CompTIA A+ 220-902: Introduction to Virtualization and Basic Security Concepts


Overview/Description
Target Audience
Prerequisites
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
Course Number
Expertise Level


Overview/Description
Two of the most popular and required disciplines in IT are virtualization and security. In this course, you will explore some very basic terms and concepts of virtualization that provide a cursory understanding of a virtual environment. You will also learn about common terms, threats, and mitigation against those threats during an overview IT security.

Target Audience
This course is aimed at entry level IT professionals of less than one year of experience, and may also be useful as a review for veteran professionals who are attempting the CompTIA A+ exam, or deploying a technology that may be new to their organization.

Prerequisites
None

Expected Duration (hours)
2.5

Lesson Objectives

CompTIA A+ 220-902: Introduction to Virtualization and Basic Security Concepts

  • start the course
  • describe the purposes of virtual machines
  • describe resource requirements
  • describe client side virtualization
  • describe the security requirements
  • describe the network requirements
  • describe hypervisor
  • describe SaaS
  • describe IaaS
  • compare private, public, and hybrid
  • describe rapid elasticity
  • describe basic cloud concepts
  • describe resource pooling
  • implement basic cloud concepts
  • describe malware
  • describe how to prevent malware
  • describe phishing and pharming
  • describe social engineering
  • describe brute-force and dictionary attacks
  • describe violation of security best practices
  • describe physical security
  • describe the importance of physical security
  • describe digital security
  • describe common security principles
  • describe user awareness and education
  • identify the hypervisor

    • Course Number:
    cs_apen_a11_it_enus

    Expertise Level
    Beginner