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CompTIA Security+ Certification Guide

You're reading from   CompTIA Security+ Certification Guide Master IT security essentials and exam topics for CompTIA Security+ SY0-501 certification

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789348019
Length 532 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Ian Neil Ian Neil
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Understanding Security Fundamentals FREE CHAPTER 2. Conducting Risk Analysis 3. Implementing Security Policies and Procedures 4. Delving into Identity and Access Management 5. Understanding Network Components 6. Understanding Cloud Models and Virtualization 7. Managing Hosts and Application Deployment 8. Protecting Against Attacks and Vulnerabilities 9. Implementing the Public Key Infrastructure 10. Responding to Security Incidents 11. Managing Business Continuity 12. Mock Exam 1
13. Mock Exam 2
14. Preparing for the CompTIA Security+ 501 Exam 15. Acronyms
16. Assessment 17. Other Books You May Enjoy

Review Questions

  1. What are the three components of the CIA triad?
  2. Why might a CCTV camera be sited outside a building without any film inside?
  3. What does confidentiality mean?
  4. How can we protect a data center from people entering it?
  5. What is the purpose of an air gap?
  6. Name three administrative controls.
  7. Name three physical controls.
  8. Following an incident, what type of control will be used when researching how the incident happened?
  9. How do I know if the integrity of my data is intact?
  1. What is a corrective control?
  2. What is the purpose of hashing?
  3. If I hash the same data with different SHA1 applications, what will the output be?
  4. What two things does HMAC provide?
  5. What type of control is it when I change the firewall rules?
  6. What is used to log in to a system that works in conjunction with a PIN?
  7. What is the name of the person who looks after classified data and who is the person that gives people access to the classified data?
  8. When you use a DAC model for access, who determines who gains access to the data?
  9. What is least privilege?
  10. What access control method does SELinux utilize?
  11. What is the Linux permission of 777? What access does it give you?
  12. What does the Linux permission execute allow me to do?
  13. The sales team are allowed to log in to the company between 9 a.m. and 10 p.m. What type of access control is being used?
  14. Two people from the finance team are only allowed to authorize the payment of checks; what type of access control are they using?
  15. What is the purpose of the defense in depth model?
  16. When someone leaves the company what is the first thing we should do with their user account?
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CompTIA Security+ Certification Guide
Published in: Sep 2018
Publisher: Packt
ISBN-13: 9781789348019
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