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Preparing for the CompTIA Security+™ Certification Exam

 
Course: 446   Duration: 5 Days
 
 

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 network protection with firewalls and IDS
  • Investigate privacy and integrity issues such as cryptography, PKI and digital signatures
  • Assess organizational compliance 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 vulnerability scanner

Related Courses

 
CompTIA is a registered trademark of the Computing Technology Industry Association, Inc. CompTIA Security+ is a trademark of the Computing Technology Industry Association, Inc. The CompTIA Authorized Quality Curriculum logo is a proprietary trademark of CompTIA. All rights reserved. 		 

Training Dates

Live online classroom training.Participate in person or in live, online events (highlighted) via Learning Tree AnyWareTM.
Feb 13 - 17Rockville, MD
Feb 27 - Mar 2Alexandria, VA
Mar 26 - 30Reston, VA
Apr 9 - 13Annapolis, MD 
Apr 16 - 20Rockville, MD
Apr 23 - 27New York 
Apr 30 - May 4Alexandria, VA
May 7 - 11Reston, VA
May 14 - 18Atlanta 
May 21 - 25Philadelphia 
Jun 4 - 8New York 
Jun 4 - 8Alexandria, VA
Jun 11 - 15Boston 
Jun 11 - 15Los Angeles 
Jun 18 - 22Reston, VA

For AnyWare enrollments, please register at least 10 days prior to the start of the course.


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Preparing for the CompTIA Security+™ Certification Exam

 
Course: 446   Duration: 5 Days
 
 
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

Securing the Network

Communication security goals

  • Evaluating network design and components
  • Examining ports, protocols and threats
  • Implementing wireless security

Secure administration principles

  • Designing for security
  • Managing VLANs and firewall rules
  • Implementing port security
  • Leveraging flood guards

Compliance and Operational Security

Risk-related concepts

  • Inspecting methods of control
  • Conducting risk reduction
  • Formulating risk models
  • Evaluating risk

Mitigation strategies

  • Deterrence, avoidance and transference
  • Incident response
  • Preparing security awareness training

Business continuity measures

  • Assessing environmental controls
  • Planning for disaster recovery
  • Analyzing continuity of business plans
  • Implementing high-availability

Access Controls

Infrastructure principles

  • Assessing MAC, DAC and RBAC
  • Comparing logical and physical access controls

Strengthening the infrastructure

  • Utilizing authentication systems
  • Implementing multifactor authentication
  • Kerberos and CHAP

Threats and Vulnerabilities

Identifying vulnerabilities and threats

  • Isolating botnets, viruses and worms
  • Preventing man-in-the-middle attacks
  • Stopping social engineering ploys
  • Malicious insiders
  • Spamming, phishing and vishing

Application attacks

  • Detecting buffer overflows
  • Rejecting injection attacks
  • Preventing cookie misuse
  • Halting cross-site scripting (XSS)

Application, Data and Host Security

Security assessment tools

  • Fuzzers
  • Patch management
  • Application hardening

Host security tools and techniques

  • Anti-malware
  • Physical security
  • Mobile devices

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

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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Preparing for the CompTIA Security+™ Certification Exam

 
Course: 446   Duration: 5 Days
 
 

Special Course Information:

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.

Course Tuition
$ 3,190Standard Tuition
Tuition with a Savings Plan
$ 1,700Premium-Pass
$ 1,833Training Passport
$ 2,250Voucher 10-Pack
$ 2,267Triple-Pack
$ 2,833Government Discount
$ 2,870Alumni Gold Discount

Your Course Tuition Entitles You To...

  • Class participation
  • Team workshops
  • Use of in-class hands-on equipment
  • Comprehensive course materials
  • Morning and afternoon refreshments
  • Course Completion Certificate awarding Continuing Education Units
  • FREE participation in Professional Certification
  • FREE participation in College Credit programs (including related exams)

Yours FREE To Take Home:

You receive the CompTIA Security+ Study Guide book, which includes numerous practice questions.
 
 

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