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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. Developers are building sensitive references and account details into the application code. Security engineers need to ensure that the organization can secure the continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipeline. What would be the best choice?
    1. Perform dynamic application security testing.
    2. Use a centralized trusted secrets manager service.
    3. Use interactive application security testing.
    4. Ensure the developers are using version control.
  2. What type of assessment should be performed by an organization that stores, transmits, or processes data that contains private information?
    1. Business Impact Assessment
    2. Privacy Impact Assessment
    3. Risk assessment
    4. Safety assessment
  3. The ACME corporation has recently run an annual risk assessment as part of its regulatory compliance. The risk management team has identified a high-level risk that could lead to fraudulent activities. The team has recommended that certain privileged tasks must be performed by more than one person for the...