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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

Baseline and templates

It is important for an enterprise to adopt standards and methodologies in order to follow a standard repeatable process when developing new systems or software. It is important to consider interoperability when designing or considering systems supplied by third parties.

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), a United Kingdom government agency, offers guidance to UK-based enterprises. They have divided each set of principles into five categories, loosely aligned with the stages at which an attack can be mitigated. Here are the five NCSC categories (also available at https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/collection/cyber-security-design-principles):

  • Establish the context

Determine all the elements that compose your system, so your defensive measures will have no blind spots.

  • Make compromise difficult

An attacker can only target the parts of a system they can reach. Make your system as difficult to penetrate as possible.

  • Make disruption...