IBM PowerSC Workshop

This hands-on course is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of IBM PowerSC, including its features, benefits, and how to install, configure, and manage it. 

We will cover the four main pillars of PowerSC: Security, Compliance, threat protection, and Multifactor Authentication (MFA).

File Integrity Monitoring (FIM), allow listing, block listing, endpoint detection and response (EDR) and anti-malware capabilities will also be covered.

Enrollment in this course is not restricted. Typical students may include:

• Customers
• Technical IBM personnel
• Business partner technical personnel
• IT consultants and architects

• Describe the key features and capabilities of PowerSC across AIX, IBM i, and Linux
• Perform the installation and initial configuration
• Summarize the purpose and usage of security compliance profiles
• Demonstrate how to manage and monitor endpoint security
• Configure system scans, reporting, and alerting mechanisms
• Explain the role and implementation of Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
• Implement anti-malware features and verify their effectiveness
• Configure allow lists using Trusted Execution and Fapolicyd for application security
• Analyze file integrity monitoring reports using Real-Time Compliance and auditd

• Unit 0: Course Introduction
• Unit 1: Introduction to IBM PowerSC on IBM Power (covering AIX, IBM i and Linux)
• Unit 2: Installation and Configuration of IBM PowerSC
• Unit 3: Security Compliance profiles
• Unit 4: Managing and Monitoring endpoint security
• Unit 5: Configuring system scans, reporting and alerting
• Unit 6: Introduction to MFA
• Unit 7: Anti-malware
• Unit 8: Allow List (Trusted Execution and Fapolicyd)
• Unit 9: File Integrity Monitoring (Real Time Compliance and auditd)
• Exercise 1. Accessing the lab environment
• Exercise 2. PowerSC Installation and Configuration
• Exercise 3. Working with Security Profiles
• Exercise 4. Creating Custom Profiles and Run Compliance Scans
• Exercise 5. Configuring MFA on AIX
• Exercise 6. Configuring Anti-malware
• Exercise 7. Allow List (Trusted Execution and fapolicyd)

• Exercise 8. File Integrity Monitoring (Real Time Compliance and auditd)