Profile
The Security Essentials certification serves as a foundational certificate tailored for IT administrators with at least two years of experience, focusing on system security in their job role.
Security Essentials encompasses core knowledge essential for any cybersecurity role and serves as a stepping stone to intermediate-level cybersecurity positions. Security+ integrates best practices in hands-on troubleshooting, ensuring security professionals possess practical problem-solving skills. Professionals with Security+ expertise not only identify security incidents but also know how to address them. This course thoroughly prepares individuals for the official CompTIA Security+ exam.
What You'll Learn
- Focus on addressing emerging threats, attacks, and vulnerabilities on the Internet, including those from custom devices like IoT, embedded devices, new DDoS attacks, and social engineering attacks tied to current events.
- Coverage of enterprise environments and the increasing reliance on the cloud, reflecting the rapid transition to hybrid networks by organizations.
- Expansion into administering identity, access management, PKI, basic cryptography, wireless, and end-to-end security.
- Inclusion of organizational security assessment and incident response procedures, covering basic threat detection, risk mitigation techniques, security controls, and fundamental digital forensics.
- Emphasis on supporting organizational risk management and compliance with regulations such as PCI-DSS, SOX, HIPAA, GDPR, FISMA, NIST, and CCPA.
Minimum Entry Requirement
To ensure your success in this course, you should have basic Windows and Linux administrator skills and the ability to implement fundamental networking appliances and IP addressing concepts. CompTIA A+ and Network+ certifications, or equivalent knowledge, and six to nine months' experience in networking, including configuring security parameters, are strongly recommended.