Security+ Certification - Threats and Vulnerabilities Domain

About this course

This course is for beginners and IT pros looking to get certified and land an entry level Cyber Security position paying upwards of six figures!  There are currently over a million Cyber Security job openings global and demand is greatly outpacing supply which means more opportunity, job security and higher pay for you!  The Security+ exam covers six domains and this course focuses on the third domain which is 'Threats and Vulnerabilities'' domain.    MalwareCyber attacksDNS SecuritySocial engineeringWireless attacksAdvanced wireless attacksXSS - Cross-Site Scripting attacksBuffer overflowsSecurity testing toolsSIEM - security information and events managementPlatform hardening and baseliningHoneypots and honey netsVulnerability scanning and pen testingThreat modeling In Malware section we will define Malware categories and characteristics and talk through protective countermeasures to keep networks, systems and data safe from compromise.  There are so many different types of attacks sometimes it can be challenging to address them all within the context of our various lessons.   So in the Cyber Attacks lesson I’ve pulled together some attack types that haven’t necessarily been covered in the other sections.  When the internet was originally architected services such as DNS weren’t necessarily designed with security in mind.   You will learn about DNS vulnerabilities, attacks and DNS Security protocols as part of the DNS Security lesson  Understand social engineering in the context of information security, which refers to psychological manipulation of people into performing actions or divulging confidential information.You will learn the basics of modern wireless security protocols, vulnerabilities, attacks and defense mechanism