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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

Implementing endpoint security controls

It is important to understand all the risks that endpoints pose to an organization and implement the appropriate controls to mitigate these risks. These controls can include choosing trusted hardware and software platforms and utilizing attestation services to ensure the platforms have a strong security posture. We must also protect our systems from unauthorized changes using tools such as host intrusion detection systems (HIDSes) and host intrusion prevention systems (HIPSes). In addition, endpoint detection and response (EDR) software can help an organization where there are threats that are sophisticated and currently undocumented (such as zero day exploits). Now, we will investigate a number of techniques to secure endpoint devices.

Hardening techniques

It is important to recognize that there are many ways to strengthen the security posture of devices. In this section, we will investigate some of the hardening techniques available.

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