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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

Troubleshooting issues with cryptographic implementations

In an enterprise-supporting PKI implementation, we can expect to see issues where there are compatibility, configurational, and operational problems that cause communication to be disrupted or executed insecurely. It is important to recognize where these problems could occur and look to mitigate them through effective policies and procedures.

Key rotation

It is important to recognize the benefits of key rotation to ensure data confidentiality is maintained. Keys can be rotated automatically or manually, based upon the organization's policies, or may be dictated by regulatory compliance. If a key is compromised, then it should be revoked immediately. The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) requires that keys are rotated on a regular basis, based upon the number of records or transactions that have been encrypted. There are other considerations that an organization should have, including staff turnover...