1
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Authorisation
Section 2: Fundamentals of security
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Permissions granted to a user or entity after being authenticated
2
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3 main reasons
Why is authorisation important?
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- Protect sensitive data
- Maintain system integrity
- Create streamlined user experience
CompTIA Security + (SY0-701)
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Decks in class (238)
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Section 2.5 Threats and Vulnerabilities3
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Section 2.6 Confidentiality3
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Section 2.7 Integrity3
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Section 2.8 Availability5
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Section 2.9 Non-Repudiation4
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Section 2.10 Authentication4
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Section 2.11 Authorisation2
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Section 2.12 Accounting3
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Section 2.13 Security control categories5
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Section 2.14 Security control types7
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Section 2.15 Gap Analysis5
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Section 2.16 Zero Trust6
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Section 3.18 Threat Actor4
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Section 3.19 Threat Actor Attributes3
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Section 3.20 Unskilled Attackers3
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Section 3.21 Hacktivists6
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Section 3.22 Organised Crime5
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Section 3.23 Nation State Actor7
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Section 3.24 Insider Threats4
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Section 3.25 Shadow IT3
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Section 3.26 Threat Vectors and Attack Surfaces9
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Section 3.27 Outsmarting Threat Actors8
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Section 4.29 Physical Security: Fencing and Bollards4
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Section 4.30 Attacking with Brute Force4
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Section 4.31 Surveillance Systems6
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Section 4.32 Bypassing Surveillance Systems6
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Section 4.33 Access Control Vestibule's5
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Section 4.34 Door Locks4
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Section 4.35 Access Badge cloning3
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Section 5.37 Social Engineering Motivation Triggers8
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Section 5.38 Impersonation5
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Section 5.39 Pretexting1
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Section 5.40 Phishing Attacks7
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Section 5.41 Preventing Phishing Attacks4
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Section 5.42 Conducting an Anti-Phishing attack1
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Section 5.43 Frauds and Scams6
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Section 5.44 Influence Campaigns3
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Section 5.45 Other Social Engineering Attacks9
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Section 6.46 Malware3
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Section 6.47 Viruses12
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Section 6.48 Worms3
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Section 6.49 Trojans2
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Section 6.51 Ransomware4
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Section 6.52 Zombies and Botnets5
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Section 6.53 Rootkits9
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Section 6.54 Backdoors and Logic Bombs3
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Section 6.55 Keylogger4
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Section 6.56 Spyware and Bloatware5
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Section 6.57 Malware Attack Techniques10
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Section 6.58 Indications of Malware attacks9
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Section 7.60 Data Protection and Classifications8
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Section 7.61 Data Ownership9
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Section 7.62 Data States6
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Section 7.63 Data Types9
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Section 7.64 Data Sovereignty4
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Section 7.65 Securing Data8
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Section 7.66 Data Loss Prevention (DLP)5
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Section 8.68 Cryptographic Solutions: Symmetric v Asymmetric3
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Section 8.69 Symmetric vs Asymmetric5
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Section 8.70 Symmetric Algorithms6
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Section 8.71 Asymmetric Algorithms7
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Section 8.72 Hashing9
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Section 8.73 Increasing Hash Security6
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Section 8.74 Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)4
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Section 8.75 Digital Certificates17
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Section 8.77 Blockchain7
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Section 8.78 Encryption Tools5
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Section 8.79 Obfuscation3
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Section 8.80 Cryptographic Attacks10
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Section 9.81 Risk Management6
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Section 9.82 Risk Assessment Frequency6
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Section 9.83 Risk Identification and Analysis7
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Section 9.84 Risk Register12
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Section 9.85 Qualitative Risk Analysis3
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Section 9.86 Quantitative Risk Analysis6
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Section 9.87 Risk Management Strategies6
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Section 9.89 Risk Monitoring and Reporting8
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Section 10.90 Third-party Vendor Risks & Supply Chain Risks6
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Section 10.91 Supply Chain Attacks3
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Section 10.92 Vendor Assessment9
