Tuning, hardening, and maintaining security configurations

After installing WAS, there are several considerations for tuning, strengthening, and maintaining your security configuration.

The following topics are covered in this section:

 

• Tuning security configurations We can tune your security configuration to balance performance with function. We can achieve this balance following considerations for tuning general security, Common Secure Interoperability version 2 (CSIv2), LDAP authentication, Web authentication, and authorization.

  See on tuning security, see Tuning security configurations.

• Hardening security configurations Several methods exist that we can use to protect the infrastructure and applications from different forms of attack.

  See on hardening your security, see Hardening security configurations.

• Secure passwords in files encryption and encoding can add protect to passwords existing in files. For more information on encoding and encrypting passwords, see Secure passwords in files.

Tuning security configurations
Hardening security configurations
Secure passwords in files