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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

Our Security+ Prep Course prepares you for the Security+ certification exam based on the 2011 objectives (Exam SYO-301), which is included in the approved list of certifications to meet DoD Directive 8570.1 requirements. Our Security+ courseware has received the CompTIA Approved Quality Content (CAQC) symbol assuring you that all test objectives are covered in the training material.

This course is your one source for exam preparation and includes pre-class online access to:

• Security+ reading plan
• Security+ study guide
• Security+ certification practice exams

During class, you'll have access to:

• Security+ student manual
• Additional Security+ practice exam questions
• Comprehension exercises, study digest, and quick reference card

Use this chart to help you determine which course best meets your training needs.

Highlights

• Mitigating threats
• Cryptography
• Authentication
• User and role-based security
• Peripheral security
• Public key infrastructure
• Application and messaging security
• Ports and protocols
• Network security
• Wireless security
• Remote access security
• Auditing, logging, and monitoring
• Vulnerability testing and monitoring
• Organizational security
• Business continuity
• CompTIA Security+ objectives map
• CompTIA Security+ acronyms

Course Outline

1. Mitigating Threats

• System maintenance
• Application security
• Physical security
• Malware
• Social engineering

2. Cryptography

• Symmetric cryptography
• Public key cryptography

3. Authentication

• Authentication factors and requirements
• Authentication systems
• Authentication system vulnerabilities

4. User- and Role-Based Security

• Baseline security policies
• Resource access

5. Peripheral Security

• File and disk encryption
• Peripheral and component security
• Mobile device security

6. Public Key Infrastructure

• Public key cryptography
• Implementing public key infrastructure (PKI)
• Web server security with PKI

7. Application and Messaging Security

• Application security
• E-mail security
• Social networking and messaging

8. Ports and Protocols

• TCP/IP basics
• Protocol-based attacks

9. Network Security

• Network devices
• Secure network topologies
• Secure networking
• Virtualization and cloud computing

10. Wireless Security

• Wireless network security
• Mobile device security

11. Remote Access Security

• Remote access
• Virtual private networks

12. Vulnerability Testing

• Risk and vulnerability assessment
• Auditing and logging
• Intrusion detection and prevention systems
• Incident response

13. Organizational Security

• Organizational policies
• Education and training
• Disposal and destruction

14. Business Continuity

• Redundancy planning
• Disaster recovery
• Environmental controls

Appendix A: CompTIA Security+ Objectives Map

Appendix B: CompTIA Security+ Acronyms

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