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Risk Management for CompTIA Security+

Ever organization needs IT security to maintain a strong cybersecurity posture. This course will teach you the equally important concepts around managing risk and ensuring a companies critical assets are secure and available.

Beginner
3h 21m
(41)

Created by Christopher Rees

Last Updated Jul 30, 2021

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Risk Management for CompTIA Security+

Ever organization needs IT security to maintain a strong cybersecurity posture. This course will teach you the equally important concepts around managing risk and ensuring a companies critical assets are secure and available.

Beginner
3h 21m
(41)

Created by Christopher Rees

Last Updated Jul 30, 2021

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What you'll learn

Managing risk is a critical component of an organizations security posture. In this course, Risk Management for CompTIA Security+, you'll learn how to assess a company's risk across each area within IT. First, you'll explore the various methods used to assess risk like SLE, ALE, and ARO. Next, you'll learn the fundamentals of computer forensics, including maintaining chain of custody, legal holds, and data acquisition techniques. Finally, you'll discover the principals of disaster recovery, maintaining highly available infrastructure, and business continuity basics. By the end of the course, you'll understand what's required to assess an organization's operational risk, the methods used to conduct a forensic investigation, and how to keep a business operational leveraging disaster recovery and business continuity concepts.

Risk Management for CompTIA Security+
Beginner
3h 21m
(41)
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Christopher Rees
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Chris is a lifelong learner and professional information technologist, trainer and IT Manager. Married with 3 children, Chris is interested in martial arts, working out, spending time with family and friends and being creative whenever possible.

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