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Cisco Certified CyberOps Associate 200-201 Certification Guide

By : Glen D. Singh
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Cisco Certified CyberOps Associate 200-201 Certification Guide

By: Glen D. Singh

Overview of this book

Achieving the Cisco Certified CyberOps Associate 200-201 certification helps you to kickstart your career in cybersecurity operations. This book offers up-to-date coverage of 200-201 exam resources to fully equip you to pass on your first attempt. The book covers the essentials of network security concepts and shows you how to perform security threat monitoring. You'll begin by gaining an in-depth understanding of cryptography and exploring the methodology for performing both host and network-based intrusion analysis. Next, you'll learn about the importance of implementing security management and incident response strategies in an enterprise organization. As you advance, you'll see why implementing defenses is necessary by taking an in-depth approach, and then perform security monitoring and packet analysis on a network. You'll also discover the need for computer forensics and get to grips with the components used to identify network intrusions. Finally, the book will not only help you to learn the theory but also enable you to gain much-needed practical experience for the cybersecurity industry. By the end of this Cisco cybersecurity book, you'll have covered everything you need to pass the Cisco Certified CyberOps Associate 200-201 certification exam, and have a handy, on-the-job desktop reference guide.
Table of Contents (25 chapters)
1
Section 1: Network and Security Concepts
5
Section 2: Principles of Security Monitoring
9
Section 3: Host and Network-Based Analysis
14
Section 4: Security Policies and Procedures
21
Chapter 17: Mock Exam 1
22
Chapter 18: Mock Exam 2

Identifying common artifact elements

During a cyberattack, a seasoned hacker will attempt to compromise as many systems as possible while leaving more than one backdoor access on each system within the shortest possible time. This will allow the hacker to access the compromised systems and network at any time in the future, with multiple backdoor accesses providing the hacker with multiple points of entry on a single system. Therefore, if one point of entry is no longer available, another can be used to access the victim's system. Before the hacker leaves the system, they will usually attempt to clear all possible traces of their presence on the compromised system and then exit. This is known as clearing tracks and is the last phase in hacking.

As a cybersecurity professional, it's important to develop a critical thinking mindset that enables you to quickly identify threats and catch the bad guys on the network. Put simply, if you want to catch the hacker on your network...