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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

Using cryptography in wireless security

Almost anywhere you visit, whether it's a coffee shop or even a restaurant, you will always find wireless networks. The need to always stay connected is continuously growing around the world, as is the need for wireless security.

When configuring a wireless router or an Access Point (AP), we need to consider the wireless security standards and authentication methods that are available. The following is a list of wireless security standards that are commonly available on wireless routers and APs:

  • Open authentication: This mode allows anyone to connect to the wireless network. The wireless connection between the client device and the wireless router is not encrypted. This means that if a threat actor is intercepting the traffic on the wireless network, the attacker will be able to see any confidential data that is being sent back and forth.
  • Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP): WEP was the first generation of wireless security standards...