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CompTIA CASP+ CAS-004 Certification Guide

CompTIA CASP+ CAS-004 Certification Guide

By : Mark Birch
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CompTIA CASP+ CAS-004 Certification Guide

CompTIA CASP+ CAS-004 Certification Guide

4.6 (64)
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)
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Section 1: Security Architecture
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Section 2: Security Operations
11
Section 3: Security Engineering and Cryptography
16
Section 4: Governance, Risk, and Compliance

Understanding application vulnerabilities

Information systems offer many options to interact with business users and customers. We have public-facing web application servers, business-to-business (B2B) API connectivity requirements, and mobile devices, to name a few. It is important that we eliminate vulnerabilities during the design and development process when rolling out new systems and services. We must also consider the security of legacy applications that may still be required by the business. It is useful to refer to industry best practices when considering application vulnerabilities and the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) is a recommended resource:

https://owasp.org/www-project-top-ten/

We will see the various vulnerabilities in the following section.

Race conditions

A race condition, also known as time of check time of use (TOCTOU), is usually associated with a stored value and the use of that stored value. It is a time-related vulnerability that...

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