Features
This text is completely revised and updated with expanded coverage on attacks and defenses, helping instructors teach the most current cybersecurity information.
New module units: Security Foundations, Cryptography, Device Security, Infrastructure and Architectures and Operations and Management help instructors and students cover topics in an easy-to-understand sequencing.
All new “#TrendingCyber” openers in each module help generate student interest with real-world examples that relate to the module’s content.
All new Two Rights & a Wrong self-assessments help students quickly assess their understanding of the topics.
All new live virtual machine labs help students refine the hands-on skills needed to master today’s cybersecurity toolset and learn hands-on skills in a live environment.
New and updated Hands-On Projects cover some of the latest security software and help demonstrate the topics covered in the modules.
All new introductions to the Hands-On Projects and Case Projects provide time estimates, objectives and project descriptions and help students and instructors understand the purpose of the activity and the length of time required to complete.
A new sequencing of modules helps facilitate learning with a scaffolding approach to ensure that foundational topics are covered first in order to form the basis for more advanced topics later.
An updated module on “Identity and Access Management (IAM)” teaches the latest password attacks and new defensive technologies such as passwordless systems, ensuring that students are up to date with the latest material.
A new module that includes “Security Operations” covers automation, orchestration, threat hunting and artificial intelligence as they apply to information security. This advanced material occurs later in the sequence of modules to provide advanced material for students to understand how security is applied in an enterprise-level security operations center (SOC).
Updated Live Virtual Machine Labs within MindTap give learners hands-on practice troubleshooting, exploring and trying different solutions in a safe, sandbox environment using real hardware and virtualized operating systems.
All content is up to date and mapped to the new CompTIA Security+ SY0-701 exam through highlighted chapter certification icons, a detailed mapping grid and a quick reference guide.
Helping instructors and students maximize course success, numerous special features throughout the text support effective teaching and learning, including review questions, illustrations of security vulnerabilities, attacks and defenses, case studies highlighting real-world security scenarios and hands-on projects that enable readers to apply what they have learned to real-life practice.
Ciampa's clear, engaging writing style makes even difficult concepts and complex processes easier for readers to understand, making the text an ideal resource for classroom instruction, self-paced learning or professional reference.