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CompTIA Security+ Certification Guide
CompTIA Security+ Certification Guide

CompTIA Security+ Certification Guide: Master IT security essentials and exam topics for CompTIA Security+ SY0-501 certification

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CompTIA Security+ Certification Guide

Conducting Risk Analysis

As a security professional, you will need to understand that identifying and managing risks can help to keep your company's environment safe from various types of attacks. In this chapter, we will look at types of threats and vulnerabilities and the roles that different threat actors play.

We will cover the following exam objectives in this chapter:

  • Explain threat actor types and attributes: Types of actors: script kiddies—hacktivists—organized crime—nation states/APT—insiders—competitors. Attributes of actors: internal/external—level of sophistication—resources/funding—intent/motivation. Use of open source intelligence
  • Explain the importance of policies, plans, and procedures related to organizational security: Standard operating procedure—agreement types—BPA—SLA—...

Risk Management

Risk management is the process of identifying risks within a company and making decisions about how to reduce the risks so that an incident does not cause harm to the company and its assets. You may not be able to eliminate the risk completely, but you may be able to put procedures in place to reduce it or keep it an acceptable level.

The first step in risk management is to identify the asset. Is it a top secret document? If that was the case you'd limit access to the document. The top secret document would be stored in a secure area at all times; nobody would be able to take copies or photographs of it.

For example, if you had 1 kg of trash and you placed it outside your front door at night, you would be certain that in the morning it would still be there; however, if the asset was 1 kg of 24-carat gold and you left it outside your house at night, it would...

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Key benefits

  • Learn cryptography and various cryptography algorithms for real-world implementations
  • Discover security policies, plans, and procedures to protect your security infrastructure
  • Written by Ian Neil, one of the world’s top CompTIA Security+ (SY0-501) trainer

Description

CompTIA Security+ is a worldwide certification that establishes the fundamental knowledge required to perform core security functions and pursue an IT security career. CompTIA Security+ Certification Guide is a best-in-class exam study guide that covers all of CompTIA Security+ 501 exam objectives. It is authored by Ian Neil, who is a world-class trainer of CompTIA Security+ 501. Packed with self-assessment scenarios and realistic exam questions, this guide will help you master the core concepts to succeed in the exam the first time you take it. Using relevant examples, you will learn all the important security fundamentals from Certificates and Encryption to Identity and Access Management concepts. You will then dive into the important domains of the exam; namely, threats, attacks and vulnerabilities, technologies and tools, architecture and design, risk management, and cryptography and Public Key Infrastructure (PKI). This book comes with over 600 practice questions with detailed explanation that is at the exam level and also includes two mock exams to help you with your study plan. This guide will ensure that encryption and certificates are made easy for you.

Who is this book for?

This book is designed for anyone who is seeking to pass the CompTIA Security+ SY0-501 exam. It is a stepping stone for anyone who wants to become a security professional or move into cyber security. This certification guide assumes no prior knowledge of the product.

What you will learn

  • Get to grips with security fundamentals from Certificates and Encryption to Identity and Access Management
  • Secure devices and applications that are used by your company
  • Identify the different types of malware and virus and take appropriate actions to protect against them
  • Protect your environment against social engineering and advanced attacks
  • Implement PKI concepts
  • Learn about secure coding techniques, quality control, and testing
  • Troubleshoot common security issues

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Table of Contents

17 Chapters
Understanding Security Fundamentals Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Conducting Risk Analysis Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Implementing Security Policies and Procedures Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Delving into Identity and Access Management Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Understanding Network Components Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Understanding Cloud Models and Virtualization Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Managing Hosts and Application Deployment Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Protecting Against Attacks and Vulnerabilities Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Implementing the Public Key Infrastructure Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Responding to Security Incidents Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Managing Business Continuity Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Mock Exam 1 Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Mock Exam 2 Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Preparing for the CompTIA Security+ 501 Exam Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Acronyms Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Assessment Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
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phillip prater Apr 09, 2021
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This book is what you need to get the essential information to pass the SY0-601 Security Plus Exam By comptia. I know this because I used this book and passed on my first try!
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JohnCollins051994 Oct 29, 2018
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While I was studying for my Sec+ certification test, I was looking for some decent materials. One of my friends turned me on to this book so I gave it a shot. I must say, I am not disappointed. Mr. Neil did an excellent job with breaking down material in his book to a level that was easily understandable by all. The questions at the end of each chapter were crafted in such a way that you had to actually think about each answer. They were very challenging and straight to the point. I'd venture to say that if you can answer his open ended questions at each chapter, then you have a very good chance of passing the exam. Needless to say, with the help of his guidance in this book, I passed my exam and am now CompTIA Security+ certified! To anyone that is looking to make sense of an otherwise complicated subject, this book is well worth the buy!
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Clifford Dennie Jun 01, 2020
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The Security+ exam was one of the hardest tests that I have EVER TAKEN. If it wasn’t for this book I never would have passed. It is very well written to help you understand the different aspects that you need to know to pass the exam. Don’t waste your money on brain dumps that you hope are the questions that will be on the test. This book helped me understand not only the fundamentals that I needed to know, but all of the topics needed for me to successfully pass the exam. This guy really knows what he is talking about when it comes to the Security+ subject matter.I also studied my knowledge that I learned from this book with his other book “CompTIA Security+ Practice Tests SY0-501.” One I was able to answer the practice tests, it made me feel more confident when it was time to take the actual exam. I have looked at a lot of other study material that is on the market today and the reason that I chose this authors books is because my friends and coworkers all used his material for their exams and were very satisfied. When I read the material, it was easier to read, comprehend and absorb.This book is a MUST HAVE to pass!
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A group of us went and bought this book because it was recommended to us and we were all successful in passing because of the correct content and straight to the point information material this book had. I really enjoyed the tips the book had and I will continue to share it with more people so they can also learn even though my IT knowledge was low I read this book and have left with more knowledge than when I first began. Highly recommend
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This book really helped me out. It’s really big on know the concepts so learn everything about the different subjects in a way that makes sense
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