CompTIA Security+ Certification Training
(Exam SY0-501)

Course Content

  Threats, Attacks and Vulnerabilities

• Analyze indicators of compromise and determine types of malware
• Compare and contrast types of attacks
• Explain threat actor types and attributes
• Explain penetration testing concepts s
• Explain vulnerability scanning concepts
• Explain the impact of types of vulnerabilities

  Technologies and Tools

• Install and configure network components, both hardware and software-based, to support organizational security
• Use appropriate software tools to assess the security posture of an organization
• Trouble-shoot common security issues
• Analyze and interpret output from security technologies
• Deploy mobile devices securely
• Implement secure protocols

  Architecture and Design:

• Explain use cases and purposes for frameworks, best practices and secure configuration guides
• Implement secure network architecture concepts
• Implement secure systems design
• Explain the importance of secure staging deployment concepts
• Explain the security implications of embedded systems
• Summarize secure application development and deployment concepts
• Summarize cloud and virtualization concepts
• Explain how resiliency and automation strategies reduce risk
• Explain the importance of physical security controls

   Identity and Access Management

• Compare and contrast identity and access management concepts
• Install and configure identity and access services
• Implement identity and access management controls
• Differentiate common account management practices

   Risk Management

• Explain the importance of policies, plans and procedures related to organizational security
• Summarize business impact analysis concepts
• Explain risk management processes and concepts
• Follow incident response procedures
• Summarize basic concepts of forensics
• Explain disaster recovery and continuity of operations concepts
• Compare and contrast various types of controls
• Carry out data security and privacy practices

  Cryptography and PKI

• Compare and contrast basic concepts of cryptography
• Explain cryptography algorithms and their basic characteristics
• Install and configure wireless security settings
• Implement public key infrastructure