Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP)
(SSCP.AE1) / ISBN : 978-1-64459-184-0
This course includes
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TestPrep
Hands-On Labs
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About This Course
Skills You’ll Get
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Interactive Lessons
13+ Interactive Lessons | 128+ Quizzes | 108+ Flashcards | 345+ Glossary of terms
Gamified TestPrep
125+ Pre Assessment Questions | 2+ Full Length Tests | 125+ Post Assessment Questions | 250+ Practice Test Questions
Hands-On Labs
41+ LiveLab | 00+ Minutes
1
Introduction
- About This Course
- What Is an SSCP?
- Using This Course
- Objective Map
- Earning Your Certification
2
The Business Case for Decision Assurance and Information Security
- Information: The Lifeblood of Business
- Policy, Procedure, and Process: How Business Gets Business Done
- Who Runs the Business?
- Summary
3
Information Security Fundamentals
- The Common Needs for Privacy, Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability
- Training and Educating Everybody
- SSCPs and Professional Ethics
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
4
Integrated Risk Management and Mitigation
- It’s a Dangerous World
- The Four Faces of Risk
- Getting Integrated and Proactive with Information Defense
- Risk Management: Concepts and Frameworks
- Risk Assessment
- Four Choices for Limiting or Containing Damage
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
5
Operationalizing Risk Mitigation
- From Tactical Planning to Information Security Operations
- Operationalizing Risk Mitigation: Step by Step
- The Ongoing Job of Keeping Your Baseline Secure
- Ongoing, Continuous Monitoring
- Reporting to and Engaging with Management
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
6
Communications and Network Security
- Trusting Our Communications in a Converged World
- Internet Systems Concepts
- Two Protocol Stacks, One Internet
- IP Addresses, DHCP, and Subnets
- IPv4 vs. IPv6: Key Differences and Options
- CIANA Layer by Layer
- Securing Networks as Systems
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
7
Identity and Access Control
- Identity and Access: Two Sides of the Same CIANA Coin
- Identity Management Concepts
- Access Control Concepts
- Network Access Control
- Implementing and Scaling IAM
- Zero Trust Architectures
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
8
Cryptography
- Cryptography: What and Why
- Building Blocks of Digital Cryptographic Systems
- Keys and Key Management
- Modern Cryptography: Beyond the “Secret Decoder Ring”
- “Why Isn’t All of This Stuff Secret?”
- Cryptography and CIANA
- Public Key Infrastructures
- Other Protocols: Applying Cryptography to Meet Different Needs
- Measures of Merit for Cryptographic Solutions
- Attacks and Countermeasures
- On the Near Horizon
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
9
Hardware and Systems Security
- Infrastructure Security Is Baseline Management
- Infrastructures 101 and Threat Modeling
- Malware: Exploiting the Infrastructure’s Vulnerabilities
- Privacy and Secure Browsing
- “The Sin of Aggregation”
- Updating the Threat Model
- Managing Your Systems’ Security
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
10
Applications, Data, and Cloud Security
- It’s a Data-Driven World…At the Endpoint
- Software as Appliances
- Applications Lifecycles and Security
- CIANA and Applications Software Requirements
- Application Vulnerabilities
- “Shadow IT:” The Dilemma of the User as Builder
- Information Quality and Information Assurance
- Protecting Data in Motion, in Use, and at Rest
- Into the Clouds: Endpoint App and Data Security Considerations
- Legal and Regulatory Issues
- Countermeasures: Keeping Your Apps and Data Safe and Secure
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
11
Incident Response and Recovery
- Defeating the Kill Chain One Skirmish at a Time
- Incident Response Framework
- Preparation
- Detection and Analysis
- Containment and Eradication
- Recovery: Getting Back to Business
- Post-Incident Activities
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
12
Business Continuity via Information Security and People Power
- A Spectrum of Disruption
- Surviving to Operate: Plan for It!
- Cloud-Based “Do-Over” Buttons for Continuity, Security, and Resilience
- CIANA at Layer 8 and Above
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
13
Risks, Issues, and Opportunities, Starting Tomorrow
- On Our Way to the Future
- CIA, CIANA, or CIANAPS?
- Enduring Lessons
- Your Next Steps
- At the Close
3
Information Security Fundamentals
- Encrypting Files with EFS
4
Integrated Risk Management and Mitigation
- Conducting Vulnerability Scanning Using Nessus
- Installing Antivirus Software
- Using Social Engineering Techniques to Plan an Attack
- Configuring a VPN
6
Communications and Network Security
- Performing ARP Spoofing
- Obtaining Hardware Information of a Network Adapter
- Obtaining the ARP Cache
- Obtaining Information about Different IP versions
- Obtaining the IP Version of a Network Adapter
- Getting the TCP Settings
- Getting Information about the Current Connection Statistics of TCP
- Getting the UDP Settings
- Getting Information about the Current Connection Statistics of UDP
- Getting Information about DNS
- Finding the Host Name of a Machine
- Finding the Physical Address of a LAN Adapter
- Finding the Logical Address of a LAN Adapter
- Tracing Route Using Tracert
- Intercepting Packets
- Configuring a Router
- Configuring SSH in a Router
- Configuring Static Routing
- Configuring Default Routing
- Configuring VLANs
- Configuring Network Address Translation
- Assigning Different Classes of IP Addresses
- Adding an IPv6 Address
- Spoofing MAC Address
- Performing Session Hijacking Using Burp Suite
- Attacking a Website Using XSS Injection
- Exploiting a Website Using SQL Injection
- Performing a Man-in-the-Middle Attack
- Using nmap for Scanning
- Performing a DoS Attack with the SYN Flood
7
Identity and Access Control
- Creating ACL in a Router
8
Cryptography
- Observing an MD5-Generated Hash Value
- Observe an SHA-Generated Hash Value
- Applying Symmetric Key Encryption
- Using OpenSSL to Create a Public/Private Key Pair
9
Hardware and Systems Security
- Creating a Virtual Machine
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