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Operating Systems: Overview, Administration, and Security

Learn core OS concepts, administration, and security to manage and secure modern systems across physical, virtual, and cloud environments.

Computer Science · Intermediate

Free · Self-paced · Certificate included

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About this course

This comprehensive course provides an in-depth exploration of operating systems, covering their fundamental concepts, administration, and security practices. Designed for IT professionals, system administrators, and security analysts, this course offers a blend of theoretical knowledge and practical skills required to manage and secure modern operating systems effectively.

What you'll learn

  • Explain core operating system concepts, architecture, and components
  • Manage processes, scheduling, and inter-process communication
  • Implement and optimize memory management and virtual memory techniques
  • Design and maintain file systems and storage management strategies
  • Configure and troubleshoot input/output subsystems and device drivers
  • Apply security and protection mechanisms, including access control and hardening
  • Describe principles of distributed systems and coordinate remote resources
  • Deploy and manage virtualization technologies and hypervisors
  • Understand how operating systems integrate with cloud platforms and services
  • Perform routine administration, backup, and troubleshooting for production systems

Prerequisites

Familiarity with the command line and basic networking or IT concepts; access to a VM or lab environment is recommended.

Level
Intermediate· Level
Duration
10 weeks (approx. 40–60 hours)· Duration
Language
English· Language
Modules
11· Modules

Skills you'll gain

  • Process scheduling and IPC
  • Memory and virtual memory management
  • Filesystem design and administration
  • I/O and device driver fundamentals
  • OS security and hardening
  • Access control and authentication
  • Virtualization and hypervisor management
  • Distributed systems concepts
  • Cloud OS integration
  • System troubleshooting and maintenance

What you'll study

11 modules — work at your own pace.

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