Kernel Security & Maintenance Engineer

Run a credible kernel security practice: triage, backport, harden, respond.

5 courses 119 hours of instructionBadge: Kernel Security Engineer

Who it is for

Product security and platform teams maintaining a kernel on a regulatory clock.

The sequence

  1. 1
    SEC-101 · Kernel CVE Triage & Attack Surface Reduction 3 days
  2. 2
    SEC-110 · Kernel Exploit Mitigations & Hardening 3 days
  3. 3
    SEC-201 · Production Kernel Lifecycle: Backporting, LTS & Advisory 4 days
  4. 4
    SEC-301 · Linux Security Modules: SELinux, AppArmor & Landlock 4 days
  5. 5
    SEC-320 · Platform Integrity: Secure Boot, IMA/EVM & dm-verity 3 days

Capstone

Take a real CVE against a real vendor kernel: reachability analysis, backport, validation, and the customer advisory.

Start with the first course

Every course in the path can be taken on its own. Dates are on the course page.

SEC-101