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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

Vulnerability scans

Vulnerability scans are important as they allow security professionals to understand when systems are lacking important security configuration or are missing important patches. Vulnerability scanning will be done by security professionals in the enterprise to discover systems that require remediation. Vulnerability scanning may also be performed by malicious actors who wish to discover systems that are missing critical security patches and configuration. They will then attempt to exploit these weaknesses.

Credentialed versus non-credentialed scans

When performing vulnerability assessments, it is important to understand the capabilities of the assessment tool. In some cases, credentials will be required to give useful, accurate information on the systems that are being scanned. In some cases, some tools do not require credentials and the scans can be done anonymously. If we want to get an accurate security assessment of an operating system, it is important...