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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

Application of contract and agreement types

To maintain regulatory or legal compliance, it is important to document relationships with third-party entities and, where necessary, ensure that the appropriate legal terms are agreed upon and signed off. We will now take a look at some typical documents.

Service Level Agreement (SLA)

An SLA is an important legally binding document that must be negotiated between a customer and a service provider. The terms will typically include metrics to determine the performance levels demanded by the customer and strict penalties to account for unacceptable levels of service.

Operational Level Agreement (OLA)

A service provider may have many internal dependencies that could affect the successful delivery of services to a customer. A large cloud provider may have negotiated a strict SLA (with financial penalties) to deliver a comprehensive set of information systems. If the internal storage team has a recovery time objective (RTO) of 2...