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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. A company works with a cloud service provider (CSP) that provides bleeding-edge technology to perform data analytics and deep learning techniques on the company's data. As the technology becomes more widespread, it appears that a rival CSP can offer the same solutions for a 50% cost saving. However, it seems that the database format and rule sets that have been created can't be transferred to the rival CSP. What term would best describe this situation?
    1. Vendor risk
    2. Vendor lock-in
    3. Third-party liability
    4. Vendor management plan
  2. A major retailer works with a small, highly regarded, third-party development team. They intend to invest significant resources into a new customer-facing set of APIs. The retailer is concerned about the financial stability of the development company and worries that they may need to start the development project from scratch if the developers go bust. What could be used to allay the fears of the retailer?
    1. Change management
    2. Staff turnover
    3. Peer...