This book will help you to understand security fundamentals, ranging from the CIA triad to identity and access management. This book describes network infrastructure and how it is evolving with the implementation of virtualization and different cloud models and their storage. You will learn how to secure devices and applications that are used by a company.
Chapter 1, Understanding Security Fundamentals, covers some security fundamentals that will be expanded upon in later chapters.
Chapter 2, Implementing Public Key Infrastructure, goes into the different encryption types and teaches how certificates are issued and used.
Chapter 3, Investigating Identity and Access Management, looks at different types of authentication. We will look at the concepts of identity and access management.
Chapter 4, Exploring Virtualization and Cloud Concepts, gets you acquainted with various cloud models and cloud security, looking at their deployment and storage environments.
Chapter 5, Monitoring, Scanning, and Penetration Testing, looks at penetration testing, exercise types, scanning, threat hunting, and SIEM systems.
Chapter 6, Understanding Secure and Insecure Protocols, looks at when to use certain secure protocols.
Chapter 7, Delving into Network and Security Concepts, looks at network components, remote access, and network reconnaissance tools.
Chapter 8, Securing Wireless and Mobile Solutions, looks at wireless solutions and secure mobile solutions.
Chapter 9, Identifying Threats, Attacks, and Vulnerabilities, explores attacks and vulnerabilities, taking each type of attack in turn and identifying its unique characteristics. This chapter is probably the most heavily tested module in the Security+ exam.
Chapter 10, Governance, Risk, and Compliance, looks at risk management and regulations, as well as frameworks.
Chapter 11, Managing Application Security, looks at application development and security.
Chapter 12, Dealing with Incident Response Procedures, covers disaster recovery preparation and recovery methods in practice.
Chapter 13, Mock Exam 1, includes mock questions, along with explanations, which will help assess whether you're ready for the test.
Chapter 14, Mock Exam 2, includes more mock questions, along with explanations, which will help assess whether you're ready for the test.
You can find further exam support and extra practice resources on the author's website at www.securityplus.training. Additional materials include exam guidance, study flashcards, performance-based questions, and mock exams.
We also provide a PDF file that has color images of the screenshots/diagrams used in this book. You can download it here: http://www.packtpub.com/sites/default/files/downloads/9781800564244_ColorImages.pdf.
There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.
Code in text: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: "The problem that arises is that strcpy cannot limit the size of characters being copied."
A block of code is set as follows:
int fun (char data [256]) {
int I
char tmp [64], strcpy (tmp, data);
}
Any command-line input or output is written as follows:
Set-ExecutionPolicy Restricted
Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see onscreen. For example, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in the text like this. Here is an example: "The SSID is still enabled. The administrator should check the box next to Disable Broadcast SSID."
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