CompTIA CASP+ CAS-003: Conducting Security Assessments


Overview/Description
Target Audience
Prerequisites
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
Course Number
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Overview/Description
Discover enterprise security operations and explore numerous methods for conducting effective security assessments. In this course, you will review security assessment methods, reconnaissance, fingerprinting, social engineering, and open-source intelligence. Next, you will examine routing tables, DNS records, search engines, and security assessment types. You will then consider penetration testing and assessments and look at exercises and audits. Finally, you will be introduced to scanners, additional security assessment tools, and several types of host tools.

Target Audience
The target audience for this course includes IT security professionals who have a minimum of ten years of experience in IT administration, including at least five years of hands-on technical security experience. The target audience consists of systems, network, and application security professionals that are preparing for the CASP Exam. The CASP certification exam is also accredited by ANSI to show compliance with the ISO 17024 standard for individuals who need it. Another audience consists of any IT professional who wants to gain an advanced understanding of how to secure modern enterprises beyond the Security+ or SSCP certifications

Prerequisites
None

Expected Duration (hours)
0.9

Lesson Objectives

CompTIA CASP+ CAS-003: Conducting Security Assessments

  • start the course
  • describe security assessment methods
  • describe reconnaissance, fingerprinting, and social engineering
  • describe open-source intelligence
  • describe routing tables, DNS records, and search engines
  • describe security assessment types
  • describe penetration testing and assessments
  • define exercises and audits
  • describe scanners
  • define additional security assessment tools
  • describe types of host tools
  • specify physical security tools
  • describe how to conduct security assessments
  • Course Number:
    cs_casp_a09_it_enus

    Expertise Level
    Expert