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CompTIA Security+ Certification Guide

By : Ian Neil
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CompTIA Security+ Certification Guide

By: Ian Neil

Overview of this book

CompTIA Security+ is a worldwide certification that establishes the fundamental knowledge required to perform core security functions and pursue an IT security career. CompTIA Security+ Certification Guide is a best-in-class exam study guide that covers all of CompTIA Security+ 501 exam objectives. It is authored by Ian Neil, who is a world-class trainer of CompTIA Security+ 501. Packed with self-assessment scenarios and realistic exam questions, this guide will help you master the core concepts to succeed in the exam the first time you take it. Using relevant examples, you will learn all the important security fundamentals from Certificates and Encryption to Identity and Access Management concepts. You will then dive into the important domains of the exam; namely, threats, attacks and vulnerabilities, technologies and tools, architecture and design, risk management, and cryptography and Public Key Infrastructure (PKI). This book comes with over 600 practice questions with detailed explanation that is at the exam level and also includes two mock exams to help you with your study plan. This guide will ensure that encryption and certificates are made easy for you.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
12
Mock Exam 1
13
Mock Exam 2
15
Acronyms

Review Questions

  1. What is the most common form of authentication that is most likely to be enter incorrectly?
  2. When I purchase a new wireless access point what should I do first?
  3. What is password history?
  4. How can I prevent someone from reusing the same password?
  5. Explain what format a complex password takes.
  6. How can I prevent a hacker from inserting a password multiple times?
  7. What type of factor authentication is a smart card?
  8. How many factors is it if I have a password, PIN, and date of birth?
  9. What is biometric authentication?
  10. What authentication method can be used by two third parties that participate in a joint venture?
  1. What is an XML-based authentication protocol?
  2. What is Shibboleth?
  3. What protocol is used to store and search for Active Directory objects?
  4. What is the format of a distinguished name for a user called Fred who works in the IT department for a company with a domain...