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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 an industry standard framework?
  2. What is the OSI reference model, and how many layers does it have?
  3. What is the TCP/IP protocol, and where is it used?
  4. Which layer of the OSI reference model does a switch operate?
  5. Which layer of the OSI reference model does a router operate?
  6. What is a regulatory framework, and is it legally enforceable?
  7. What type of frameworks are ITIL and Cobol 5, and are they legally enforceable?
  8. What three policies are used in a BYOD environment, and what purpose does each of them serve?
  9. What would happen if I were in an internet café at an airport and did not connect to the company network using a VPN and the data was intercepted?
  10. The FBI were investigating John Smith; therefore, the IT team placed his account on Legal Hold. John Smith decided to leave the company on February 12, and the IT team decided to delete his account on...