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Cybersecurity is an increasingly pressing concern for organizations across all sectors. If you’re looking to further your career in cybersecurity or switch into a more security-centric role, the CompTIA Security+ certification might be perfect for you. In this blog, you’ll find a detailed answer to the question: What is CompTIA Security+ certification? CompTIA Security+ is an internationally recognized, vendor-neutral certification from CompTIA that demonstrates competency in the baseline skills needed for a career in IT security industry. Earning this certification verifies your skills in the following areas based on the exam objectives: Threats, attacks and vulnerabilities: You can detect various kinds of compromise and have knowledge of penetration testing and vulnerability scanning. Technologies and tools: You can deploy various network components, as well as assess and troubleshoot problems to support operational and information security technology Architecture and design: You k...

Software and Applications Use Then: Office employees generally used the basic functions of a limited number of applications – a word processor, a spreadsheet program and maybe a database. Now: Depending on the role, they might use apps hosted on the cloud – under the purview of their organization or outside of it – for everything from in-office communication to work-specific tasks. Local Applications vs. in the Cloud Then: People used work machines only for work, on applications installed directly on machines or on an internal server. Now: People live a huge portion of their lives online, using personal devices for work matters and work devices for personal matters. They conduct a large portion of this on cloud-based apps that exist on a third party’s infrastructure (which is out in the ether, as far as the user is concerned). Software Purchasing Process Then: People with job-specific software needs, like designers, would install Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator on their machines after...

Project management is a critical component of any industry or department, from construction to environmental management. Both technology companies, and the IT departments of firms in a variety of industries; employ project managers with the technical aptitude and project management knowledge to ensure that their technology projects are planned and executed efficiently, staying on time and on schedule. More and more employees are demanding the flexibility to use their own devices on corporate networks, and employers are looking for IT professionals with the skills to ensure the security of their enterprise data across a variety of platforms and networks. With the new CompTIA Mobile certification, IT professionals gain the knowledge needed to provide security not only to desktops, servers and laptops – but to the ever-growing number of smartphones, tablets, and mobile devices used in the workplace. “Mobile Technology Expert” is the #4 Hot IT Job according to InfoWorld – if you’re ready ...

Build a Solid Foundation of Knowledge and Skills CompTIA certifications help candidates build a solid foundation of essentials knowledge and skills that will help them advance their careers. Starting at a higher certification level might seem like a timesaver, but often this can actually delay your progress because you're missing the necessary fundamentals. It's like skipping algebra and going straight for calculus, it just won't work. Operating systems We now move on to the skills needed for the 220-1002 exam, which begins with learning the common operating systems including Microsoft Windows, Linux, and Mac OS. You’ll need to know installation and upgrade methods, command line tools, and how to solve for common operating system questions you’ll face on the job. Security Learn to keep individual computers and office networks safe by employing host-based and network-based security measures such as encryption, website authentication, and malware removal. You’ll also want t...

It should come as no surprise that some hackers try to cheat their way through cybersecurity certifications. The organizations offering certifications take allegations of cheating seriously. That’s why these companies develop exams that are difficult for test-takers to manipulate. (ISC)² also requires that members and test takers sign their Code of Ethics. According to Hord Tipton, CISSP-ISSEP, CAP, (ISC)² Executive Director, “There are recent reports of widespread cheating on certification exams in China, South Korea, and a few other countries…I stand with more than 100,000 others worldwide who are certified by (ISC)² and recognize that certification is a privilege that must be legitimately earned and maintained.” As a career field, cybersecurity is home to some of the world’s most intriguing people – good guys and criminals alike. Here are just a few of them: Robert T. Morris, Jr. – In 1988, this Cornell student created the first computer worm. He received three years of probation, ...

