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Linux Hardening Guides

The following is a list of security and hardening guides for several of the most popular Linux distributions.

Amazon Linux Benchmark by CIS

CentOS 7 Benchmark by CIS

CentOS 6 Benchmark by CIS

Debian 8 Benchmark by CIS

Debian 7 Benchmark by CIS

Fedora 19 Security Guide by Fedora

Linux Security Checklist by SANS

Oracle Linux 7 Benchmark by CIS

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Security Guide by RedHat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Security Benchmark by CIS

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Security Technical Implementation Guide by DISA

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Installation Hardening Checklist by GIAC

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Security Guide by RedHat

RedHat Enterprise Linux 6 Security Benchmark by CIS

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Security Benchmark by CIS

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Secure Configuration Guide by the NSA

Slackware 10 Security Benchmark by CIS

SUSE Security and Hardening Guide

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 Security Benchmark by CIS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Security Benchmark by CIS

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Security Benchmark by CIS

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Security Benchmark by CIS

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