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Preparing for the CompTIA Security+™ Certification Exam

Course: 446   Type: Workshop   Duration: 5 Days
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You Will Learn How To

  • Successfully prepare for the CompTIA Security+ Certification Exam
  • Confidently explain and define an array of security terminologies
  • Navigate the complexity of secure communication protection
  • Explore the concepts of infrastructure protection with firewalls and IDS
  • Investigate privacy and integrity issues such as cryptography, PKI and digital signatures
  • Assess policy and organisational procedures that bolster your security foundation

Course Benefits
The CompTIA Security+ Certification is considered one of the leading vendor-neutral security certifications and is a cornerstone to the U.S. Department of Defense 8570.1 initiative. This exam preparation course provides in-depth review of the five domains included in the exam. Demonstrations and practice quizzes reinforce the concepts and provide the framework for a personalised study plan for exam success.

Who Should Attend
Security professionals, government and military personnel seeking IAT-2 or IAM-1 certification to fulfill the DoD 8570.1 Directive, network security personnel and managers with previous technical skills or background.

Course Workshops
Workshops provide you with practical experience to prepare for the CompTIA Security+ Exam, including:
  • Practicing exams daily for the 5 domains
  • Analysing protocols and security issues with Wireshark
  • Employing an IDS to detect and deflect attacks
  • Protecting communication with encryption and digital signatures
  • Validating certificates using public keys
  • Scanning for vulnerabilities with a port scanner

Course Content
Introduction to the CompTIA Security+ Exam
  • Examination and certification goals
  • The 5 domains of knowledge
  • Expected level of expertise
  • Assessing initial readiness
General Security Concepts
Foundations of security
  • Domain 1 Outline and goals
  • Access Control Models
  • Authenticating users and hosts
  • Identifying malicious code
Basic countermeasures
  • Preventing social engineering
  • Auditing, logging and scanning
  • Hardening and minimalisation
Securing Communication
Communication security goals
  • Domain 2 Outline and goals
  • Mitigating risk
  • Identifying communication vulnerabilities and defenses
  • Auditing, Logging and Systems Scanning
Attacks and countermeasures
  • Authenticating and authorising users
  • Identifying Social engineering
  • Reviewing and practice tests
Infrastructure Security
Infrastructure weaknesses
  • Domain 3 Outline and goals
  • Identifying communication vulnerabilities and defenses
  • Controlling remote access
  • Tunneling protocols
Strengthening the infrastructure
  • Managing directories securely
  • Protecting e-mail, IM and messaging
  • Defending file sharing systems
  • Securing wireless networks
  • Reviewing and practice tests
Fundamentals of Cryptography
Assuring privacy with encryption
  • Domain 4 Outline and goals
  • The CIA model and beyond
  • Cryptographic standards and protocols
  • Using symmetric keys
  • Implementing Public Key cryptography
Establishing a secure infrastructure
  • Performing digital signatures
  • Exploring the role of Certificate Authorities
  • Managing keys and certificates
  • Analysing X.509 Certificates
  • Reviewing and practice tests
Enforcing Operational and Organisational Security
Assessing policy
  • Domain 5 Outline and goals
  • Reducing operational risks and vulnerabilities
  • Documenting security measures
  • Designing disaster recovery plans
  • Managing the continuity of business
Defensive measures
  • Assessing physical security requirements
  • Reviewing forensic crime scene analysis
  • Implementing training requirements
  • Reviewing and practice tests
Final Review
Preparing for the examination
  • Reviewing examination procedures
  • Narrowing the choices
  • Handling out-of-date questions
  • Utilising additional study guides
Assessing readiness
  • Final review and assessment
  • Taking a complete practice exam

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Preparing for the CompTIA Security+ Certification Exam
Course Schedule
30 Mar - 3 Apr, 2009
London
27 - 31 Jul, 2009
London
23 - 27 Nov, 2009
London
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£ 2,095 - Standard Tuition
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£ 1,400 - 10-Day Training Pass
£ 1,000 - Flex-Training Passport
£ 1,490 - 10-Training Vouchers
£ 1,600 - 5-Training Vouchers
£ 1,890 - Alumni Gold Tuition

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You receive the Ultimate Security+ Certification Exam Cram 2 Study Kit, which includes more than 500 practice questions.
 
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An additional fee of £150 is applied for the examination when you use your Passport or FlexPass for this course.
 
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