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CompTIA Security+ SY0-101 Online Course Tutorial Details

Total Lessons: 10
Total Time: 24 hour(s)
Subscription Term: 12 month(s)

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Summary:

This series helps prepare the learner for the Security+ exam. It teaches the learner about general security concepts, communication security, infrastructure security, some basics of cryptography, and operational and organizational security. It also provides the learner with a practice exam that includes questions in a format similar to what the learner will encounter when taking the exam.

Features and Benefits of our Tutorial:
* Exercises that allow users to practice the application
* A file containing the text of the exercises
* Activities that allow users to apply course concepts in an interactive questioning environment
* Simulations that allow users to practice course skills, even if they don't have access to the application
* A glossary
* A Skill Assessment

Lesson 1 Exam Basics - 3 hours

Objectives: After completing this lesson, students will be able to:
* Understand basic information about the exam: who, what, where, when and why
* Identify and describe the layers of the OSI reference model
* Discuss the goal and basic philosophy of information security

Lesson 2 General Security Concepts - 2 hours

Objectives: After completing this lesson, students will be able to:
* Describe the three essential services provided by access control systems
* Discuss the function of Identification and Authorization techniques used by access control systems
* List various types of attacks used against computer systems and networks
* Differentiate between different types of malicious code

Lesson 3 Remote Access and Wireless LANs - 2 hours

Objectives: After completing this lesson, students will be able to:
* Identify remote access security methods and techniques
* Recognize the functions of and protocols used by virtual private networks
* Distinguish between the various remote access applications
* Discuss the efficiencies and vulnerabilities of wireless networks

Lesson 4 E-Mail, Internet, and File Security - 3 hours

Objectives: After completing this lesson, students will be able to:
* Describe various secure e-mail standards and applications
* Discuss Internet security protocols
* Explain file transfer protocols and file system types

Lesson 5 Infrastructure Security - 3 hours

Objectives: After completing this lesson, students will be able to:
* Describe the functionality of common security devices, networking devices and media, and end devices
* Describe how Network Address Translation works
* List and describe the three common data network types
* Describe several types of security zones (firewall architectures)

Lesson 6 Security Baselines - 2 hours

Objectives: After completing this lesson, students will be able to:
* List the five principles for proper hardening of a system
* Discuss various guidelines for hardening of OS/NOS, networks, applications, and databases
* Describe the security measures for hardening of various types of servers

Lesson 7 Cryptography - 2 hours

Objectives: After completing this lesson, students will be able to:
* Differentiate between symmetric and asymmetric key cryptography
* Explain the attributes and capabilities of digital certificates
* Identify the basic components of the Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
* List the various phases of the certificate lifecycle and the associated key management functions

Lesson 8 Operational Security - 3 hours

Objectives: After completing this lesson, students will be able to:
* Identify common threats to physical security
* List considerations related to planning a secure facility
* Identify and discuss types of physical security controls
* Discuss Business Continuity Planning and Disaster Recovery Planning

Lesson 9 Organizational Security - 3 hours

Objectives: After completing this lesson, students will be able to:
* Discuss the general policies and practices recommended for organizational security
* List the elements of risk management
* Describe the main components of a security awareness program
* Distinguish between the concepts of computer forensics and incident response

Lesson 10 Practice Exam - 1 hour

Objectives: After completing this lesson, students will be able to:
*Practice for and evaluate your current skill level for the CompTIA Security+ SY0-101 Exam