Attacks, Threats, and Vulnerabilities :

• Compare and contrast different methods of social engineering techniques.
• Learn about potential indicators to determine the type of attack.
• Explain different threat actors, intelligence sources, and Vectors.
• Explain the security-related concerns associated with different types of vulnerabilities.
• Summarize techniques used in security assessments.
• Explain the strategies that are used in penetration testing

Architecture and Design:

• Importance of security concepts in an organization environment
• Summarize virtualization and cloud computing concepts, secure application development, deployment, and automation concepts
• Summarize authentication and authorization design concepts and the basics of cryptographic concepts.
• Implement cybersecurity resilience
• Explain the security implications of physical security controls and embedded and specialized systems

Implementation:

• Implement secure protocols, host or application security solutions, and secure network designs
• Comprehend how to install and configure wireless security settings and how to apply cybersecurity solutions to the cloud
• Implement authentication and authorization solutions and identity and account management controls
• Understand implementing public key infrastructure (PKI)

Operations and Incident Response

• Use the appropriate tool for assessing the organizational Security
• Learn about the importance of policies, processes, and procedures for incident response
• Utilize relevant data sources to support investigations
• How to implement mitigation techniques or controls to secure an environment
• Explain key aspects of digital forensics

Governance, Risk, and Compliance

• Compare and contrast different types of controls
• Explain the necessity of standards or frameworks, applicable regulations that impact the organizational security posture
• Explain the importance of policies to corporate Security
• Summarize risk management processes and concepts
• Explain privacy and sensitive data concepts about Security

• Domain 1.0: Attacks, Threats, and Vulnerabilities
• Domain 2.0: Architecture and Design
• Domain 3.0: Implementation
• Domain 4.0: Operations and Incident Response
• Domain 5.0: Governance, Risk, and Compliance

• System Administrators
• Security Engineers and consultants
• Network administrators
• IT Auditor/Penetration Tester

CompTIA Network + and minimum of 2 year’s experience in IT security administration.

• Duration: 90 Minutes
• Number of questions: 90 questions per exame
• Pass score: 750 (on a scale of 100-900)
• Type: Multiple choice and performance-based