual course, containing course manuals and an online lab environment, only. No audio or video is provided for this course.

• Identify the primary functions of IBM Guardium
• Apply key Guardium architecture components
• Navigate the Guardium user interface and command line interface
• Manage user access to Guardium
• Use the administration console to manage Guardium components
• Build and populate Guardium groups
• Configure policy rules that process the information gathered from database and file servers
• Use the configuration auditing system, Vulnerability Assessment application, and Database Discovery to perform data security tasks
• Create queries and reports to examine trends and gather data
• Automate compliance workflow processes
• Use file acess monitoring to keep track of the files on your servers

Database administrators, security administrators, security analysts, security technical architects, and professional services using IBM Guardium.

Before taking this course, make sure that you have the following skills:

• Working knowledge of SQL queries for IBM DB2 and other databases
• Working knowledge of UNIX commands
• Familiarity with data protection standards such as HIPAA and CPI

Unit 1: IBM Guardium: Overview

Unit 2: IBM Guardium: Architecture

Unit 3: IBM Guardium: User interface

Unit 4: IBM Guardium: Access management

Unit 5: IBM Guardium: System view and data management

Unit 6: IBM Guardium: Groups

Unit 7: IBM Guardium: Policy management

Unit 8: IBM Guardium: Auditing, vulnerability assessment, and discovery

Unit 9: IBM Guardium: Custom queries and reports

Unit 10: IBM Guardium: Compliance workflow automation

Unit 11: IBM Guardium: File activity monitoring

Prior to enrolling, IBM Employees must follow their Division/Department processes to obtain approval to attend this public training class. Failure to follow Division/Department approval processes may result in the IBM Employee being personally responsible for the class charges.

GBS practitioners that use the EViTA system for requesting external training should use that same process for this course. Go to the EViTA site to start this process:

http://w3.ibm.com/services/gbs/evita/BCSVTEnrl.nsf

Once you enroll in a GTP class, you will receive a confirmation letter that should show:

• The current GTP list price
• The 20% discounted price available to IBMers. This is the price you will be invoiced for the class.