CompTIA Security+ Certification Study Guide 3rd Edition (Exam SYO-201)

Description

CompTIA's Security+ certification is a globally-recognized, vendor neutral exam that has helped over 60,000 IT professionals reach further and higher in their careers. The current Security+ exam (SY0-201) focuses more on being able to deal with security issues rather than just identifying them.

The new exam covers six major topics: Systems Security, Network Infrastructure, Access Control, Assessments and Audits, Cryptography, and Organizational Security.

This third edition has been updated to follow and cover the new exam objectives. After reading this book not only will you be able to pass the exam but you will have a working knowledge of cryptography, security legislation, vulnerability assessments, logical access control methods, and much more.

*Complete exam-prep package includes full coverage of new Security+ objectives and two complete practice exams
*Authored by a leading Microsoft security expert.
*A good reference for both beginning security professionals and a seasoned IT person, this book goes beyond the exam objectives to cover the technology, and how that technology is currently being deployed in the business world and what the future of the technology may be. These insights provide the reader a look "inside" security, both today and in the future.

CONTENTS:

Part 1: Systems Security

Chapter 1: Systems Security Overview

Chapter 2: OS Hardening

Chapter 3: Application Security

Chapter 4: Implementing System Security Applications

Chapter 5: Virtualization Technologies

Part 2: Communication and Network Infrastructure Security

Chapter 6: Network Security

Chapter 7: Wireless Networks

Part 3: Access Control

Chapter 8: Network Access

Chapter 9: Network Authentication

Part 4: Assessments and Audits

Chapter 10: Risk Assessments and Risk Mitigation

Part 5: Cryptopgraphy

Chapter 11: General Cryptographic Concepts

Chapter 12: Public Key Infrastructure

Part 6: Organizational Security

Chapter 13: Redundancy Planning

Chapter 14: Controls and Procedures

Chapter 15: Legislation and Organizational Policies