Security+ Essentials

1. About Security+ Essentials
   
   
2. Mandatory, Discretionary, Role and Rule Based Access Control
   • An Overview of Access Control
   • Mandatory Access Control
   • Discretionary Access Control
   • Role Based Access Control
   • Rule Based Access Control
     
     
3. Authentication and Identity Verification
   • What is Authentication?
   • Username and Password
   • Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP)
   • Kerberos Authentication
   • Mutual Authentication
   • Certificates
   • Authentication using Tokens
   • Biometrics
     
     
4. An Overview of IT Security Threats and Attacks
   • TCP and UDP Based Denial of Service (DoS) Attacks
   • Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attacks
   • Back Door Attacks
   • IP and DNS Spoofing Attacks
   • Man in the Middle Attacks
   • Replay Attacks
   • TCP/IP Hijacking
   • Mathematical Attacks
   • Password Guessing
   • Brute Force Password Attacks
   • Dictionary Password Attacks
   • Password Cracking
     
     
5. Software Exploitation, Malicious Code and Social Engineering
   • Software Exploitation
   • Malicious Code
   • Viruses
   • Trojan Horses
   • Logic Bombs
   • Worms
   • Social Engineering
     
     
6. Security+ - Identifying Common and Nonessential Services