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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. In a cloud environment, what is elasticity?
  2. In which cloud environment would I install the software and then have to update the patches?
  3. Which cloud model is Office 365?
  4. What is the major benefit of using a public cloud?
  5. What is a cloud single-tenant model?
  6. What is a cloud multitenant model?
  7. Describe how a community cloud operates.
  8. What are the limitations imposed on a CSP regarding data storage?
  9. Who is responsible for the disaster recovery of hardware in a cloud environment?
  10. What is a Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB)?
  11. What model is it if you own the premises and all of the IT infrastructure resides there?
  12. What is a hybrid cloud model?
  13. What is distributive allocation?
  14. What type of model deals with identity management?
  15. What RAID model has a minimum of three disks? How many disks can it afford to lose?
  16. What are the two RAID models that have a minimum of four...