When a problem is solved, people tend to look at the technology as the hero. When the reality it was the humans that realized they had a problem, such as a manual process that needed to be automated. They understood the tool that need to be implemented to overcome that problem. They could visualize a path to resolution with that piece of technology as a critical component of it. Specifics of a given work environment aside, the news coming from cybersecurity professionals is that the space is worth getting into: 78% of those polled saying they would recommend a career in cybersecurity. It’s clear that even specific instances of job dissatisfaction don’t undermine the trade’s potential as a high-paying, fulfilling and worthwhile career. And it’s worth noting that a majority of cybersecurity pros say that the best thing you can do for yourself is to keep learning and get a cybersecurity certification. I think that people tend to look at technology now as the visual representation of the...

Cloud security has a lot to do with access. The traditional system usually controls access through the perimeter security model. Cloud environments are directly linked to each other, making it far easier for traffic to break into the traditional perimeter defense. Cloud security prevents unauthorized access to the data by building security into every level. Eric Pinto Senior director, channel, at SocSoter OK Boomer… I think a lot about that meme from last year. Designed to poke casual fun at a generation that didn’t grow up in the age of technology and therefore deemed out of touch by millennials. I often think of the very different set of challenges presented to the African American generation before me and the deepening disconnect with those that have followed since. Culturally, it was the baby boomers who carved a path for me. My parents (both born in early 1950’s New York City) understood an America that was very different from today. An America shackled in the still too recent ...

The use of mobile devices, particularly employees bringing their own personal devices and connecting them to enterprise networks, brings great rewards – greater flexibility, more collaboration, better communication, and more access to the data that drives business success. However, mobile devices bring great threats and risks to the enterprise – company data is now not only accessed from a secure company intranet; but from potentially unsecured public networks. Over 81% of workers have used a personal device for work functions – how can IT administrators ensure the security of data on a variety of devices being used in multiple locations on multiple networks? In order to meet the unique security challenge of mobile devices, leading firms look to those with mobile security certification that have displayed the knowledge and skills needed to secure mission-critical data across a variety of platforms and devices. For the best study and practice experiences, you should ideally have access...

Cloud computing is an emerging technology and because of that, there exists relatively few in the space who are filling the vast need of designing and implementing cloud based systems. As an early adopter, this certification is great for those who see the future of technology migrating to systems that are no longer limited to a physical location. Those who understand the early adoption of cloud based tech will love the up to date training of the Cloud+ certification. While it used to be hard to find people looking for Cloud based techs, the prolific growth of the cloud market has made it far easier to find work with Cloud+. The jobs are stellar, paying very well and offering quite a bit of job security as long as you keep your skills up to date. Starting at six figures, Cloud based jobs are the future and very rewarding. Starting Wages: $102,000 Typical Jobs: Cloud Sys Admin, Cloud Consultant, Cloud Product Manager, Cloud Systems Engineer (After much experience) CompTIA Security+ A Co...

As always, CompTIA exams like to really test how well you follow instructions. Read the questions slowly and thoroughly. Then read the question again. I found myself flustered with a very simple question. Here’s what happened: On the 902 exam, one of the interactive questions asked to configure a new disk while accounting for future redundancy. Simple enough! So I went to initialize it and set the partitions as requested. There was a second disk available. I tried to configure a mirrored array. CompTIA simulations are very limited and won’t let you really click on a wrong answer. I couldn’t configure a mirrored array and got frustrated. I flagged the question for later to avoid wasting time. At last I returned with forty minutes left to answer. Suddenly, my error come apparent. They asked me to configure the disk for future redundancy, not redundancy right now. I set it to a dynamic disk and called it a day. This is the kind of stuff they love to throw at you in a CompTIA exam. A few ...

Nowadays CompTIA certification is getting popular day by day. I am glad that you are interested in CompTIA A+ 220–1001 and 220–1002 certification. If you are really want to get the newest and valid PDF notes CompTIA A+ certs than simulationexams is one of the best sites. The PDF Form of A+ (220–1001) and (220–1002) Cram Notes is intended to help you pass the exam, providing wide coverage of latest A+ objectives and a few scenario type questions to enable you to understand the concepts. While CompTIA's A+ certification is a great way to get your foot in the door for general IT work, they also offer a range of more specialized certifications. If you have a very clear idea of where you want your blossoming IT career to head, or if you already have a good base of IT knowledge, you can begin to consider how you would like to specialize. Network+ certification or CompTIA Cloud Essentials are both great add-ons to an A+ Certification. The IT field is continuously growing at an accelera...

