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CompTIA CASP+ CAS-004 Certification Guide

CompTIA CASP+ CAS-004 Certification Guide

By : Mark Birch
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CompTIA CASP+ CAS-004 Certification Guide

CompTIA CASP+ CAS-004 Certification Guide

4.6 (64)
By: Mark Birch

Overview of this book

CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP+) ensures that security practitioners stay on top of the ever-changing security landscape. The CompTIA CASP+ CAS-004 Certification Guide offers complete, up-to-date coverage of the CompTIA CAS-004 exam so you can take it with confidence, fully equipped to pass on the first attempt. Written in a clear, succinct way with self-assessment questions, exam tips, and mock exams with detailed explanations, this book covers security architecture, security operations, security engineering, cryptography, governance, risk, and compliance. You'll begin by developing the skills to architect, engineer, integrate, and implement secure solutions across complex environments to support a resilient enterprise. Moving on, you'll discover how to monitor and detect security incidents, implement incident response, and use automation to proactively support ongoing security operations. The book also shows you how to apply security practices in the cloud, on-premises, to endpoints, and to mobile infrastructure. Finally, you'll understand the impact of governance, risk, and compliance requirements throughout the enterprise. By the end of this CASP study guide, you'll have covered everything you need to pass the CompTIA CASP+ CAS-004 certification exam and have a handy reference guide.
Table of Contents (23 chapters)
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Section 1: Security Architecture
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Section 2: Security Operations
11
Section 3: Security Engineering and Cryptography
16
Section 4: Governance, Risk, and Compliance

Understanding risk assessments

When assessing risk, there are typically two approaches; one approach involves qualitative techniques. The metrics used within this approach will include likelihood and impact and may include other metrics such as speed of onset. This is considered a basic form of risk assessment and will include background knowledge from the assessor. It is often considered a subjective method, meaning two different risk assessors may not agree exactly when delivering a qualitative risk assessment. A common approach to risk management is to break the process down into steps or phases. Figure 13.1 shows a five-step approach:

Figure 13.1 – Risk management steps

To understand risk, we must be able to quantify a level of risk as a measurement. In all cases, we will have assets that must be protected, so we then need to calculate the level of risk using likelihood and impact.

One of the accepted approaches to risk assessments is to use...

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