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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

Deploying Mobile Devices Securely

Mobile devices are now used in our everyday lives and they pose problems for security teams as they are very portable and extremely easy to steal. In this section, we will look at some of the problems that you may face as a security professional. First, let's look at the different deployment models.

Mobile Device Management (MDM) sets policies on the use of these tools to protect the network. For example, they may prevent the camera being used on mobile devices and could also prevent a smartphone from being able to send/receive texts.

Bring Your Own Device

Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) is where an employee is encouraged to bring in their own device so that they can use it for work. Although...