IT Security/Threats/Tools

This lesson covers security tools.

Objectives and Skills

Objectives and skills for the security tools portion of Security+ certification include:

Given a scenario, use appropriate tools and techniques to discover security threats and vulnerabilities.

• Interpret results of security assessment tools
• Tools
  • Protocol analyzer
  • Vulnerability scanner
  • Honeypots
  • Honeynets
  • Port scanner
  • Passive vs. active tools
  • Banner grabbing
• Risk calculations
  • Threat vs. likelihood
• Assessment types
  • Risk
  • Threat
  • Vulnerability
• Assessment technique
  • Baseline reporting
  • Code review
  • Determine attack surface
  • Review architecture
  • Review designs

Readings

1. Wikipedia: Vulnerability Scanner and related articles.

Multimedia

1. YouTube: Vulnerability Scanning Overview - CompTIA Security+ SY0-401: 3.7
2. YouTube: Assessment Tools - CompTIA Security+ SY0-401: 3.7
3. YouTube: Assessment Types - CompTIA Security+ SY0-401: 3.7
4. YouTube: Assessment Techniques - CompTIA Security+ SY0-401: 3.7