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Security+ Certification Training Kit (Pro-Certification) [Paperback]

Microsoft Corporation (Author), Andy Ruth (Author), Kurt Hudson (Author)
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February 28, 2003 0735618224 978-0735618220 1

The CompTIA Security+ certification exam measures industry-standard knowledge and competencies for managing information security. And now you can build the skills tested every day, on the job—as well as on the Security+ exam—with this all-in-one training kit. Work at your own pace, using lessons and hands-on exercises co-developed by two Security+ certified professionals. As you develop the real-world expertise needed to help protect corporate information systems and data, you’re also preparing for the Security+ exam—the newest CompTIA credential.

BUILD THE SKILLS TO:

  • Identify and help mitigate security risks—essential concepts
  • Know and apply the basic principles of cryptography, keys, and certificates
  • Monitor and help secure vulnerabilities in TCP/IP and network infrastructure
  • Help protect e-mail, RAS, VPNs, wireless services, and other online communications
  • Configure user and group privileges, access control, and authentication
  • Implement security baselines, system updates, and intrusion detection
  • Create an operational security plan—from physical security to business continuity
  • Build an organizational security program—documentation, risk assessment, user education

YOUR KIT INCLUDES:

  • Comprehensive self-paced study guide that maps to Security+ exam goals and objectives
  • Learn-by-doing exercises for skills you can apply to the job
  • Lesson summaries and review questions, including a complete Q&A summary
  • Testing tool that generates realistic practice exams with automated scoring and explanations for both correct and incorrect answers
  • Key chapters from the Microsoft Windows® Security Resource Kit—for real-world knowledge that goes beyond the exam
  • Supplemental security articles on CD from the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the Internet Engineering Task Force, and the Common Criteria organization
  • Fully searchable eBook version of the study guide

A Note Regarding the CD or DVD

The print version of this book ships with a CD or DVD. For those customers purchasing one of the digital formats in which this book is available, we are pleased to offer the CD/DVD content as a free download via O'Reilly Media's Digital Distribution services. To download this content, please visit O'Reilly's web site, search for the title of this book to find its catalog page, and click on the link below the cover image (Examples, Companion Content, or Practice Files). Note that while we provide as much of the media content as we are able via free download, we are sometimes limited by licensing restrictions. Please direct any questions or concerns to booktech@oreilly.com.


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Product Details

  • Paperback: 512 pages
  • Publisher: Microsoft Press; 1 edition (February 28, 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0735618224
  • ISBN-13: 978-0735618220
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.3 x 1.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,170,093 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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5.0 out of 5 stars Newbie?, February 8, 2003
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This review is from: Security+ Certification Training Kit (Pro-Certification) (Paperback)
If you have never had security experience or feel a little weak on the topic, this book is for you. It is an actual training kit within the book. You will not just step through the CompTIA objectives. On page xxi you will find a breakdown of the objectives and what chapter you will find the material in. This plus the table of contents makes this book a great last minute read before the test. I just got the book and in 2 days have finished a read through. Very comprehensive including Appendix B which tells you which ports to know before the test. You can also use the CD to load the book in ebook. E-book allows total searching of the text. Also 50 question tests are very good and length is not a killer to just sit down and do spur of the moment.
Lastly, use the web links in this book. They will provide you with a great amount of data without having to use search engines.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Stay away from this, June 22, 2003
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I read 5-6 books and passed this exam in my first go. MS PRESS is definitely the worst among all. Some chapters does explain stuff quite well but in general it covers only 50% of what's suppose to be in exam. So if you read only this there's no way u can pass unless you already know other stuff not covered.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent training manual...but practice exam falls short, March 12, 2003
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I used 3 books to study for this exam, and this was by far the most comprehensive (without covering details that are not on the test) and the one that succeeded in explaining objectives in real-world scenerios that could easily be understood and applied. However, the practice exam on the CD-ROM does not accurately reflect the types of questions that are presented to the test taker when sitting for the actual Security+ exam. I would recommend buying Mike Meyer's Security+ Passport as kind of an introduction or a way to ease yourself into this book, and also utilize the practice tests that come on the Meyer's CD-ROM instead of the one included with this Microsoft Kit. For those of you who would like to build on the material presented in this publication, I would suggest "Security+ Guide to Network Security Fundamentals." This is a great reference that goes more in depth in most areas and also maps directly to the exam. GOOD LUCK
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access client support, sparse virus, provides authenticated network access, disable promiscuous mode, secure coding practices, misuse detectors, incident response policy, certificate auditing, perimeter network, network infrastructure security, asymmetric key pairs, intrusion points, private key holder, most secure authentication, secure hash function, server exploits, strongest authentication, ticket cache, certificate life cycle, security education program, tea formula, prerequisites for this chapter, computer security incidents, starting sequence number, cache poisoning
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More Info, Lesson Review, Lesson Summary, Microsoft Windows, Internet Protocol, Internet Explorer, Special Publication, Data Link, Transmission Control Protocol, United States, Certificate Basics, Common Criteria, Communications Security, File Transfer Protocol, Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol, Extensible Authentication Protocol, Hypertext Transfer Protocol, User Datagram Protocol, Denial-of-Service Attacks, Hypertext Markup Language, Internet Web, Intranet Figure, Open Systems Interconnection, Secure Sockets Layer, Simple Network Management Protocol
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