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CompTIA Security+ Certification Guide

By : Ian Neil
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CompTIA Security+ Certification Guide

By: Ian Neil

Overview of this book

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.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
12
Mock Exam 1
13
Mock Exam 2
15
Acronyms

Answers and Explanations

  1. An incident response plan is written for a particular incident and lays out how it should be tackled and the key personnel required.
  2. The different categories of incidents are as follows:
    • Unauthorized access
    • Loss of computers or data
    • Loss of availability
    • Malware attack
    • DDoS attack
    • Power failure
    • Natural disasters, such as floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, and fires
    • Cyber security incidents
  3. The different roles required to deal with an incident are as follows:
    • Incident response manager—a top level manager takes charge
    • Security analyst—technical support to the incident
    • IT auditor—checks that the company is compliant
    • Risk analyst—evaluates all aspects of risk
    • HR—sometimes employees are involved in the incident
    • Legal— gives advice and makes decisions on legal issues
    • Public relations—deals with the press to reduce...