CompTIA Security+ All-in-One Exam Guide

673 Pages·2008·9.22 MB·English

by  Gregory White

ALL IN ONE
CompTIA
Security+
™
E X A M G U I D E
Second Edition
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ALL IN ONE
CompTIA
Security+
™
E X A M G U I D E
Second Edition
Gregory White
Wm. Arthur Conklin
Dwayne Williams
Roger Davis
Chuck Cothren
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This book is dedicated to the many security professionals who daily work to
ensure the safety of our nation’s critical infrastructures.
We want to recognize the thousands of dedicated individuals who strive to
protect our national assets but who seldom receive praise and often are only
noticed when an incident occurs.
To you, we say thank you for a job well done!
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Dr. Gregory White has been involved in computer and network security since 1986. He
spent 19 years on active duty with the United States Air Force and is currently in the Air
Force Reserves assigned to the Air Force Information Warfare Center. He obtained his
Ph.D. in computer science from Texas A&M University in 1995. His dissertation topic
was in the area of computer network intrusion detection, and he continues to conduct
research in this area today. He is currently the Director for the Center for Infrastructure
Assurance and Security (CIAS) and is an associate professor of information systems at
the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). Dr. White has written and presented
numerous articles and conference papers on security. He is also the coauthor for three
textbooks on computer and network security and has written chapters for two other se-
curity books. Dr. White continues to be active in security research. His current research
initiatives include efforts in high-speed intrusion detection, infrastructure protection,
and methods to calculate a return on investment and the total cost of ownership from
security products.
Dr. Wm. Arthur Conklin is an assistant professor in the College of Technology at
the University of Houston. Dr. Conklin’s research interests lie in software assurance and
the application of systems theory to security issues. His dissertation was on the motivat-
ing factors for home users in adopting security on their own PCs. He has coauthored
four books on information security and has written and presented numerous confer-
ence and academic journal papers. A former U.S. Navy officer, he was also previously
the Technical Director at the Center for Infrastructure Assurance and Security at the
University of Texas at San Antonio.
Chuck Cothren, CISSP, is the president of Globex Security, Inc., and applies a wide
array of network security experience to consulting and training. This includes perform-
ing controlled penetration testing, network security policies, network intrusion detec-
tion systems, firewall configuration and management, and wireless security assessments.
He has analyzed security methodologies for Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) sys-
tems and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems. Mr. Cothren was
previously employed at The University of Texas Center for Infrastructure Assurance and
Security. He has also worked as a consulting department manager, performing vulner-
ability assessments and other security services for Fortune 100 clients to provide them
with vulnerability assessments and other security services. He is coauthor of the book
Voice and Data Security as well as Principles of Computer Security. Mr. Cothren holds a B.S.
in Industrial Distribution from Texas A&M University.
Roger L. Davis, CISSP, CISM, CISA, is Program Manager of ERP systems at the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, managing the Church’s global financial
system in over 140 countries. He has served as president of the Utah chapter of the In-
formation Systems Security Association (ISSA) and various board positions for the
Utah chapter of the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA). He is