CompTIA Security+ SY0-601 Exam Cram

by Martin Weiss

Overview

Prepare for CompTIA Security+ SY0-601 exam success with this Exam Cram from Pearson IT Certification, a leader in IT certification.

This is the eBook edition of the CompTIA Security+ SY0-601 Exam Cram, Sixth Edition. This eBook does not include access to the Pearson Test Prep practice exams that comes with the print edition.

CompTIA Security+ SY0-601 Exam Cram, Sixth Edition, is the perfect study guide to help you pass the newly updated version of the CompTIA Security+ exam. It provides coverage and practice questions for every exam topic. Extensive prep tools include quizzes, Exam Alerts, and our essential last-minute review Cram Sheet.

Covers the critical information you'll need to know to score higher on your Security+ SY0-601 exam!

•  Assess the different types of threats, attacks, and vulnerabilities organizations face
•  Understand security concepts across traditional, cloud, mobile, and IoT environments
•  Explain and implement security controls across multiple environments
•  Identify, analyze, and respond to operational needs and security incidents
•  Understand and explain the relevance of concepts related to governance, risk and compliance

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780136798682
Publisher:	Pearson Education
Publication date:	10/30/2020
Series:	Exam Cram
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	752
Sales rank:	147,183
File size:	7 MB

About the Author

Marty M. Weiss has spent most of his career in information security and risk management, helping large organizations. Marty holds a bachelor of science degree in computer studies from the University of Maryland University College and an MBA from the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He holds several certifications, including CISSP, CISA, and Security+. Marty has authored and coauthored more than a half-dozen books on information technology, many that have been described as riveting and Dostoevsky-esque in reviews by his mother. A Florida native, he now lives in New England.

