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  3. Steps to protect Flex Appliance
NetBackup and NetBackup Appliances Hardening Guide

Steps to protect Flex Appliance

This section includes the following topics:
  • About Flex Appliance hardening

  • Managing multifactor authentication

  • Managing multifactor authentication on a primary or a media server instance

  • Managing multifactor authentication on a WORM storage server

  • Managing single sign-on (SSO)

  • Managing user authentication with smart cards or digital certificates

  • About lockdown mode

  • Managing multiperson authorization

  • Using network access control

  • Using an external certificate

  • Forwarding logs

  • Creating a NetBackup WORM storage server instance

  • Configuring an isolated recovery environment using the web UI

  • Protecting the MSDP catalog on a WORM storage server

  • Using a sign-in banner

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