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  2. NetBackup and NetBackup Appliances Hardening Guide
  3. Top recommendations to improve your NetBackup and NetBackup appliances security posture
  4. Increasing the security level
NetBackup and NetBackup Appliances Hardening Guide

Increasing the security level

By default, NetBackup appliances offer a hardened environment for protecting your infrastructure. Lockdown mode adds unique protection from credential compromise with its built-in One Time Password (OTP) mechanism, which prevents unauthorized access to the operating system.

NetBackup uses access codes for a similar purpose, to prevent unauthorized access to commands.

How to enable lockdown mode or access codes:

  • Flex Appliance

    See About lockdown mode.

  • NetBackup Appliance

    See Disable user access to the NetBackup appliance operating system.

  • NetBackup

    See Access codes.

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