COURSE OVERVIEW
IE0242 : Operating System Hardening for OT Environments

OVERVIEW
COURSE TITLE | : | IE0242 : Operating System Hardening for OT Environments |
COURSE DATE | : | Oct 19 - Oct 23 2025 |
DURATION | : | 5 Days |
INSTRUCTOR | : | Mr. Barry Pretorius |
VENUE | : | Dubai, UAE |
COURSE FEE | : | $ 5500 |
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Course Description
This practical and highly-interactive course includes various practical sessions and exercises. Theory learnt will be applied using our state-of-the-art simulators.
This course is designed to provide participants with a detailed and up-to-date overview of Operating System Hardening for OT Environments. It covers the differences between IT and OT security; the operating system hardening and threat landscape for OT systems; the regulatory and compliance standards for OT security; the risk assessment and security baselines for OT operating systems; the hardening strategies for Windows and Linux in OT; the secure installation and patch management, secure user and account management and secure remote access for OT systems; and the network segmentation, isolation strategies, hardening services and processes.
During this interactive course, participants will learn the secure boot and trusted execution and hardening application security in OT systems; the secure logging and monitoring for OT systems, endpoint protection and malware defenses; the. file system and storage hardening, secure industrial protocols and communication and lateral movement and privilege escalation; the incident response plan for OT systems, security forensics and threat intelligence in OT; the business continuity and disaster recovery for OT security; and the compliance audits and security assessments.
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This course is designed to provide participants with a detailed and up-to-date overview of Operating System Hardening for OT Environments. It covers the differences between IT and OT security; the operating system hardening and threat landscape for OT systems; the regulatory and compliance standards for OT security; the risk assessment and security baselines for OT operating systems; the hardening strategies for Windows and Linux in OT; the secure installation and patch management, secure user and account management and secure remote access for OT systems; and the network segmentation, isolation strategies, hardening services and processes.
During this interactive course, participants will learn the secure boot and trusted execution and hardening application security in OT systems; the secure logging and monitoring for OT systems, endpoint protection and malware defenses; the. file system and storage hardening, secure industrial protocols and communication and lateral movement and privilege escalation; the incident response plan for OT systems, security forensics and threat intelligence in OT; the business continuity and disaster recovery for OT security; and the compliance audits and security assessments.
TRAINING METHODOLOGY
This interactive training course includes the following training methodologies:
LecturesPractical Workshops & Work Presentations
Hands-on Practical Exercises & Case Studies
Simulators (Hardware & Software) & Videos
In an unlikely event, the course instructor may modify the above training methodology for technical reasons.
VIRTUAL TRAINING (IF APPLICABLE)
If this course is delivered online as a Virtual Training, the following limitations will be applicable:
Certificates | : | Only soft copy certificates will be issued |
Training Materials | : | Only soft copy materials will be issued |
Training Methodology | : | 80% theory, 20% practical |
Training Program | : | 4 hours per day, from 09:30 to 13:30 |
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