CompTIA Security+ SY0-501: The Present Threat Landscape

Overview/Description
Target Audience
Prerequisites
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
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Overview/Description
There are always new emerging threats and other exploits on the horizon. This course examines the status quo in security threats, recognizing threat actors and their attributes, and will prepare the learner for the Security+ SY0-501 exam.

Target Audience
IT security professionals with a minimum of two years' experience in IT administration with a focus on security; users with basic day-to-day technical information security experience; those interested in gaining a broader and deeper knowledge of security concerns and implementation; and learners preparing for the Security+ SY0-501 exam

Prerequisites
None

Expected Duration (hours)
0.9

Lesson Objectives

CompTIA Security+ SY0-501: The Present Threat Landscape

start the course

describe the threat landscape

describe risks and vulnerabilities

define threats, threat agents, exploits, and payloads

define countermeasures and mitigation

describe IOCs

describe script kiddies and hacktivists

compare organized crime, states, and APTs

describe insider and competitor threats

compare internal and external threats

compare structured and unstructured threats

define levels of sophistication, resources, and funding of threats

recognize threat intent and motivation

describe different open-source intelligence in threats

identify different malware threats

define and describe the threat landscape and agents

Course Number:
cs_syps_a01_it_enus

Expertise Level
Intermediate