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CompTIA CASP+ CAS-004 Certification Guide

By : Mark Birch
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CompTIA CASP+ CAS-004 Certification Guide

By: Mark Birch

Overview of this book

CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP+) ensures that security practitioners stay on top of the ever-changing security landscape. The CompTIA CASP+ CAS-004 Certification Guide offers complete, up-to-date coverage of the CompTIA CAS-004 exam so you can take it with confidence, fully equipped to pass on the first attempt. Written in a clear, succinct way with self-assessment questions, exam tips, and mock exams with detailed explanations, this book covers security architecture, security operations, security engineering, cryptography, governance, risk, and compliance. You'll begin by developing the skills to architect, engineer, integrate, and implement secure solutions across complex environments to support a resilient enterprise. Moving on, you'll discover how to monitor and detect security incidents, implement incident response, and use automation to proactively support ongoing security operations. The book also shows you how to apply security practices in the cloud, on-premises, to endpoints, and to mobile infrastructure. Finally, you'll understand the impact of governance, risk, and compliance requirements throughout the enterprise. By the end of this CASP study guide, you'll have covered everything you need to pass the CompTIA CASP+ CAS-004 certification exam and have a handy reference guide.
Table of Contents (23 chapters)
1
Section 1: Security Architecture
6
Section 2: Security Operations
11
Section 3: Security Engineering and Cryptography
16
Section 4: Governance, Risk, and Compliance

Understanding forensic concepts

An organization must be prepared to undertake computer forensics to support both legal investigations and internal corporate purposes. When considering different scenarios, it will be important to understand where external agencies or law enforcement need to be involved. If the investigation is to be performed by internal staff, then they should have the appropriate training and tools. Guidance for integrating forensic techniques into incident response is covered in NIST SP800-86. More information can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/nistsp80086.

Forensic process

It is important to follow the correct forensic process. This can be broken down into four steps, as shown in the following diagram:

Figure 8.9 – Forensic process

These four steps are covered in the following list. We will discuss the appropriate tools to be used in more detail later in this chapter:

  1. Data collection involves identifying sources...