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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

Enabling data protection

It is important to address all aspects of the Confidentiality Integrity Availability (CIA) triad. We need to understand the importance of data and label or classify accordingly. We must ensure that data is protected from unauthorized access and that integrity is maintained. Data must also be made available so that business functionality can be maintained.

Data classification

The appropriate data owner needs to be consulted within the enterprise to establish the classification of data to ensure that appropriate controls are implemented.

Due to the amount of data that is typically held by large enterprises, automation is a common approach. For example, keyword or string searches could be utilized to discover documents containing a driver's license number, social security number, debit card numbers, and so on. We have data classification blocking where necessary to prevent data leakage. In Figure 3.6, we can see categories that could be used to label...