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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

Summary

In this chapter, we have taken a look at frameworks used for developing or commissioning new services or software (the SDLC and SDL). We have covered how systems and services can be built securely. As a security professional, it is important to understand how we can provide assurance that products meet the appropriate levels of trust. We have learned how to deploy services that can be considered trustworthy and meet recognized standards.

We have looked at the process of automation by deploying DevOps pipelines. We have looked at the cultural aspects of combining development and operations teams (DevOps) with a focus on security (SecDevOps).

We have examined different development methodologies to understand different approaches to meet customer requirements (waterfall, Agile, and spiral).

We have learned about the importance of testing, including integrated, static, and dynamic testing. We have looked at adopting secure testing environments, including staging and sandboxing...