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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 impact and no impact on intrusion

Each day, new cyber threats are making their way onto the internet, and organizations are experiencing many challenges in detecting such attacks. One of the key objectives of a SOC is to detect a potential threat and cyber-attack as it happens on a network in real time. This allows security engineers to respond quickly, to prevent a huge outbreak from occurring. However, one of the main issues many security professionals face is the time it takes to detect a threat or a compromised system on their network.

Having the right security solutions—such as a firewall, IDS/IPS, Email Security Appliance (ESA), Web Security Appliance (WSA), Network Access Control (NAC), and so on—does not always ensure a perfectly secured environment. Imagine an organization invests in all the security solutions to fight against cyber-attacks but the security appliances and applications are not properly configured or fine-tuned. This can lead to...