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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

Chapter 8: Interpreting Endpoint Security

Understanding filesystems used within various operating systems can help you, as a cybersecurity professional, better understand limitations on file and partition sizes. Imagine, during an investigation on a compromised Windows system, that you as the forensic investigator are required to understand the filesystem of a computer and how it functions. Furthermore, as a security professional, it's important to understand how various metrics are used to determine the severity and priority of vulnerabilities found on a system.

Throughout the course of this chapter, you will discover the fundamentals of filesystems that are used by the Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems. You will learn how to use the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) calculator to determine the severity of a vulnerability, and why CVSS is an industry-recognized tool. Furthermore, you will learn how malware analysis tools work and gain hands-on experience...