CompTIA Security+ (SY0-501) Cert Prep: 1 Threats, Attacks, and Vulnerabilities
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Genre: eLearning | Language: English

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The CompTIA Security+ exam is an excellent entry point for a career in information security. The latest version, SY0-501, expands coverage of cloud security, virtualization, and mobile security. This course prepares exam candidates for the critical Threats, Attacks, and Vulnerabilities domain of the exam. By learning about malware, networking and application security exploitations, and social engineering, you'll be prepared to answer questions from the exam—and strengthen your own organization's systems and defenses. Author Mike Chapple, an IT leader with over 15 years of experience, also covers the processes for discovering and mitigating threats and attacks, and conducting penetration testing and scanning for vulnerabilities. Visit certmike.com to join one of his free study groups.

Topics include:

Comparing viruses, worms, and Trojans
Backdoors and logic bombs
Understanding the attacker
Attack types: from denial of service to brute force attacks
Preventing insider threats
Wireless attacks
Understanding cross-site scripting
Preventing SQL injection
Social engineering
Scanning for vulnerabilities
Penetration testing
Assessing the impact of vulnerabilities