Gain hands-on experience to pass the CompTIA Security+ certification exam with the CompTIA Security+ (SY0-601) course and lab. Interactive chapters and hands-on labs comprehensively cover the SY0-601 exam objectives and provide knowledge in areas such as security concepts, operating systems and application systems.
The CompTIAÂ Security+ study guide will help you get a full understanding of the challenges you’ll face as a security professional.
Here’s what you will get
The CompTIA Security+ SY0-601 exam verifies that a candidate can assess an enterprise’s security posture and recommend and implement appropriate security solutions; monitor and secure hybrid environments, such as cloud, mobile, and IoT; and operate with an understanding of applicable laws and policies, such as governance, risk, and compliance.
Lessons 1: Introduction
- The Security+ Exam
- What Does This Course Cover?
- Exam SY0-601 Exam Objectives
- SY0-601 Certification Exam Objective Map
Lessons 2: Today's Security Professional
- Cybersecurity Objectives
- Data Breach Risks
- Implementing Security Controls
- Data Protection
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
Lessons 3: Cybersecurity Threat Landscape
- Exploring Cybersecurity Threats
- Threat Data and Intelligence
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
Lessons 4: Malicious Code
- Malware
- Malicious Code
- Adversarial Artificial Intelligence
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
Lessons 5: Social Engineering, Physical, and Password Attacks
- Social Engineering
- Password Attacks
- Physical Attacks
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
Lessons 6: Security Assessment and Testing
- Vulnerability Management
- Security Vulnerabilities
- Penetration Testing
- Training and Exercises
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
Lessons 7: Secure Coding
- Software Assurance Best Practices
- Designing and Coding for Security
- Software Security Testing
- Injection Vulnerabilities
- Exploiting Authentication Vulnerabilities
- Exploiting Authorization Vulnerabilities
- Exploiting Web Application Vulnerabilities
- Application Security Controls
- Secure Coding Practices
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
Lessons 8: Cryptography and the Public Key Infrastructure
- An Overview of Cryptography
- Goals of Cryptography
- Cryptographic Concepts
- Modern Cryptography
- Symmetric Cryptography
- Asymmetric Cryptography
- Hash Functions
- Digital Signatures
- Public Key Infrastructure
- Asymmetric Key Management
- Cryptographic Attacks
- Emerging Issues in Cryptography
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
Lessons 9: Identity and Access Management
- Identity
- Authentication and Authorisation
- Authentication Methods
- Accounts
- Access Control Schemes
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
Lessons 10: Resilience and Physical Security
- Building Cybersecurity Resilience
- Response and Recovery Controls
- Physical Security Controls
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
Lessons 11: Cloud and Virtualisation Security
- Exploring the Cloud
- Virtualisation
- Cloud Infrastructure Components
- Cloud Security Issues
- Cloud Security Controls
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
Lessons 12: Endpoint Security
- Protecting Endpoints
- Service Hardening
- Operating System Hardening
- Securing Embedded and Specialized Systems
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
Lessons 13: Network Security
- Designing Secure Networks
- Secure Protocols
- Attacking and Assessing Networks
- Network Reconnaissance and Discovery Tools and Techniques
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
Lessons 14: Wireless and Mobile Security
- Building Secure Wireless Networks
- Managing Secure Mobile Devices
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
Lessons 15: Incident Response
- Incident Response
- Incident Response Data and Tools
- Mitigation and Recovery
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
Lessons 16: Digital Forensics
- Digital Forensic Concepts
- Conducting Digital Forensics
- Reporting
- Digital Forensics and Intelligence
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
Lessons 17: Security Policies, Standards, and Compliance
- Understanding Policy Documents
- Personnel Management
- Third-Party Risk Management
- Complying with Laws and Regulations
- Adopting Standard Frameworks
- Security Control Verification and Quality Control
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
Lessons 18: Risk Management and Privacy
- Analysing Risk
- Managing Risk
- Risk Analysis
- Disaster Recovery Planning
- Privacy
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
Hands-on LAB Activities
Malicious Code
- Identifying Virus Threats
- Detecting Rootkits
Social Engineering, Physical, and Password Attacks
- Using Social Engineering Techniques to Plan an Attack
- Cracking a Linux Password Using John the Ripper
Security Assessment and Testing
- Conducting Vulnerability Scanning Using Nessus
Secure Coding
- Exploiting a Website Using SQL Injection
- Conducting a Cross-Site Request Forgery Attack
- Attacking a Website Using XSS Injection
- Defending Against a Buffer Overflow Attack
Cryptography and the Public Key Infrastructure
- Performing Symmetric Encryption
- Examining Asymmetric Encryption
- Observing an SHA-Generated Hash Value
- Observing an MD5-Generated Hash Value
- Examining PKI Certificates
- Using Rainbow Tables
Identity and Access Management
- Examining Kerberos settings
- Installing a RADIUS Server
Resilience and Physical Security
- Configuring RAID 5
Endpoint Security
- Using the chmod Command
- Examining File Manipulation Commands
Network Security
- Configuring a Standard ACL
- Implementing Port Security
- Configuring a BPDU Guard on a Switch Port
- Configuring VLANs
- Using Windows Firewall
- Performing ARP Poisoning
- Using the ifconfig Command
- Using the traceroute Command
- Capturing Packets Using Wireshark
- Performing Reconnaissance on a Network
- Using the theHarvester Tool to Gather Information about a Victim
- Using the hping Program
- Using Reconnaissance Tools
Incident Response
- Viewing Linux event logs
- Using Event Viewer
- Making Syslog Entries Readable
Digital Forensics
- Using FTK Imager
Security Policies, Standards, and Compliance
- Configuring a Password Policy
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Summary
Standard:
CompTIA Security+
Lessons:
18+ Lessons
Delivery Method:
Online
Language:
English