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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

Software assurance

It is important that the systems and services that are developed and used by millions of enterprises, businesses, and users are robust and trustworthy. This process of software assurance is achieved using standard design concepts/methodologies, standard coding techniques and tools, and accepted methods of validation. We will take a look at approaches to ensure reliable bug-free code is deployed.

Sandboxing/development environment

It is important to have clearly defined segmentation when developing new systems. Code will be initially written within an Integrated Development Environment (IDE); testing can be done in an isolated area separate from production systems, often using a development system or network.

Validating third-party libraries

To speed up the development process, it is a common practice to use third-party libraries. Third-party libraries will speed up the development process as developers won't be developing tools or routines that already...