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Section 10.93 Vendor Selection and Monitoring5
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Section 10.94 Contracts and Agreements8
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Section 11.95 Governance and Compliance10
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Section 11.96 Governance4
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Section 11.97 Governance Structures6
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Section 11.98 Policies7
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Section 11.99 Standards5
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Section 11.100 Procedures4
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Section 11.101 Governance Considerations4
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Section 11.102 Compliance11
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Section 11.103 Non-compliance Consequences6
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Section 12.104 Asset and Change Management2
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Section 12.105 Acquisition and Procurement7
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Section 12.106 Mobile Asset Deployments4
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Section 12.107 Asset Management10
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Section 12.108 Asset Disposal and Decommissioning12
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Section 12.109 Change Management7
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Section 12.110 Change Management process9
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Section 12.111 Technical Implications of Changes7
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Section 12.112 Documenting Changes6
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Section 13.113 Audits and Assessments6
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Section 13.114 Internal Audits and Assessments10
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Section 13.115 Performing an Internal Assessment5
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Section 13.116 External Audits and Assessments7
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Section 13.117 Performing an External Assessment4
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Section 13.118 Penetration Testing5
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Section 13.119 Reconnaissance in Pentesting7
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Section 13.120 Performing a Basic PenTest1
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Section 113.121 Attestation of Findings7
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Section 14.122 Cyber Resilience and Redundancy4
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Section 14.123 High Availability9
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Section 14.124 Data Redundancy9
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Section 14.126 Capacity Planning5
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Section 14.127 Powering Data Centers10
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Section 14.128 Data Backups11
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Section 14.129 Continuity of Operations Plan7
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Section 14.130 Redundant Site Considerations12
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Section 14.131 Resilience and Recovery Testing7
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Section 15.133 Security Architecture: On Premise vs The Cloud19
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Section 15.134 Cloud Security16
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Section 15.135 Virtualisation and Containerisation11
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Section 15.136 Serverless7
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Section 15.137 Microservices9
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Section 15.138 Network Infrastructure4
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Section 15.139 Software-defined Network (SDN)5
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Section 15.140 Infrastructure as Code (IaC)8
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Section 15.141 Centralised vs Decentralised Architectures14
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Section 15.142 Internet of Things (IoT)7
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Section 15.143 ICS and SCADA13
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Section 15.144 Embedded Systems10
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Section 16.146 Security Infrastructure: Ports and Protocols37
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Section 16.147 Firewalls11
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Section 16.148 Configuring Firewalls7
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Section 16.149 IDS and IPS9
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Section 16.150 Network Appliances5
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Section 16.151 Port Security13
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Section 16.152 Securing Network Communications19
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Section 16.153 SD-WAN and SASE11
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Section 16.154 Infrastructure Considerations7
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Section 16.155 Selecting Infrastructure Controls17
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Section 17.156 Identity and Access Management (IAM) Solutions6
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Section 17.157 Identity and Access Management (IAM)10
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Section 17.158 Multi-factor Authentication11
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Section 17.159 Password Security18
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Section 17.160 Password Attacks9
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Section 17.161 Single Sign-On (SSO)7
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Section 17.162 Federation9
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Section 17.163 Privileged Access Management (PAM)4
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Section 17.164 Access Control Models7
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Section 17.165 Assigning Permissions7
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Section 18.166 Vulnerabilities and Attacks2
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Section 18.167 Hardware Vulnerabilities13
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Section 18.168 Bluetooth Vulnerabilities and Attacks16
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Section 18.169 Mobile Vulnerabilities and Attacks7
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Section 18.170 Zero-day Vulnerabilities4
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Section 18.171 Operating System Vulnerabilities6
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Section 18.172 SQL and XML Injections10
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Section 18.174 XSS and XSRF18
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Section 18.175 Buffer Overflow6
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Section 18.176 Race Conditions9
