Book Image

CompTIA CASP+ CAS-004 Certification Guide

By : Mark Birch
Book Image

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 looked at the varied tools and techniques that would be used within an enterprise SOC. A security professional will need to identify different types of threats and be able to select the correct approach and framework. We have covered the main industry approaches. We have examined how an organization can identify IOCs and how to respond to a variety of threats.

In this chapter, you have gained the following skills:

  • An understanding of the different sources for threat intelligence
  • An understanding of the main threat actor types
  • An understanding of threat actor properties
  • An understanding of intelligence collection methods
  • An understanding of frameworks, including MITRE, the Diamond model, and the cyber kill chain model.
  • An understanding of how an enterprise detects indicators of compromise.
  • How to respond to threats.

This knowledge gained will be very useful as we look into vulnerability management and pen testing...