Spectrum Power 3 Programming - Siemens

Spectrum Power 3Spectrum Power 3 Security AdministrationThis course provides participants with the skills to configure Spectrum Power 3 to conform to deregulationand system security requirements. The deregulation-related topics focus on configuring the SpectrumPower 3 User Interface to manage access to the system. The system security topics focus mainly on theSpectrum Power 3 tools, features, and parameters available to tighten system security, but they also includediscussions of operating system, network, and application security features, as well as methods tomaintain users and enable their access to Spectrum Power 3 utilities.General InformationCourse Code: E1214Length: 3 DaysAudienceThis course is designed for those who are responsiblefor administering Spectrum Power 3 systems, including:• System Administrators• Network Administrators• Communication Administrators• System Programmers• Application ProgrammersPrerequisitesFamiliarity with UNIX systems, basic UNIX usage,system and network administration, and the SpectrumPower 3 User Interface.GoalsUpon completion of this course, with respect to aSpectrum Power 3 system, the students shall be ableto:• List the techniques and parameters used to“harden” AIX and Oracle.• Identify the special usernames used and listthe roles associated with the usernames.• Create additional usernames modeled afterthe special usernames.• Identify the groups used in the system and listthe roles associated with each group.• Configure user access to the Spectrum Power3 utilities using sudo• Identify the applications and ports used innetwork communication.• Configure a host-based firewall using IPFilter.• Test the system security using the Toolkit.• Explain how authorities are defined, assigned,and enforced.• Describe how technological areas are defined,assigned, and enforced.• Describe how message classes are definedand assigned.• Explain how to assign a specific Basic SignalingWindow to a console.Topics• System Overview• System Security− Security Risks− Spectrum Power 3 Security Toolkit− Hardening AIX◦ Trusted Computing Base◦ Securing the System Logs◦ Disabling and Restricting Services◦ Validate AIX installation and SpectrumPower 3 files− Hardening Oracle◦ Username/Password Management◦ Patch Management− User Access Control◦ Special User Accounts◦ Special User Groups◦ AIX User Access Features− Network Security◦ Network Applications (ssh, ftp, rsh, ...)◦ Server Network Connections (Softbus)◦ SCADA Network Connections◦ Firewalls− Spectrum Power 3 Security Toolkit• User Interface Access Controls− Authorities◦ Assigning Authorities• Console Assignments• User Assignments• Window Group Assignments◦ Enforcing Authorities• Login/Logout• SVCBRAN Relation• Display Callup• Program Checks• Monitoring Changes− Technological Areas− Message Classes− Basic Signaling Window Assignment03/06/12Course Descriptions - 29 - Siemens Energy, Inc.Energy Automation