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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
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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Training Dates
US Dates | | Feb 6 - 10 | Reston, VA enrol | | Feb 13 - 17 | Rockville, MD enrol | | Feb 27 - Mar 2 | Alexandria, VA enrol | | Mar 26 - 30 | Reston, VA enrol | | Apr 9 - 13 | Annapolis, MD enrol | | Apr 16 - 20 | Rockville, MD enrol | | Apr 23 - 27 | New York enrol | | Apr 30 - May 4 | Alexandria, VA enrol | | May 7 - 11 | Reston, VA enrol | | May 14 - 18 | Atlanta enrol | | May 21 - 25 | Philadelphia enrol | | Jun 4 - 8 | New York enrol | | Jun 4 - 8 | Alexandria, VA enrol | | Jun 11 - 15 | Boston enrol |
For AnyWare enrolments, please register at least 10 days prior to the start of the course.
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Yours FREE To Take Home:
You receive the CompTIA Security+ Study Guide book, which includes numerous practice questions.
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.
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