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Section 19.178 Malicious Activity: and Distributed Denial of Service14
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Section 19.179 Domain Name System (DNS) Attacks6
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Section 19.180 Directory Traversal Attack5
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Section 19.181 Execution and Escalation Attacks11
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Section 19.182 Replay Attacks5
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Section 19.183 Session Hijacking7
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Section 19.184 On-path Attacks10
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Section 19.185 Injection Attacks4
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Section 19.186 Indicators of compromise (IoC)10
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Section 20.188 Hardening: and Changing Default Configurations4
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Section 20.189 Restricting Applications8
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Section 20.190 Unnecessary Services1
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Section 20.191 Trusted Operating Systems5
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Section 20.192 Updates and Patches6
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Section 20.193 Patch Management5
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Section 20.194 Group Policies8
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Section 20.195 SELinux Policies17
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Section 20.196 Data Encryption Levels7
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Section 20.197 Secure Baselines6
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Section 21.199 Security Techniques: and Wireless Infrastructure Security7
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Section 21. 200 Wireless Security Settings18
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Section 21.201 Application Security7
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Section 21.202 Network Access Control (NAC)9
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Section 21.203 Web and DNS Filtering8
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Section 21.204 Email Secuirty9
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Section 21.205 Endpoint Detection and Response10
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Section 21.206 User Behaviour Analytics6
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Section 21.207 Selecting Secure Protocols8
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Section 22.209 Vulnerability Management: & Identifying Vulnerabilities13
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Section 22.210 Threat Intelligence Feeds7
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Section 22.211 Responsible Disclosure Programs3
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Section 22.212 Analysing Vulnerabilities11
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Section 22.213 Conducting Vulnerability Scans1
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Section 22.214 Assessing Vulnerability Scan Reports1
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Section 22.215 Vulnerability Response and Remediation6
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Section 22.216 Validating Vulnerability Remediation7
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Section 22.217 Vulnerability Reporting5
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Section 23.219 Alerting and Monitoring: & Monitoring Resources11
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Section 23.220 Alerting and Monitoring Activities11
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Section 23.221 Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)14
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Section 23.222 Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)10
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Section 23.223 Data from Security Tools7
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Section 23.224 Security Content Automation and Protocol (SCAP)12
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Section 23.225 Network and Flow Analysis12
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Section 23.226 Single Pane of Glass7
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Section 24.228 Incident Response: & Incident Response Process18
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Section 24.229 Threat Hunting6
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Section 24.230 Root Cause Analysis7
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Section 24.231 Incident Response Training and Testing5
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Section 24.232 Digital Forensic Procedures11
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Section 24.233 Data Collection Procedures6
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Section 24.234 Disk Imaging and Analysis1
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Section 25.236 Investigating an Incident: & Investigate data15
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Section 25.237 Dashboards3
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Section 25.238 Automated Reports12
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Section 25.239 Vulnerability Scans5
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Section 25.240 Packet Captures2
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Section 25.241 Firewall Logs1
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Section 25.242 Application Logs0
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Section 25.243 Endpoint Log0
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Section 25.244 OS-specific Security Logs0
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Section 25.245 IPS/IDS Logs1
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Section 25.246 Network Logs0
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Section 25.247 Metadata2
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Section 26.248 Automation and Orchestration6
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Section 26.249 When to Automate and Orchestrate6
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Section 26.250 Benefits of Automation and Orchestration8
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Section 26.251 Automating Support Tickets5
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Section 26.252 Automating Onboarding7
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Section 26.253 Automating Security5
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Section 26.254 Automating Application Development5
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Section 26.255 Integrations and APIs7
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Section 27.257 Security Awareness: & Recognising Insider Threats7
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Section 27.258 Objective 5.6 Password Managers4
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Section 27.259 Avoiding Social Engineering10
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Section 27.260 Policy and Handbooks10
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Section 27.261 Remote and Hybrid Work Environments4
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Section 27.262 Creating a Culture of Security7
