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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

Drag and Drop—Answers

Practical 1—drag and drop—attacks—answer

Put the correct answer against each item

Target the CEO only

Whaling

Directed IP broadcast to the border router

Smurf

Holding the door open for someone else

Tailgating

Attack using port 5000

Worm

Interception attack in real time

Man-in-the-Middle

Interception attackone-day delay

Replay attack

Stealing someone's cookie

Session Hijacking

Leaving a voicemail for the CEO

Vishing

Letting a fireman into your server room

Social Engineering—Urgency

Redirected to a fraudulent website

Pharming

An email to a group of people to get bank details

Spear Phishing

An email to one person to get bank details

Phishing

Letting someone you know access a secure area

Familiarity

Forcing someone to pay to recover...