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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

Penetration Testing

A penetration test is an intrusive test where a third party has been authorized to carry out an attack on a company's network to identify weaknesses. Intrusive scan used by them can cause damage to your systems.

Penetration testing is commonly known as pen testing. Pen testers are given different amounts of information:

  • Black Box: Black Box pen testers are given no information on the company
  • Gray Box: Gray Box pen testers are given some information
  • White Box: White Box pen testers know everything about the system

For example, a pen tester is about to carry out a pen test but has not been given any information on the system. As they arrive at the company, the IT manager offers them a cup of coffee and then gives them the Local Admin account of Server 1. What type of pen test is this? It is a gray box, as he has been give some information?

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