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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

Integration enablers

It is important to consider the less glamorous services that provide unseen services, much like the key workers who drive buses, provide healthcare services, deliver freight, and so on. Without these services, staff would not be able to travel to work, remain in good health, or have any inventory to manufacture products. The following sub-sections list the common integration enablers.

Directory services

The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is an internet standard for accessing and managing directory services. LDAPv3 is an internet standard documented in RFC 4511.

There are many vendors who provide directory services, including Microsoft Active Directory, IBM, and Oracle. Directory services are used to share information about applications, users, groups, services, and networks across networks.

Directory services provide organized sets of records, often with a hierarchical structure (based upon X.500 standards), such as a corporate email...