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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

Chapter 7: Risk Mitigation Controls

A large enterprise providing information services or critical infrastructure presents a large attack surface. We must consider all aspects of security, including application vulnerabilities and the likelihood that we will be attacked (always think worst-case scenario). We must be aware of the kind of attacks to expect and, most importantly, how to mitigate these threats. We must be proactive in our approach, using the latest tools and techniques to best protect our assets. We must also consider physical security. But most importantly, we should deploy defense in depth.

In this chapter, we will go over the following topics:

  • Understanding application vulnerabilities
  • Assessing inherently vulnerable systems/applications
  • Recognizing common attacks
  • Proactive and detective risk reduction
  • Applying preventative risk reduction