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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

Understanding endpoint security technologies

As cyberattacks are increasing and many organizations are falling victim to threat actors, the need for cybersecurity professionals and solutions is increasing as well. As a future cybersecurity professional, it's important to understand how various endpoint security technologies work together to protect a device and its users.

Endpoint security is defined as any security solution, such as an application and even built-in security controls on a host device. Some organizations focus on implementing network-based solutions such as a Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) and even Next-Generation Intrusion Prevent System (NGIPS) appliances. This concept sometimes leads to almost no security solutions being implemented on the end devices that employees use on a daily basis. While protecting the network is important, we cannot forget about the other components that are a part of the network fabric, such as computers, mobile devices, applications...