CompTIA CASP+

Course Overview:

The CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP+) certification is the best choice for technical workers who would rather not manage cybersecurity frameworks and policies but instead stay deeply involved in technology.

Prerequisite:

• Minimum of ten years of general hands-on IT experience, with at least five of those years being broad hands-on IT security experience
• Network+, Security+, CySA+, Cloud+, and PenTest+ or equivalent certifications/knowledge

Audience:

• • Security Architect
  • Security Engineer
  • Application Security Engineer
  • Technical Lead Analyst

Topic 1: Security Architecture

• Secure network architecture
• Infrastructure security design
• Software applications & enterprise architecture
• Data security techniques for securing enterprise architecture
• Authentication and authorization controls
• Secure cloud and virtualization solutions
• Cryptography & public key infrastructure (PKI)
• Emerging technologies on enterprise security and privacy

Topic 2: Security Operations

• Threat management activities
• Indicators of compromise & appropriate responses
• Vulnerability management activities
• Vulnerability assessment and penetration testing methods and tools
• Vulnerabilities and recommend risk mitigations
• Processes to reduce risk
• Appropriate response
• Forensic concepts
• Forensic analysis tools

Topic 3: Security Engineering and Cryptography

• Secure configurations to enterprise mobility
• Endpoint security controls
• Security considerations
• Cloud technology adoption
• PKI solution
• Cryptographic protocols and algorithms
• Troubleshoot issues with cryptographic implementations

Topic 4: Governance, Risk, and Compliance

• Appropriate risk strategies
• Managing and mitigating vendor risk
• Compliance frameworks and legal considerations
• Business continuity and disaster recovery concepts