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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

Review Questions

  1. What is the purpose of standard operating procedures?
  2. What is the purpose of BPA?
  3. What is the difference between an MOU and an MOA?
  4. What is the purpose of an ISA?
  5. What is the benefit of introducing separation of duties into the finance department?
  6. What is the purpose of a risk register?
  7. What is the purpose of job rotation?
  8. What is the purpose of mandatory vacations?
  9. What is the first stage in risk assessment?
  10. Why would a company introduce a clean desk policy?
  11. If someone brought their own laptop to be used at work, apart from an on-boarding policy, what other policy should be introduced?
  12. What is the purpose of an exit interview?
  13. When would you adopt risk avoidance?
  1. What is the purpose of risk transference?
  2. What are rules of behavior?
  3. Why would a company run an annual security awareness training program?
  4. What is cognitive hacking and what should we avoid to mitigate...