CySA+
  • CySA+ CS0-002 Exam Objectives
  • Threat Intelligence Cycle
  • Intelligence Sources
  • Security Intelligence Sharing
  • Threat Classification and Threat Actors
  • Threat Research and Indicators of Compromise
  • Attack Frameworks and The Cyber Kill Chain
  • Defining Threat Modeling and Threat Hunting
  • Vulnerability Identification and Validation
  • Vulnerability Scan Results and CVSS Scores
  • Nmap and Enumeration
  • Security Controls
  • Defense in Depth Security Baselines
  • Security Trend Analysis
  • Remediation Issues
  • Asset, Change, and Configuration Management
  • Software Development Lifecycle & Development Models
  • Software Assessment and Code Review
  • Mitigating Attack Types Part 1
  • Mitigating Attack Types Part 2
  • Mitigating Attack Types Part 3
  • Password Cracking and Hashing
  • Privilege Escalation & Man-in-the-Middle
  • Network Based IoCs
  • Host Based IoCs
  • Network Architecture and Segmentation
  • Network Traffic, Packet, and Protocol Analysis
  • Pentesting and Active Defense
  • Firewalls
  • URL Analysis & DNS in Malware
  • Network Access Control and Port Security
  • Identity and Access Management (IAM)
  • Web Application Scanners
  • SSL/TLS Digital Certificate Management
  • Mobile Threats
  • Email Threats and Mitigation
  • Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
  • Endpoint Security and Behavior Analysis
  • Hardware Assurance
  • Blackholes and Sinkholes
  • IoT, Embedded Systems & ICS/SCADA Threats
  • Log Analysis & Continuous Security Monitoring
  • SIEM and Event Correlation
  • Malware Analysis
  • Cloud Models and Service Threats
  • Cloud Automation and Other Cloud Threats
  • VDI, Containers, and Microservices
  • CI/CD, IaC, DevOps
  • AI and Machine Learning
  • Digital Forensics
  • Technical Controls for Securing Data
  • Non-Technical Controls for Securing Data
  • Security Policies and Procedures
  • Continuity Planning and Risk Assessment
  • Incident Response Phases and Communication
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Defense in Depth Security Baselines

  • Different layers of security.

  • Personnel

    • Training

    • MFA

    • Separation of Duties

    • Mandatory Vacations

    • Success Planning

    • Job descriptions

  • Defense in Depth

    • Processes

      • Improvement

      • Learn from trends.

      • Find weaknesses.

    • Technolgoy

      • Software

      • Hardware

      • Security-as-a-Service

    • Network

      • Review your design

      • Segmentation – VLANs, routers

      • Consider Software defined networking?

      • Air gapped?

      • Don’t overcomplicate it

  • Configuration Baselines

    • Definition of what is normal.

    • Detect misconfiguratons

    • Detect anomalies

    • Start simple: IPs, MACs, services, CPU, memory, running processes

  • Hardening Systems

    • Reduce the attack surface.

    • Config hardening

      • Deactivate non-critical components

      • Disable unused accounts

      • Patch, update

      • Restrict peripherals

      • User permissions

      • ACL on resources

      • Install security suites.

  • Patching

    • #1 solution for most remediations

    • Exploits often target known and patched vulnerabilities

    • Update systems

      • Windows Update

      • WSUS

      • APT

      • YUM

    • Patch management solutions

      • SCCM

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