CompTIA Mobility+ MB0-001: Security


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


Overview/Description
The chief concern for organizations entering the world of BYOD and mobile device is security. With greater flexibility, the mobile nature of devices, and the ownership issues of BYOD, the potential for security issues has never been greater. This course covers security concepts and risks, and strategies for mitigating those risks in a connected, mobile world. This course is one of a series of courses that cover the objectives for CompTIA Mobility+ (MB0-001).

Target Audience
IT support personnel, mobility architects, network and security administrators, and anyone looking to gain technical skills for managing mobile devices

Prerequisites
None

Expected Duration (hours)
1.5

Lesson Objectives

CompTIA Mobility+ MB0-001: Security

  • start the course
  • describe the characteristics of protocols used in the IPSec framework for securing communications
  • describe VPN technologies and protocols
  • describe deprecated WiFi encryption methods and why they should not be used
  • describe current WiFi encryption methods and how they address previous issues
  • describe encryption methods for web traffic
  • describe encryption methods for data at rest
  • describe disk encryption technologies
  • describe removable media encryption technologies and reasons for encrypting
  • describe authentication concepts
  • describe public key infrastructure and digital certificates
  • describe the use of software-based container access to secure applications
  • describe the use of data segregation to isolate applications
  • describe the importance of compliance for mobile devices and mechanisms for enforcement
  • describe mobile device auditing and audit reports
  • describe applications for monitoring mobile devices
  • describe mobile device logs and their use in monitoring
  • describe risks to wireless security
  • describe the methods for mitigating risks to wireless security
  • describe risks to security from software and applications
  • describe mitigation techniques for software risks
  • describe organizational risks to security
  • describe security risks associated with devices and hardware
  • describe the process for identifying a mobile security incident
  • describe processes for determining policy based incident response
  • describe how policy based incident response should be performed
  • describe the documentation required for a security incident
  • demonstrate corporate mobile device security

    • Course Number:
    cs_mobl_a05_it_enus

    Expertise Level
    Intermediate