CompTIA Security+

This course provides the basic knowledge needed to plan, implement, and maintain information security in a vendor-neutral format. This includes risk management, host and network security, authentication and access control systems, cryptography, and organizational security.

After completing this course, you will know how to:

• Prepare a study plan for the CompTIA Security+ exam
• Correctly use fundamental security technology, conduct risk assessments, and plan vulnerability assessments
• Recognize common attacks including social engineering, malware, network attacks, and application attacks
• Identify fundamental network components and technologies, understand network addresses, and recognize common network ports and applications
• Identify common network security components and secure transport protocols, harden networks, and apply monitoring and detection techniques
• Explain common cryptographic techniques and standards, identify public key infrastructure concepts, and apply transport encryption
• Apply security controls to data, hosts, and mobile devices
• Plan secure web applications and virtual services
• Explain authentication factors and understand network authentication protocols
• Recognize access control models, apply file-level access control, and centrally manage account security
• Apply operational security techniques through organizational policies, user training, and physical security controls
• Plan for disaster through business continuity plans, fault tolerant systems, data backups, and incident response policies

Please see our class schedule at RNT Cyber Academy