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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

Implementing tools to perform the active scanning of assets

In this section, you will learn how to set up and perform a vulnerability scan using the Kali Linux operating system. Nessus is one of the most reputable vulnerability scanners in the cybersecurity industry. During this exercise, you will learn how to set up Kali Linux as a virtual machine, install Nessus, and perform a vulnerability scan on a target system.

Important note

Do not perform any types of scans on systems and networks without legal permission.

To get started with this exercise, use the instructions given in the following sections.

Part 1 – Setting up Kali Linux

  1. Firstly, log in to the BIOS or UEFI of your system and ensure the virtualization feature is enabled on your processor.
  2. Next, you'll need a hypervisor to create virtual machines. To download Oracle VirtualBox, go to https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads. Once it's downloaded, install it using the default settings...