Our 5-day Security+ Certification Prep Course provides the basic knowledge needed to plan, implement, and maintain information security in a vendor-neutral format. This includes risk management, host and network security, authentication and access control systems, cryptography, and organizational security. This course maps to the CompTIA Security+ certification exam (SY0-701). Objective coverage is marked throughout the course. This course also includes exam prep questions to help thoroughly know the information and pass the exam. This course also includes the Exam voucher.
What is Security+ Certification?
The Security+ certification is considered to be the minimum level of certification for all IT security positions beyond entry-level. This course delivers the core knowledge required to pass the exam and the skills necessary to advance to an intermediate-level security job.
Goals:
- Knowledge and skills to understand to assess the security posture of an enterprise environment and recommend and implement appropriate security solutions
- Monitor and secure hybrid environments, including cloud, mobile, and IoT
- Operate with an awareness of applicable regulations and policies, including principles of governance, risk, and compliance
- Identify, analyze, and respond to security events and incidents, and prepare candidates to take the CompTIA Security+ certification exam.
Course Outline
- Lesson 1: Summarize Fundamental Security Concepts
- Lesson 2: Compare Threat Types
- Lesson 3: Explain Cryptographic Solutions
- Lesson 4: Implement Identity and Access Management
- Lesson 5: Secure Enterprise Network Architecture
- Lesson 6: Secure Cloud Network Architecture
- Lesson 7: Explain Resiliency and Site Security Concepts
- Lesson 8: Explain Vulnerability Management
- Lesson 9: Evaluate Network Security Capabilities
- Lesson 10: Assess Endpoint Security Capabilities
- Lesson 11: Enhance Application Security Capabilities
- Lesson 12: Explain Incident Response and Monitoring Concepts
- Lesson 13: Analyze Indicators of Malicious Activity
- Lesson 14: Summarize Security Governance Concepts
- Lesson 15: Explain Risk Management Processes
- Lesson 16: Summarize Data Protection and Compliance Concepts
LABS
- Assisted Lab: Exploring the Lab Environment
- Assisted Lab: Perform System Configuration Gap Analysis
- Assisted Lab: Configuring Examples of Security Control Types
- Assisted Lab: Finding Open Service Ports
- Assisted Lab: Using SET to Perform Social Engineering
- Applied Lab: Using Storage Encryption
- Assisted Lab: Using Hashing and Salting
- Assisted Lab: Managing Password Security
- Assisted Lab: Managing Permissions
- Assisted Lab: Setting up Remote Access
- Assisted Lab: Using TLS Tunneling
- Assisted Lab: Using Containers
- Assisted Lab: Using Virtualization
- Assisted Lab: Implement Backups
- Assisted Lab: Performing Drive Sanitization
- Assisted Lab: Exploiting and Detecting SQLi
- Assisted Lab: Working with Threat Feeds
- Assisted Lab: Performing Vulnerability Scans
- Assisted Lab: Understanding Security Baselines
- Applied Lab: Implementing a Firewall
- Assisted Lab: Using Group Policy
- Applied Lab: Hardening
- Assisted Lab: Performing DNS Filtering
- Assisted Lab: Configuring System Monitoring
- Applied Lab: Incident Response: Detection
- Applied Lab: Performing Digital Forensics
- Assisted Lab: Performing Root Cause Analysis
- Assisted Lab: Detecting and Responding to Malware
- Assisted Lab: Understanding On-Path Attacks
- Adaptive Lab: Using a Playbook
- Assisted Lab: Implementing Allow Lists and Deny Lists
- Assisted Lab: Performing Reconnaissance
- Assisted Lab: Performing Penetration Testing
- Assisted Lab: Training and Awareness through Simulation
- Capstone Lab: Discovering Anomalous Behavior
- Assisted Lab: Use Cases of Automation and Scripting
- Applied Lab: Using Network Sniffers
Who Should Attend
- Network Administrators
- Cybersecurity Associates
- IT personnel interested in pursuing a career in cybersecurity
Prerequisites
- This course assumes basic knowledge of using and maintaining individual workstations.
- Attendees should be CompTIA A+ certified (or have equivalent experience) and CompTIA Network+ certified (or have equivalent experience) with 2-3 years of networking experience.