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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

Summary

In this chapter, we have been able to understand that enterprise risk is a major consideration for an organization and will have a significant impact on the organization. We have gained an understanding that an enterprise should employ security professionals who have expertise in conducting appropriate risk assessments or engage qualified assessors to assist the enterprise. We have taken a look at strategies for responding to risks.

We were able to understand why we should deploy effective controls, and the need to have monitoring and reporting. We were able to understand why an enterprise must have targets, for risk tolerance.

Supply chains add additional complexity to an enterprise. We have addressed the need for visibility of who is handling enterprise data or processing enterprise data.

An understanding of vendor management and assessments is a key takeaway in this chapter, as well as the importance of risk management teams.

We have gained an understanding...