CompTIA Security+ Mini Bootcamp: Fast-Track Course

Day 1: Exploring the World Of Cybersecurity

Security and its Components

• What is Security Control
• Type of Security Control
• Gait Analysis
• Attack Surface & Threat Vectors

Diving into the World of Social Engineering

• What is Social Engineering
• Types of Social Engineering
• Prevention From the Social Engineering Attacks
• Practical: Social Engineering Attack

Day 2: The World of Cryptography

Cryptography and its Elements

• What is Cryptography
• What is Encryption and its Types
• What is Hashing and Salting
• Cryptography Terminology
  • Zero-Knowledge Proof
  • Key Stretching
  • Nonce
  • Digital Certificate
  • Key Escrow

Understanding PKI

• What is PKI
• What is Certificate Authority
• Root of Trust
• Types of Certificates
• Certificate Revocation Protocol

Day 3: IAM and its Core Concepts

Understanding the IAM

• What is IAM
• Pillars of IAM
• Password Manager
• What is MFA
• Biometric Authentication and its Terminology
• Hard Authentication Tokens and Soft Authentication Tokens
• Password Less Authentication

Authorization

• Discretionary Access Control
• Mandatory Access Control
• Role Based Access Control
• Attribute Based Access Control
• Rule Based Access Control

Day 4: Cloud & Web Application

Introduction to the Cloud

• A) What is Cloud Deployment Model
  • Public Cloud
  • Private Cloud
  • Hybrid Cloud
  • Community Cloud
• B) Cloud Service Model
  • Software as a Service
  • Platform as a Service
  • Infrastructure as a Service
• C) Responsibility Model
• D) What is Virtualization
• E) Difference Between Virtualization and Containers

Introduction to Web Application

• What is a Web Application
• What are the Top 10 Web Application Vulnerabilities
• Mitigating Web Application Vulnerability