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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

Identity federation

Identity federation allows you to use your identity with a third party. Many organizations will use services in the cloud such as software as a service. This allows the user to use SSO in their own enterprise and when accessing these third-party applications. Users only need to remember one identity. Typically, a token will be generated by an identity federation service and passed securely to the third party. Microsoft provides a service called Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS), which allows an authenticated enterprise user to use their credentials on a third-party site. They support many of the standard protocols in use out there including Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML).

Transitive trust

Transitive trust can be very useful within complex enterprise environments. When using directory services, we can create security boundaries referred to as domains or Kerberos realms. It is common to create these boundaries to separate account management...