CompTIA Security+: Exam SY0-401 - Softcover

Dulaney, Emmett; Easttom, Chuck

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1118875079 ISBN 13: 9781118875070

Publisher: Sybex Inc, 2014

Synopsis

Join over 250,000 IT professionals who've earned Security+certification

If you're an IT professional hoping to progress in your career,then you know that the CompTIA Security+ exam is one of the mostvaluable certifications available. Since its introduction in 2002,over a quarter million professionals have achieved Security+certification, itself a springboard to prestigious certificationslike the CASP, CISSP, and CISA. The CompTIA Security+ StudyGuide: SY0-401 covers 100% of the Security+ exam objectives,with clear and concise information on crucial security topics.

You'll find everything you need to prepare for the 2014 versionof the Security+ certification exam, including insight fromindustry experts on a wide range of IT security topics. Readersalso get access to a robust set of learning tools, featuringelectronic flashcards, assessment tests, robust practice testenvironment, with hundreds of practice questions, and electronicflashcards.

• CompTIA authorized and endorsed
• Includes updates covering the latest changes to the exam,including better preparation for real-world applications
• Covers key topics like network security, compliance andoperational security, threats and vulnerabilities, access controland identity management, and cryptography
• Employs practical examples and insights to provide real-worldcontext from two leading certification experts
• Provides the necessary tools to take that first important steptoward advanced security certs like CASP, CISSP, and CISA, inaddition to satisfying the DoD's 8570 directive

If you're serious about jump-starting your security career, youneed the kind of thorough preparation included in the CompTIASecurity+ Study Guide: SY0-401.

About this title

About the Author

Emmett Dulaney is an Assistant Professor at AndersonUniversity. He has written several certification books on Windows,security, IT project management, and UNIX, and was the co-author ofCompTIA A+ Complete Study Guide (Sybex).

Chuck Easttom has many years of practical experience in all aspects of IT. He holds a Doctor of Science in CyberSecurity and 3 masters degrees(including 1 in applied computer science and 1 in systems engineering). He has authored 26 computer science books ( so far) and is an inventor with fifteen computer science patents, and numerous research papers on topics such as digital forensics, cyber warfare,engineering processes,cryptography, and other areas.
He was a subject matter expert for CompTIA in the creation of their Security+, Linux+,and Server+certification tests and on the Job Task Analysis team for CEH v8. He created the OSForensics certification test and course.  He currently holds  over 40 IT certifications (A+,Network+, iNet+, Linux+,Server+,MCP, MCAD, MCSA, MCSE, MCDBA,MCTS,MCITP, CEH, CHFI, CISSP, CCFP, ISSAP,and more).  He is also a Distinguished Speaker of the ACM, as well as a Senior Member of the ACM and a Senior Member of the IEEE and a member of INCOSE and IACR.

From the Back Cover

All the test prep you need for Exam SY0-401

In this highly anticipated new edition of the popular CompTIASecurity+ Study Guide, top security authorities Emmett Dulaneyand Chuck Easttom prepare you for the latest CompTIA Security+exam, SY0-401. They cover exam essentials such as network security,compliance and operational security, threats and vulnerabilities,and application, data, and host security—and they offer vitalinsights from their decades of security experience. This CompTIAapproved courseware includes:

Full coverage of all exam objectives in a systematicapproach, so you can be confident you’re getting theinstruction you need for the exam

Practical written labs to reinforce critical skills

Real-world scenarios that put what you’ve learnedin the context of actual job roles

Challenging review questions in each chapter to prepareyou for exam day

Exam Essentials, a key feature in each chapter thatidentifies critical areas you must become proficient in beforetaking the exam

A handy section that maps every official exam objectiveto the corresponding chapter in the book so you can track your examprep objective by objective

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Sybex Exam Prep Tools

Go to www.sybex.com/go/securityplus6e to access a fullset of study tools to help you prepare for the exam, including:

• Chapter review questions
• A pre-assessment test
• Full-length practice exams
• Over 100 electronic flashcards
• Glossary of key terms

Includes coverage of all exam objectives, including these keytopics:

• Network security
• Compliance and operational security
• Threats and vulnerabilities
• Application, data, and host security
• Access control and identity management
• Cryptography

Edition details

• Publisher: Sybex Inc
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1118875079
• ISBN 13: 9781118875070
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 505