1 Course Introduction
- Introductions and course logistics
- Course objective
2 General Security Awareness
- Identify the security recommendations for vCenter
- Recognize strategies for securing the vSphere management network
- Identify the security recommendations for ESXi hosts
- Explain the importance of the vSphere Security Configuration Guide
- Explain the importance of VMware Security Advisories
3 Securing ESXi
- Explain how to navigate the Direct Console User Interface to configure an ESXi host
- Demonstrate how to configure the ESXi host settings
- Describe how UEFI Secure Boot functions in ESXi hosts
- Demonstrate how to configure the ESXi firewall
- Explain how to configure directory services to authenticate user logins
4 Securing VMs
- Identify the role of vTPM and VBS for securing VMs
- Describe the process of activating encrypted vSphere vMotion
5 vSphere Authentication
- Recognize the identity sources on your vCenter
- Define the term permission in the context of vCenter
- Identify the services used for vCenter Single Sign-On
- Identify methods for two-factor authentication on vCenter
- Configure identity federation
6 vSphere Certificate Authority
- Describe how to replace vCenter certificates in vSphere Certificate Manager
- Explain how the vSphere Client manages ESXi certificates
- Identify common certificate-related issues in vCenter
- Troubleshoot certificate-related issues in vCenter
7 VM Encryption
- Describe the components of a VM encryption architecture
- Explain the process of managing encrypted VMs
- List VM encryption events and alarms
8 Key Provides and the vSphere Trust Authority
- Recognize the role of the Key Provider in vCenter
- Describe vSphere Trust Authority
- List the use cases of vSphere Trust Authority
- Configure vSphere Trust Authority
