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CompTIA PenTest+ Study Guide

CompTIA PenTest+ Study Guide

By : Mike Chapple, David Seidl
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CompTIA PenTest+ Study Guide

CompTIA PenTest+ Study Guide

By: Mike Chapple, David Seidl

Overview of this book

The CompTIA PenTest+ Study Guide: Exam PT0-001 offers comprehensive preparation for the newest intermediate cybersecurity certification exam. With expert coverage of Exam PT0-001 objectives, this book is your ideal companion throughout all stages of study; whether you’re just embarking on your certification journey or finalizing preparations for the big day, this invaluable resource helps you solidify your understanding of essential skills and concepts. The book shows how to perform security assessments on desktops, mobile devices, cloud, IoT, as well as industrial and embedded systems. You'll learn how to identify security weaknesses and manage system vulnerabilities. As you progress, you'll learn methods to ensure that existing cybersecurity practices, configurations, and policies conform with current best practices. You'll assess your knowledge by simulating cyber attacks to pinpoint security weaknesses in operating systems, networks, and applications. By the end of the book, you'll have all the resources you need to prepare for the exam - identify what you already know, learn what you don’t know, and face the exam with full confidence.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
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1
Acknowledgments
2
About the Authors
3
Introduction
4
Assessment Test
5
Answers to Assessment Test
18
Index
19
Advert
20
End User License Agreement

Review Questions

You can find the answers in the Appendix.

  1. Tom is reviewing a vulnerability scan report and finds that one of the servers on his network suffers from an internal IP address disclosure vulnerability. What protocol is likely in use on this network that resulted in this vulnerability?

    1. TLS
    2. NAT
    3. SSH
    4. VPN
  2. Which one of the CVSS metrics would contain information about the number of times an attacker must successfully authenticate to execute an attack?

    1. AV
    2. C
    3. Au
    4. AC
  3. Which one of the following values for the CVSS access complexity metric would indicate that the specified attack is simplest to exploit?

    1. High
    2. Medium
    3. Low
    4. Severe
  4. Which one of the following values for the confidentiality, integrity, or availability CVSS metric would indicate the potential for total compromise of a system?

    1. N
    2. A
    3. P
    4. C
  5. What is the most recent version of CVSS that is currently available?

    1. 1.0
    2. 2.0
    3. 2.5
    4. 3.0
  6. Which one of the following metrics is not included in the calculation of the CVSS exploitability...

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