CompTIA Security+

Supporting confidentiality, integrity, and availability is important for any IT department. In this getting to know the track, you will learn security fundamentals as you prepare for the SY0-501, the one examination you need to skip to earn the CompTIA Security+ certification.

Cover topics associated with network safety and records security:

Types of malware, which include viruses, ransomware, trojans, spyware, bots, and common sense bombs
Cryptography and public key infrastructures (PKI), such as symmetric algorithms and asymmetric algorithms
Protocols, which include SSH, FTPS, SFTP, SSL, TLS, and HTTPS
Firewalls, VPN concentrators, NIPS, NIDS, routers, switches, load balancers, and get entry to points
Protocol analyzers, community scanners, password crackers, and vulnerability scanners
Cloud and virtualization, which includes hypervisors, SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS
Identity and access management, which include TACACS+, RADIUS, LDAP, MAC, DAC, and RBAC
Incident response, catastrophe recovery, and business continuity
Types of attacks, which includes social engineering, DoS, man-in-the-middle (MITM), and cross-web page scripting (XSS)
Start this vendor-neutral gaining knowledge of track and start your journey closer to becoming a community safety professional.