Table of Contents

    Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxvii
Part I: Attacks, Threats, and Vulnerabilities 1
CHAPTER 1: Social Engineering Techniques.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
    The Social Engineer.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
    Phishing and Related Attacks.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
    Principles of Influence (Reasons for Effectiveness). . . . . . . . 10
    What Next?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
CHAPTER 2: Attack Basics.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
    Malware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
    Physical Attacks.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
    Adversarial Artificial Intelligence (AI).. . . . . . . . . . . . 27
    Password Attacks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
    Downgrade Attacks.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
    What Next?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
CHAPTER 3: Application Attacks.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
    Race Conditions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
    Improper Software Handling.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
    Resource Exhaustion.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
    Overflows.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
    Code Injections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
    Driver Manipulation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
    Request Forgeries.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
    Directory Traversal.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
    Replay Attack.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
    Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Stripping.. . . . . . . . . . . . 45
    Application Programming Interface (API) Attacks.. . . . . . . . 47
    Pass-the-Hash Attack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
    What Next?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
CHAPTER 4: Network Attacks.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
    Wireless. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
    On-Path Attack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
    Layer 2 Attacks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
    Domain Name System (DNS) Attacks.. . . . . . . . . . . . 62
    Denial of Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
    Malicious Code and Script Execution.. . . . . . . . . . . . 68
    What Next?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
CHAPTER 5: Threat Actors, Vectors, and Intelligence Sources. . . . . . . . . . 73
    Threat Actor Attributes.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
    Threat Actor Types.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
    Vectors.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
    Threat Intelligence and Research Sources.. . . . . . . . . . . 81
    What Next?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
CHAPTER 6: Vulnerabilities.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
    Cloud-Based vs. On-Premises. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
    Zero-Day. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
    Weak Configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
    Third-Party Risks.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
    Impacts.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
    What Next?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
CHAPTER 7: Security Assessment Techniques.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
    Vulnerability Scans.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
    Threat Assessment.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
    What Next?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
CHAPTER 8: Penetration Testing Techniques.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
    Testing Methodology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
    Team Exercises.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
    What Next?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Part II: Architecture and Design 121
CHAPTER 9: Enterprise Security Concepts.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
    Configuration Management.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
    Data Confidentiality.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
    Deception and Disruption.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
    What Next?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
CHAPTER 10: Virtualization and Cloud Computing.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
    Virtualization.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
    On-Premises vs. Off-Premises. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
    Cloud Models. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
    What Next?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
CHAPTER 11: Secure Application Development, Deployment, and Automation.. . . . 165
    Application Environment.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
    Integrity Measurement.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
    Change Management and Version Control.. . . . . . . . . . . 169
    Secure Coding Techniques.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
    Automation and Scripting.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
    Scalability and Elasticity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
    What Next?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
CHAPTER 12: Authentication and Authorization Design. . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
    Identification and Authentication, Authorization, and
    Accounting (AAA).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
    Multifactor Authentication.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
    Single Sign-on.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
    Authentication Technologies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
    What Next?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
CHAPTER 13: Cybersecurity Resilience.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
    Redundancy.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
    Backups.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
    Defense in Depth.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
    What Next?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
CHAPTER 14: Embedded and Specialized Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
    Embedded Systems.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
    SCADA and ICS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
    Smart Devices and IoT.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
    What Next?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
CHAPTER 15: Physical Security Controls.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
    Perimeter Security.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
    Internal Security.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
    Equipment Security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
    Environmental Controls.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
    Secure Data Destruction.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
    What Next?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
CHAPTER 16: Cryptographic Concepts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
    Cryptosystems.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
    Use of Proven Technologies and Implementation.. . . . . . . . 272
    Steganography.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
    Cryptography Use Cases.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
    Cryptography Constraints.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
    What Next?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Part III: Implementation 279
CHAPTER 17: Secure Protocols.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
    Secure Web Protocols.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
    Secure File Transfer Protocols.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
    Secure Email Protocols.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
    Secure Internet Protocols. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
    Secure Protocol Use Cases.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
    What Next?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
CHAPTER 18: Host and Application Security Solutions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
    Endpoint Protection.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
    Firewalls and HIPS/HIDS Solutions.. . . . . . . . . . . 308
    Anti-Malware and Other Host Protections. . . . . . . . . 310
    Application Security.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
    Hardware and Firmware Security.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
    Operating System Security.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
    What Next?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
CHAPTER 19: Secure Network Design.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
    Network Devices and Segmentation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
    Security Devices and Boundaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
    What Next?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
CHAPTER 20: Wireless Security Settings.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
    Access Methods.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
    Wireless Cryptographic Protocols.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
    Authentication Protocols.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
    Wireless Access Installations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
    What Next?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
CHAPTER 21: Secure Mobile Solutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
    Communication Methods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
    Mobile Device Management Concepts. . . . . . . . . . . . 393
    Enforcement and Monitoring.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405
    Deployment Models.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412
    What Next?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420
CHAPTER 22: Cloud Cybersecurity Solutions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
    Cloud Workloads.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422
    Third-Party Cloud Security Solutions.. . . . . . . . . . . . 428
    What Next?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
CHAPTER 23: Identity and Account Management Controls.. . . . . . . . . . . 433
    Account Types.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433
    Account Management.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435
    Account Policy Enforcement.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441
    What Next?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448
CHAPTER 24: Authentication and Authorization Solutions.. . . . . . . . . . . . 449
    Authentication.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450
    Access Control.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466
    What Next?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472
CHAPTER 25: Public Key Infrastructure.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473
    What Next?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489
Part IV: Operations and Incident Response 491
CHAPTER 26: Organizational Security.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493
    Shell and Script Environments.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494
    Network Reconnaissance and Discovery. . . . . . . . . . . . 496
    Packet Capture and Replay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502
    Password Crackers.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504
    Forensics and Data Sanitization.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505
    What Next?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508
CHAPTER 27: Incdent Response.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509
    Attack Frameworks.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509
    Incident Response Plan.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512
    Incident Response Process.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517
    Continuity and Recovery Plans.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522
    What Next?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528
CHAPTER 28: Incident Investigation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 529
    SIEM Dashboards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530
    Logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531
    Network Activity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536
    What Next?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539
CHAPTER 29: Incident Mitigation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541
    Containment and Eradication.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541
    What Next?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549
CHAPTER 30: Digital Forensics.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 551
    Data Breach Notifications.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552
    Strategic Intelligence/Counterintelligence Gathering. . . . . . . 554
    Track Person-hours.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555
    Order of Volatility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555
    Chain of Custody.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556
    Data Acquisition.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559
    Capture System Images.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560
    Capture Network Traffic and Logs.. . . . . . . . . . . 560
    Capture Video and Photographs.. . . . . . . . . . . . 561
    Record Time Offset.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 562
    Take Hashes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 562
    Capture Screenshots.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563
    Collect Witness Interviews. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563
    What Next?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565
Part V: Governance, Risk, and Compliance 567
CHAPTER 31: Control Types.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569
    Nature of Controls.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 570
    Functional Use of Controls.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 570
    Compensating Controls.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 572
    What Next?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574
CHAPTER 32: Regulations, Standards, and Frameworks.. . . . . . . . . . . . 575
    Industry-Standard Frameworks and Reference Architectures. . . . . 575
    Benchmarks and Secure Configuration Guides.. . . . . . . . . 579
    What Next?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581
CHAPTER 33: Organizational Security Policies.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 583
    Policy Framework.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 583
    Human Resource Management Policies.. . . . . . . . . . . . 584
    Third-Party Risk Management.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 592
    What Next?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 596
CHAPTER 34: Risk Management.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 597
    Risk Analysis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 598
    Risk Assessment.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 602
    Business Impact Analysis.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 606
    What Next?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 612
CHAPTER 35: Sensitive Data and Privacy.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613
    Sensitive Data Protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613
    Privacy Impact Assessment.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 621
    What Next?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 623
Glossary of Essential Terms and Components.. . . . . . . . . . . . 625


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