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You Will Learn How To
- Successfully prepare for the CompTIA Security+ Certification Exam
- Confidently explain and define an array of security terminologies
- Navigate the complexity of secure communication protection
- Explore the concepts of infrastructure protection with firewalls and IDS
- Investigate privacy and integrity issues such as cryptography, PKI and digital signatures
- Assess organizational policy procedures and access controls that bolster your security foundation
Course Benefits The CompTIA Security+ Certification is considered one of the leading vendor-neutral security certifications and is a cornerstone to the U.S. Department of Defense 8570.1 initiative. This exam preparation course provides in-depth review of the six domains included in the exam. Demonstrations and practice quizzes reinforce the concepts and provide the framework for a personalized study plan for exam success.
Who Should Attend Security professionals, government and military personnel seeking IAT-2 or IAM-1 certification to fulfill the 8570.1 Directive, network security personnel and managers with previous technical skills or background.
Workshop Course Workshops provide you with practical experience to prepare for the CompTIA Security+ Exam, including:
- Practicing exams daily for the six domains
- Analyzing protocols and security issues with Wireshark
- Employing an IDS to detect and deflect attacks
- Protecting communication with encryption and digital signatures
- Validating certificates using public keys
- Scanning for vulnerabilities with a Retina scanner
Course 446 Content Introduction to the CompTIA Security+ Exam
- Examination and certification goals
- The six domains of knowledge
- Expected level of expertise
- Assessing initial readiness
Systems Security
Foundations of security
- Differentiating security threats
- Hardware and peripheral security
- Patch management and policies
Basic countermeasures
- Security controls and firewalls
- Application security
- Hardening and minimalization
Securing the Infrastructure
Communication security goals
- Network design and components
- Ports, protocols and threats
- Security tools and techniques
Attacks and countermeasures
- Network firewall and proxies
- Content and URL filtering
- Common attacks and payloads
Access Controls
Infrastructure weaknesses
- MAC, DAC and RBAC
- Logical Access controls
- Physical access controls
Strengthening the infrastructure
- Authentication systems
- Multifactor authentication
- Kerberos and CHAP
- Securing wireless access
Assessments and Audits
Assessing vulnerabilities and risk
- Penetration testing
- Vulnerability scanners
- Port mappers and password crackers
- OVAL and CVE
- Protocol analyzers
Risk management
- Quantitative risk measurements
- Establishing a baseline
- Auditing and logging
- Reviewing policy settings
Fundamentals of Cryptography
Assuring privacy with encryption
- The CIA model and beyond
- Cryptographic standards and protocols
- Deploying symmetric encryption
- Implementing Public Key cryptography
Establishing cryptographic security
- Performing digital signatures
- Exploring the role of certificate authorities
- Managing keys and the CRL
- Analyzing X.509 certificates
Enforcing Operational and Organizational Security
Assessing policy
- Redundancy requirements
- Documenting security policies
- Designing disaster recovery plans
- Managing the backup schemes
Defensive measures
- Assessing environmental controls
- Reviewing forensic crime scene analysis
- Implementing training requirements
Final Review
Preparing for the examination
- Priming for the exam
- Narrowing the choices
- Handling out-of-date questions
- Utilizing additional study guides
Assessing readiness
- Final review and assessment
- Taking a complete practice exam
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Yours FREE To Take Home:
You receive the CompTIA Security+ 2008 In Depth book, which includes numerous practice questions.
Special Course Promotions:
Included In Your Course Tuition
CompTIA Security+ exam voucher enables you to take the exam at any Pearson VUE Test Center location
Access to Transcender test preparation materials
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