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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

Intelligence collection methods

There are multiple sources to gather intelligence. Some are automated but, in many cases, there will need to be an investment in time to truly research the available intelligence resources.

Intelligence feeds

There are many sources of intelligence that can be displayed in a dashboard format. We might want to see threat maps from a live feed. A good example would be showing the current activity globally for things like botnets and command and control (C2) servers. There is a good example hosted by spamhaus.com, which can be found at the following link: https://www.spamhaus.com/threat-map/. There are many good open source options and many commercial (paid for) options from security organizations such as Fortinet, FireEye, Symantec, and many others. In the United Kingdom, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) offers a free threat feed, but only to affiliated government departments.

A good example of an all-round cyber threat feed can be found...