As the volume of data that exists on the internet grows exponentially, distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks are becoming increasingly common. A DDoS attack aims to make a server, service or infrastructure unavailable. An attack can take on different forms. It may saturate the server’s bandwidth to make it unreachable, or it may overwhelm the machine’s system resources, stopping it from responding to legitimate traffic. Implementing a hybrid approach with dedicated on-premises and cloud-based resources to defend against volumetric, application, reflective and resource-exhaustive DDoS attacks. Extending your security perimeters with multi-layered protection against DDoS attacks. Developing an incident response team that can deploy additional resources to combat and remediate DDoS attacks when they occur. During a DDoS attack, requests are sent in high numbers at the same time from multiple points on the internet. The intensity of this”crossfire “ renders the service unstable, an...

A Denial of Service (DoS) attack includes many kinds of attacks all designed to disrupt services. In addition to DDoS, you can have application layer DoS, advanced persistent DoS, and DoS as a service. Companies will use DoS as a service to stress test their networks. In short, DDoS is one type of DoS attack – however, DoS can also mean that the attacker used a single node to initiate the attack, instead of using a botnet. Both definitions are correct. While most CDNs offer DDoS protection as a sort of extra, there are other services with entire businesses built around the functionality. For example, Google offers a service called Project Shield, which is made available via invitation: Other DDoS protection services tend to be on the high-end when it comes to prices. This is the kind of service that only enterprises usually pay for. To give you an idea, AWS offers a Shield service for DDoS protection, and charges $3,000 per month for its Advanced tier. Who should consider dedicated D...

Volumetric attacks, which are believed to comprise more than 50 percent of attacks launched, are focused on filling up a victim's network bandwidth. Among the most common volumetric attacks are User Datagram Protocol (UDP) flood attacks, where an attacker sends a large number of UDP packets to random ports on a remote host. UDP floods accounted for approximately 75 percent of DDoS attacks in the last quarter of 2015, according to the Versign DDoS Trends Report. “They aren’t” is an acceptable answer for some. Not all organizations need it. However, if your organization relies on SSL-based traffic and transactions, it’s critical to understand if and how your service provider supports this capability. Be certain that the provider’s SSL attack mitigation solution supports in-line decryption and re-encryption of traffic so data stays on your network with your security policies intact. If the SSL attack mitigation is offloaded to another network, just make sure the decryption and re-enc...

A network DDoS’s and DoS’s main goal, as explained in the former paragraph, is to saturate the network connection of a server so that it cannot answer requests any more. Applicative DDoS and DoS attacks, however, usually target a website one of whose pages takes a long time to load (for example, the one dealing with the indexation of a product catalogue, a Webservice method requiring a lot of resources or, simply, a highly charged functionally checkout page). When it comes to DDoS attacks there’s no shortage of real-world examples. On October 21st, the DNS service Dyn underwent a large-scale attack on a global level. The attack utilized a massive botnet, assembled via open source code that took control of tens of thousands of IoT devices. These devices sent enough requests to overwhelm Dyn’s network resources, resulting in a textbook volumetric DDoS attack. The massive influx of IoT devices presents a security challenge like nothing developers have yet faced. With an impressive lack o...

Because there are literally dozens of different types of DDoS attacks, it’s difficult to categorize them simply or definitively. The three most common categories recognized industrywide are volumetric, protocol, and application layer, but there is some overlap in all of these. For example, some protocol attacks can also be volumetric. What’s more important than trying to perfectly categorize attacks is to understand the variety of methods attackers have at their disposal to perpetrate DDoS attacks. It’s just as important to understand that attackers will target any vulnerable part of your infrastructure, from the network all the way up to the application and its supporting services. (For a unique look at how modern apps are constructed and where they’re vulnerable to all types of attacks, not just DDoS, see Apps Are Like Onions; They Have Layers.) Volumetric attacks, also known as floods, are the most common type of DDoS attack. They typically send a massive amount of traffic to the t...