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CompTIA Security+ Practice Tests SY0-501

By : Ian Neil

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CompTIA Security+ Practice Tests SY0-501

By: Ian Neil

Overview of this book

CompTIA Security+ is a core security certification that will validate your baseline skills for a career in cybersecurity. Passing this exam will not only help you identify security incidents but will also equip you to resolve them efficiently. This book builds on the popular CompTIA Security+ Certification Guide, which mirrors the SY0-501 exam pattern. This practice test-based guide covers all six domains of the Security+ SY0-501 exam: threats, attacks, and vulnerabilities; technologies and tools; architecture and design; identity and access management; cryptography and PKI; and risk management. You’ll take six mock tests designed as per the official Security+ certification exam pattern, each covering significant aspects from an examination point of view. For each domain, the book provides a dedicated cheat sheet that includes important concepts covered in the test. You can even time your tests to simulate the actual exam. These tests will help you identify gaps in your knowledge and discover answers to tricky exam questions. By the end of this book, you’ll have developed and enhanced the skills necessary to pass the official CompTIA Security+ exam.

Preface

Who this book is for

What this book covers

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Threats, Attacks, and Vulnerabilities Practice Tests

Threats, Attacks, and Vulnerabilities Practice Tests

Practice Test 1 – Open Questions – Threats, Attacks, and Vulnerabilities

Practice Test 2 – Fill The Gaps – Threats, Attacks, and Vulnerabilities

Practice Test 3 – Drag and Drops – Threats, Attacks, and Vulnerabilities

Practice Test 4 – Mock Exam 1

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Technologies and Tools Practice Tests

Technologies and Tools Practice Tests

Practice Test 5 – Open Questions – Technologies and Tools

Practice Test 6 – Fill The Gaps – Technologies and Tools

Practice Test 7 – Drag and Drops – Technologies and Tools

Practice Test 8 – Mock Exam 2

Architecture and Design Practice Tests

Architecture and Design Practice Tests

Practice Test 9 – Open Questions – Architecture and Design

Practice Test 10 – Fill The Gaps – Architecture and Design

Practice Test 11 – Drag and Drop – Architecture and Design

Practice Test 12 – Mock Exam 3

Identity and Access Management Practice Tests

Identity and Access Management Practice Tests

Practice Test 13 – Open Questions – Identity and Access Management

Practice Test 14 – Fill The Gaps – Identity and Access Management

Practice Test 15 – Drag and Drop – Identity and Access Management

Practice Test 16 – Mock Exam 4

Cryptography and PKI Practice Tests

Cryptography and PKI Practice Tests

Practice Test 17 – Open Questions – Cryptography and PKI

Practice Test 18 – Fill The Gaps – Cryptography and PKI

Practice Test 19 – Drag and Drop – Cryptography and PKI

Practice Test 20 – Mock Exam 5

Risk Management

Risk Management

Practice Test 21 – Open Questions – Risk Management

Practice Test 22 – Fill The Gaps – Risk Management

Practice Test 23 – Drag and Drops – Risk Management

Practice Test 24 – Mock Exam 6

Assessment

Chapter 1: Threats, Attacks, and Vulnerabilities Practice Tests

Chapter 2: Technologies and Tools Practice Tests

Chapter 3: Architecture and Design Practice Tests

Chapter 4: Identity and Access Management Practice Tests

Chapter 5: Cryptography and PKI Practice Tests

Chapter 6: Risk Management

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Cheat Sheet

The cheat sheet is a condensed format of the main facts that you need to know before taking the exam. We must learn the exam concepts and not just the answers to a bank of questions.

Frameworks and Guides

Regulatory: Legally enforceable
Non-regulatory: Not legally enforceable
Industry-specific: Ensures compliance for that industry
Vendor guides: How to set up devices/software

Defense in Depth

Multiple controls: If one control fails, the next control prevents attacks.
Vendor diversity: When you have the same product from two vendors, if one fails, you are still up and running.
Control diversity: Use of more than one control, for example, administrative and technical controls working together.

Secure Network

DMZ: Boundary layer
Extranet: Web server residing in DMZ that can be accessed via username and password
Air gaps: Isolating a system from the network
NAT: Hides the internal network
Honeypot: Finds attack methods so that they can be mitigated
Guest Wi-Fi: Used by guests...