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CompTIA Security+: SY0-601 Certification Guide - Second Edition

By : Ian Neil
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CompTIA Security+: SY0-601 Certification Guide - Second Edition

By: Ian Neil

Overview of this book

The CompTIA Security+ certification validates the fundamental knowledge required to perform core security functions and pursue a career in IT security. Authored by Ian Neil, a world-class CompTIA certification trainer, this book is a best-in-class study guide that fully covers the CompTIA Security+ 601 exam objectives. Complete with chapter review questions, realistic mock exams, and worked solutions, this guide will help you master the core concepts to pass the exam the first time you take it. With the help of relevant examples, you'll learn fundamental security concepts from certificates and encryption to identity and access management (IAM). As you progress, you'll delve into the important domains of the exam, including cloud security, threats, attacks and vulnerabilities, technologies and tools, architecture and design, risk management, cryptography, and public key infrastructure (PKI). You can access extra practice materials, including flashcards, performance-based questions, practical labs, mock exams, key terms glossary, and exam tips on the author's website at securityplus.training. By the end of this Security+ book, you'll have gained the knowledge and understanding to take the CompTIA exam with confidence.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)
1
Objectives for the CompTIA Security+ 601 exam
Free Chapter
2
Section 1: Security Aims and Objectives
7
Section 2: Monitoring the Security Infrastructure
12
Section 3: Protecting the Security Environment
17
Section 4: Mock Tests
18
Chapter 13: Mock Exam 1
19
Mock Exam 1 Solutions
20
Chapter 14: Mock Exam 2
21
Mock Exam 2 Solutions

Chapter 7 – Delving into Network and Security Concepts

  1. The web application firewall is normally installed on or before a web server as its job is to protect web applications from attack.
  2. Implicit Deny is used by both the firewall and the router. If there is no allow rule, they get the last rule, which is deny all. This is known as Implicit Deny.
  3. Unified Threat Management (UTM) is a firewall that provides value for money as it can provide URL filtering, content filtering, and malware inspection, as well as firewall functionality.
  4. A router connects different networks and works at Layer 3 of the OSI reference model.
  5. A switch connects users on an internal network, normally in a star topology. It works at the data link layer.
  6. A Network Address Translator (NAT) hides the internal network from those on the external network.
  7. An inline NIPS screens incoming traffic as it flows through it.
  8. A Host-Based IPS (HIPS) is installed inside the guest...