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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

Questions

  1. ACME needs to request a new website certificate. Where will they send the request (in the first instance)?
    1. Root CA
    2. Subordinate/intermediate CA
    3. RA
    4. CRL
  2. Software engineers are developing a new customer relationship management (CRM) tool. They need to ensure customers will be able to verify the code is trustworthy. What type of certificate will they request?
    1. Client authentication
    2. Server authentication
    3. Digital signatures
    4. Code signing
  3. Web developers have created a new customer portal for online banking. They need to ensure their corporate customers are satisfied with the security provisions when connecting to the portal. Which certificate type should they request for the portal?
    1. Wildcard certificate
    2. Extended validation
    3. Multi-domain
    4. General-purpose
  4. A large e-commerce provider needs to minimize administration by allocating a single certificate to multiple sites. The sites will be country-specific, with different domain names. What would be the best choice of certificate...