General Security Concepts for CompTIA Security+
A strong foundation in cybersecurity concepts is critical to building a successful career. This course will teach you the essential concepts necessary to strengthen a company’s security posture as well and prepare you for the Security+ exam.
What you'll learn
A successful career in cybersecurity is built upon a strong foundation of security concepts, tools, and techniques. In this course, General Security Concepts for CompTIA Security+, you will learn the categories and control types used to harden a company’s security posture. Next, you’ll explore the various methods used to identify gaps, authenticate resources, and secure a company’s infrastructure. Finally, you’ll discover the importance of change management, along with understanding the need to use appropriate cryptographic solutions. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the general security concepts necessary for the Security+ exam.
Table of contents
- Module Overview 1m
- Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability (CIA) 3m
- Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) 1m
- Identification vs. Authentication vs. Authorization 1m
- Multifactor Authentication and Authentication Factors 2m
- Gap Analysis 2m
- Zero Trust 6m
- Infrared, Microwave, and Ultrasonic Physical Controls 1m
- Honeypots, Honeyfiles, and Honeynets 5m
- Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) 3m
- Key Escrow 1m
- Encryption Levels 2m
- Symmetric Encryption 2m
- Asymmetric Encryption 2m
- Key Exchange 0m
- Cipher Suites 1m
- Tools (TPM, HSM, KMS, and Secure Enclave) 2m
- Steganography 1m
- Tokenization 1m
- Data Masking 1m
- Hashing 1m
- Salting 1m
- Digital Signatures 2m
- Key Stretching 2m
- Blockchain 3m
- Certificate Authority and CSR 3m
About the author
Chris is a professional information technologist, author, trainer, manager and a lifelong learner. He is married with 3 beautiful children and interested in working out, spending time with family and friends and being creative whenever possible. He has been an author for over 25 years and has created over 60 IT Certification training courses. Chris really enjoys helping people advance in their careers through training and personal development.