Security+ Prep Course (SYO-401)|System Source

CompTIA's Security+ is the premier vendor-neutral security certification and demonstrates your knowledge of security concepts, tools, and procedures. It confirms your ability to react to security incidents, and it validates your skill in anticipating security risks and guarding against them.

In our Security+ Prep Course, you will learn to:

Proactively implement sound security protocols to mitigate security risks
Quickly respond to security issues
Retroactively identify where security breaches may have occurred
Design a network, on-site or in the cloud, with security in mind

Security threats and controls
Cryptography and access control
Network security
Host, data, and appliance security
Operational security

Viewing outline for:

1. Security Threats and Controls

Security Controls
Threats and Attacks
Network Attacks
Assessment Tools and Techniques

2. Cryptography and Access Control

Ciphers, Hashes, and Steganography
Public Key Infrastructure
Password Authentication
Authorization and Account Management

3. Network Security

Secure Network Design
Security Appliances and Applications
Wireless Network Security
VPN and Remote Access Security
Network Application Security

4. Host, Data, and Application Security

Host Security
Data Security
Web Services Security
Web Application Security
Virtualization and Cloud Security

5. Operational Security

Site Security
Mobile and Embedded Device Security
Risk Management
Disaster Recovery
Incident Response and Forensics
Security Policies and Training

Lab activities include instructor-led question and answer sessions, interactive group discussions, as well as hands-on activities.

1. Using Hyper-V

2. Trojans and Malware Protection

3. Network Vulnerabilities

4. Baseline Security Analyzer

5. Steganography

6. Configuring Certificate Services

7. Password Sniffing

8. Configuring a VPN

9. Telnet and FTP

10. Attacks Against DHCP and DNS

11. Network Access Protection

12. Data Leakage Prevention

13. HTTP and HTTPS

14. Web Application Vulnerabilities

15. Computer Forensics Tools

Security+ certification (SY0-401)

Candidates for the Security+ certification (SY0-401)