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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

Implementing Data Security and Privacy Practices

One of the most critical areas in data security is storing, accessing, and destroying data when it is no longer required. In this section, we will look at the types, control, and destruction of data.

Destroying Data and Sanitizing Media

Data is controlled, handled, and stored based on its classification and privacy markings. Once this data has outlived its use, it needs to be destroyed so that it cannot be read by a third party. Data can be stored electronically on a computer's hard drive or kept as a hard copy by being printed. Most companies employ a third-party organization that specializes in data destruction and can provide a destruction certificate. Let's look...