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CompTIA Security+ (Exam SY0-501) - Free Online Course With Certificate Alison Free Online Learning
Introduction
This free online CompTIA Security+ course focuses on Exam SYO-501. It will give you a better understanding of how to identify security fundamentals and threats, analyze risk, and conduct security assessments. You will study how to implement network, host, and software security as well as learn to manage identity and access, implement cryptography and operational security, address security issues, and ensure business continuity.
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This Free Online Course Includes:
- 10-15 Hours of Learning
- CPD Accreditation
- Final Assessment
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Curriculum
This course, CompTIA Security+ (Exam SYO-501), will provide you with an understanding of identifying security fundamentals. You will learn about basic security controls, identifying basic authentication, authorization concepts, and basic cryptography concepts. You will be able to explain the process of analyzing risk. You will also learn about performing a business impact analysis.
This course then explains conducting security assessments, identifying vulnerabilities, assessing vulnerabilities, and implementing penetration testing. You will learn about implementing host and software security. You will also learn about implementing network security, configuring network security techniques, and securing network design elements.
This course then wraps up by discussing managing identity and access. You will learn to implement identity and access management, configure directory services, configure access services, and manage accounts. By taking this course you will learn to implement cryptography, identify advanced cryptography concepts, select cryptographic algorithms, configure a public key infrastructure, enrol certificates, back up and restore certificates and private keys, revoke certificates, troubleshoot common security issues, respond to security incidents, and implement forensic procedures. So why wait? Start learning the skills needed to become an expert in security and ensure business continuity today.
Module 1
Identifying Security Fundamentals
In this module, Identifying Security Fundamentals, students will learn to identify information security concepts, identify basic security controls, identify basic authentication and authorization concepts, and identify basic cryptography concepts. Students will also learn to identify information security concepts, identify basic security controls, identify basic authentication and authorization concepts, and identify basic cryptography concepts.
Module 2
Analyzing Risk
In this module, Analyzing Risk, students will learn about analyzing organizational risks as well as analyzing the business impact of risks. This module will cover analyzing organizational risk and analyzing the business impact of risk. The process of identifying risks, analyzing them, developing a response strategy for them, and mitigating their future impact is all part of being a security professional.
Module 3
Identifying Security Threats
In this module, Identifying Security Threats, students will learn to identify types of attackers, identify social engineering attacks, identify malware, identify software-based threats, identify network-based threats, identify wireless threats, and identify physical threats. This module also contains demos for these topics.
Module 4
Conducting Security Assessments
In this module, Conducting Security Assessments, students will learn about identifying vulnerabilities, assessing vulnerabilities, and implementing penetration testing. Students will learn about software vulnerabilities such as zero-day, improper input handling, improper error handling, resource exhaustion, race conditions, and memory vulnerabilities.
Module 5
Implementing Host and Software Security
In this module, Implementing Host and Software Security, students will learn about implementing host security, implementing cloud and virtualization security, implementing mobile device security, and incorporating security in the software development lifecycle. Students will learn to implement host security, implement cloud and virtualization security, implement mobile device security, and incorporate security in the software development lifecycle.
Module 6
Implementing Network Security
In this module, Implementing Network Security, students will learn to configure network security technologies, secure network design elements, implement secure networking protocols and services, and secure wireless traffic. Students will learn to configure network security technologies, secure network design elements, implement secure networking protocols and services, and secure wireless traffic.
Module 7
Managing Identity and Access
In this module, Managing Identity and Access, students will learn to implement identity and access management, configure directory services, configure access services, and manage accounts. Identity and access management is a security process that provides identity, authentication, and authorization mechanisms for entities to work with organizational assets.
Module 8
Implementing Cryptography
In this module, Implementing Cryptography, students will learn to identify advanced cryptography concepts, select cryptographic algorithms, configure a public key infrastructure, enrol certificates, back up and restore certificates and private keys, and revoke certificates. Students will learn about cryptography elements such as confusion, diffusion, collision, obfuscation, PRNG, and PFS.
Module 9
Implementing Operational Security
In this module, Implementing Operational Security, students will learn to evaluate security frameworks and guidelines, incorporate documentation in operational security, manage data security processes, and implement physical controls. Security frameworks define how to categorize and identify elements of security operations, focus tasks at a high level, and help avoid building security in a vacuum or without considering important concepts.
Module 10
Addressing Security Issues
In this module, Addressing Security Issues, students will learn to troubleshoot common security issues, respond to security incidents, and investigate security incidents. Students will learn about access control issues such as authentication issues, permissions issues, and access violations. This module will also cover encryption issues such as unencrypted credentials, certificate issues, and key management issues.
Module 11
Ensuring Business Continuity
In this module, Ensuring Business Continuity, students will learn to select a business continuity and disaster recovery process and develop a business continuity plan. Business continuity is a collection of processes enabling an organization to maintain normal business operations after an adverse event and is a key aspect of a security specialist's skillset.
Module 12
Course assessment
Program Outcome
What You Will Learn In This Free Course
- Describe the process for analyzing risk
- Discuss identifying security threats
- Explain implementing host and software security
- Indicate managing identity and access
- Outline implementing cryptography
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