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SSCP Cert Prep: 7 Systems and Application Security

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Overview

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Prepare for the Systems Security Certified Practitioner certification (SSCP). Review the objectives from the Systems and Application Security domain of the SSCP exam.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Securing systems and applications
  • What you need to know
  • Study resources
1. Malware
  • Comparing viruses, worms, and trojans
  • Malware payloads
  • Understanding backdoors and logic bombs
  • Looking at advanced malware
  • Understanding botnets
  • Code signing
2. Understanding Attackers
  • Cybersecurity adversaries
  • Preventing insider threats
  • Attack vectors
  • Zero-days and the Advanced Persistent Threat
3. Social Engineering Attacks
  • Social engineering
  • Impersonation attacks
  • Identity fraud and pretexting
  • Watering hole attacks
  • Physical social engineering
4. Web Application Attacks
  • OWASP Top Ten
  • Application security
  • Preventing SQL injection
  • Understanding cross-site scripting
  • Request forgery
  • Defending against directory traversal
  • Overflow attacks
  • Explaining cookies and attachments
  • Session hijacking
  • Code execution attacks
5. Host Security
  • Operating system security
  • Malware prevention
  • Application management
  • Host-based network security controls
  • File integrity monitoring
  • Data loss prevention
  • Endpoint monitoring
6. Hardware Security
  • Data encryption
  • Hardware and firmware security
  • Peripheral security
7. Mobile Device Security
  • Mobile connection methods
  • Mobile device security
  • Mobile device management
  • Mobile device tracking
  • Mobile application management
  • Mobile security enforcement
  • Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)
  • Mobile deployment models
8. Embedded Systems Security
  • Industrial control systems
  • Internet of Things
  • Securing smart devices
  • Secure networking for smart devices
9. Cloud Computing
  • What is the cloud?
  • Cloud activities and the Cloud Reference Architecture
  • Cloud deployment models
  • Cloud service categories
  • Virtualization
  • Cloud compute resources
  • Cloud storage
  • Containers
10. Cloud Issues
  • Security and privacy concerns in the cloud
  • Data sovereignty
  • Operational concerns in the cloud
11. What's Next?
  • Continuing your studies

Taught by

Mike Chapple

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