“Hardening” is the process of protecting a system and its applications against unknown threats. Hardening Linux identifies many of the risks of running Linux hosts and applications and provides practical examples and methods to minimize those risks. The book is written for Linux/UNIX administrators who do not necessarily have in-depth knowledge of security but need to know how to secure their networks.
James Turnbull works for Puppet Labs as VP of Technical Operations
managing the customer-facing business units including Services,
Sales Engineering, Support, Operations, Education and Community Management.
James has previously for the National Australia Bank as the manager of
the CERT (Computer Emergency Response Team) and as an Executive
Manager of IT Security at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, the CIO of a medical research
foundation doing Web-based clinical trials, managing the architecture
group of an outsourcing company and in a number of IT roles in gaming,
telecommunications and government.
He is an experienced infrastructure architect with a background in
Linux/Unix, AS/400, Windows, and storage systems. He has been involved
in security consulting, infrastructure security design, SLA and service
definition and has an abiding interest in security metrics and measurement.
James is involved in the Free and Open Source Software community as a
developer and contributor. He was the Treasurer, member of the papers
committee, and coordinated the mini-conference program at linux.conf.au
2008 in Melbourne, Australia. He is also a member of Linux Australia,
including serving on the Executive Council in 2008 and President in 2010.
In his spare time his interests include cooking, wine, political theory,
photojournalism, philosophy, poetry, and cats.
