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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

Applying preventative risk reduction

Wherever it is possible, we will look to use prevention to protect our data and information systems. Preventative technologies will offer a solid base that we can build on. In most cases, a standard operating environment (SOE) will offer many security benefits. SOE allows us to deploy operating system images that can be measured against a baseline and then further enhanced with additional security add-ons. In this section, we will look at some preventative technologies.

Antivirus

Antivirus tools are an important preventative solution. They can be deployed on end devices and on network gateways, such as next-generation firewalls (NGFWs) and unified threat management (UTM). The latest antivirus tools will use smart detection techniques, including heuristic analysis, and centralized control and monitoring.

Immutable systems

Immutable systems allow systems to be deployed easily from a validated image. This relies on strict version control...