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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

Answers and Explanations

  1. MDM sets and enforces policies to protect the network from mobile devices.
  2. BYOD is where you bring your personally owned device to use in the workplace.
  3. The acceptable use policy and onboarding/offboarding policies need to be agreed upon before you can implement BYOD.
  4. BYOD are personally owned devices, whereas CYOD are company-owned devices. Using CYOD allows the security administrators to remotely wipe the device if it is stolen and can make offboarding very easy as they own the device, so data ownership will never be an issue.
  5. Mobile devices can connect through cellular, wireless, and Bluetooth connections.
  6. Near-field communication is used to make a contactless payment; the device must be within 4 cm of the card.
  7. Push notification services notify your mobile device when an email message arrives at your inbox.
  8. Screen locks and strong passwords are needed...