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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. If I install a freeware program that analyses my computer and then finds 40,000 exploits and asks me to purchase the full version, what type of attack is this?
  2. What is crypto-malware?
  3. What type of virus replicates itself and uses either ports 4444 or 5000?
  4. What type of virus inserts a .dll into either the SysWOW64 or System 32 folder?
  5. What is a RAT?
  6. What type of virus attacks the windows/system 32 folder on Windows, or the bin/ and /usr/bin/ on Linux?
  7. How does a logic bomb virus work?
  8. What is the purpose of a keylogger?
  9. What is a botnet?
  10. Explain a phishing attack.
  11. How does spear phishing differ from a phishing attack?
  12. What is a whaling attack?
  13. What type of attack can include leaving voicemail?
  14. What is social engineering tailgating?
  15. What is social engineering?
  16. What type of attack could involve dressing as a police officer?
  17. What type of attack is it if a fireperson...