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CompTIA Server+ Certification Guide

By : Ron Price
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CompTIA Server+ Certification Guide

By: Ron Price

Overview of this book

CompTIA Server+ Certification is one of the top 5 IT certifications that is vendor neutral.System administrators opt for CompTIA server+ Certification to gain advanced knowledge of concepts including troubleshooting and networking. This book will initially start with the configuration of a basic network server and the configuration for each of its myriad roles. The next set of chapters will provide an overview of the responsibilities and tasks performed by a system administrator to manage and maintain a network server. Moving ahead, you will learn the basic security technologies, methods, and procedures that can be applied to a server and its network. Next, you will cover the troubleshooting procedures and methods in general, and specifically for hardware, software, networks, storage devices, and security applications. Toward the end of this book, we will cover a number of troubleshooting and security mitigation concepts for running admin servers with ease. This guide will be augmented by test questions and mock papers that will help you obtain the necessary certification. By the end of this book, you will be in a position to clear Server+ Certification with ease.
Table of Contents (28 chapters)
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Section 1: System Architecture
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Section 2: Administration
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Section 3: Security
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Section 4: Troubleshooting
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Logical Security

Physical security (see Chapter 12, Physical Security and Environmental Controls) protects an organization and its computing assets and resources from damage, destruction, and theft. Logical security is not the opposite of physical security. Rather, it's another part of security as a whole. Logical security has the same overall objectives as physical security—to protect, prevent, detect, and deter intrusions against a very valuable resource for any organization.

In this chapter, we will look at the various methods, procedures, and technology used to implement logical security policies to safeguard the data, software, and computing assets of an organization. We will cover the following topics:

  • Access control
  • Data encryption
  • Data retention and disposal
  • Physically destroying a disk drive
  • OS, system, application, and hardware hardening
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