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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 MDM?
  2. What is BYOD?
  3. What two policies need to be agreed upon before BYOD is implemented?
  4. How do BYOD and CYOD differ, and what are the benefits of CYOD to a company?
  5. Name three types of mobile device connection methods.
  1. What is used when we make a contactless payment using our debit card?
  2. Which services allows your mobile device to be notified when an email message arrives in your inbox?
  3. What two measures should I take to secure my mobile device?
  4. What will prevent my laptop from being stolen when I am in a meeting with my boss?
  5. What can I do to protect the data at rest on my mobile device?
  6. What can I implement if I want to keep my personal data and pictures separate from my corporate data on my smartphone?
  7. Once I have been authenticated by the VPN server, what method can be implemented to ensure that my mobile device is fully patched?
  8. ...