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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 type of certificate does a CA have?
  2. If I am going to use a CA internally, what type of CA should I use?
  3. If I want to carry out B2B activity with third-party companies or sell products on the web, what type of CA should I use?
  4. Why would I make my CA offline when not in use?
  5. Who builds the CA or intermediary authorities?
  6. Who signs X509 certificates?
  7. What can I use to prevent my CA being compromised and fraudulent certificates being issued?
  8. If two entities want to set up a cross certification, what must they set up first?
  9. What type of trust model does PGP use?
  10. How can I tell whether my certificate is valid?
  11. If the CRL is going slow, what should I implement?
  12. Explain certificate stapling/OCSP stapling.
  13. What is the process of obtaining a new certificate?
  14. What is the purpose of the key escrow?

  1. What is the purpose of the HSM?
  2. What is the purpose of the DRA and...