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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 emerging security technologies

To maintain a strong security posture, organizations must be willing to adopt new technologies and be aware of these technologies to protect the organization. Increases in computing power may allow adversaries to gain access to data that's protected using weak encryption algorithms. Newer technologies will allow for innovative solutions to address cybersecurity requirements.

Quantum computing

Quantum computing is designed to solve complex problems more efficiently than existing supercomputers. Supercomputers harness the traditional processing capabilities of compute nodes hosting thousands of CPU and GPU cores. Solving a problem using quantum processing may be thousands of times faster than using the existing computing models. A regular computer (or supercomputer) processes 0s and 1s and generates answers to problems using 0s and 1s – this is a solid approach and works well to solve many different computational problems...