Название: CompTIA Security+ Guide to Network Security Fundamentals, 8th Edition
Автор: Mark Ciampa
Издательство: Cengage Learning
Год: 2025
Страниц: 610
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf (true)
Размер: 12.3 MB

Reflecting the latest developments and emerging trends from the field, Ciampa's CompTIA Security+ Guide to Network Security Fundamentals, 8th Edition, helps you prepare for professional certification and career success. The text fully maps to the new CompTIA Security+ SY0-701 Certification Exam, providing thorough coverage of all domain objectives. In addition to its comprehensive coverage of the fundamental essentials of network and computer security, the 8th edition includes expanded coverage of information security management, Artificial Intelligence, compliance, cryptography and cloud and virtualization security. Practical, Hands-On Projects, case activities and online virtual labs help you put what you learn into real-world practice.

The CompTIA Security+ certification is a vendor-neutral credential that requires passing the current certification exam SY0-701. A successful candidate has the knowledge and skills required to identify attacks, threats, and vulnerabilities; design a strong security architecture; implement security controls; be knowledgeable of security operations and incident response; and be well versed in governance, risk, and compliance requirements.

Certification provides job applicants with more than just a competitive edge over their noncertified counterparts competing for the same IT positions. Some institutions of higher education grant college credit to students who successfully pass certification exams, moving them further along in their degree programs. For those already employed, achieving a new certification increases job effectiveness, which opens doors for advancement and job security. Certification also gives individuals who are interested in careers in the military the ability to move into higher positions more quickly.

CompTIA Security1 Guide to Network Security Fundamentals, Eighth Edition, is intended to equip learners with the knowledge and skills needed to be information security IT professionals. Yet it is more than an “exam prep” book. While teaching the fundamentals of information security by using the CompTIA Security1 exam objectives as its framework, the book takes a comprehensive view of security by examining in depth today’s attacks against networks and endpoints and what is needed to defend against these attacks. This book is a valuable tool for those who want to learn about information security and enter the field. It also provides the foundation that will help prepare for the CompTIA Security+ certification exam.

Intended Audience:
This book is designed to meet the needs of students and professionals who want to master basic information security. A fundamental knowledge of computers and networks is all that is required to use this book. Those seeking to pass the CompTIA Security+ certification exam will find the text’s approach and content especially helpful; all Security+ SY0-71 exam objectives are covered in the text (see Appendix A). Security+ Guide to Network Security Fundamentals, Eighth Edition, covers all aspects of network and computer security while satisfying the Security+ objectives.

The following list summarizes the topics covered in each module of this course:
Module 1: Introduction to Information Security introduces the cybersecurity fundamentals that form the basis of the Security1 certification. The module begins by defining information security and identifying attackers. It also looks at how attacks occur and various information security resources.
Module 2: Pervasive Attack Surfaces and Controls looks at three topics—social engineering, physical security, and data controls—considered as “pervasive” since they apply universally across IT security.
Module 3: Fundamentals of Cryptography explores what cryptography is and how it is used along with cryptographic limitations and attacks on cryptography.
Module 4: Advanced Cryptography looks at the advanced features of cryptography, such as authentication and distribution of public keys through digital certificates, the management of keys through public key infrastructure, and different secure communication and transport protocols.
Module 5: Endpoint Vulnerabilities, Attacks, and Defenses examines vulnerabilities in applications and malware attacks on endpoints along with the defense measures that can be taken to mitigate these attacks.
Module 6: Mobile and Embedded Device Security explores mobile, embedded, and specialized device security by looking at securing mobile devices and Internet of Things devices along with how application software that runs on these and other devices can be securely designed and coded.
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Module 15: Information Security Management examines five key information security management processes: asset management, risk management, third-party risk management, change management, and awareness management.








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