Description
Course Description
CompTIA’s S+ certificate is globally recognized for validating foundational, vendor-neutral IT security knowledge and skills. Led by certified instructors, students gain essential knowledge of the principles for network security and risk management with competency in the following:
Organizational security
System security
Access controls
Network infrastructure
The S+ certification by CompTIA is an internationally recognized credential ensuring ground-level security proficiency as well as skills for organization and security professionals to provide information, infrastructure, application and operational security. These courses prepare the student for the CompTIA S+ Certification Exam SY0-401.
What You Will Learn
The curriculum for
CompTIA’s S+ Certification
Course begins with supplemental material covering pre-requisites to complete the SY0-401 exam course work. After a thorough breakdown of what
Security and Information
are, we discuss
Attacks and Defenses
as well as
Information Security Careers
and the
Security+ Certification
to give students a wealth of background knowledge before diving into
Systems Threats and Risks
. This section covers
Software-Based Attacks
as well as
Hardware-Based Attacks
and
Attacks on Virtual Systems
. Once an understanding of various attacks are developed, we look at
Protecting Systems by Hardening The Operating System
and
Preventing Attacks That Target the Web Browser
; studying
Network Vulnerabilities, Categories of Attacks, Methods of Network Attacks
, and Other Attacks and Frauds leads us to Network Security. In the Network Security section, students learn how to
Craft a Secure Network
and
Apply Network Security Devices
. Following similar study formats about
Wireless Network Security
and
Access Control Fundamentals
brings us to more practical subjects such as
Authentication, Performing Vulnerability Assessments
and
Conducting Security Audits
. We finish the course with comprehensive overviews of
Cryptography
,
Business Continuity
and, finally,
Security Policies and Training
. At the end of this course, a student walks away having had practical experience and comprehensive knowledge allowing confident execution of the CompTIA S+ SY0-401 exam.
Requrirements
Requirements
Basic IT Skills
