It takes a lot of work to certify a trusted OS. In this video, you’ll learn about trusted operating systems and how much time and money it can take to validate this trust.
Trusted Operating Systems – CompTIA Security+ SY0-401: 4.3 Read More »
One common strategy of managing applications is to set specific restrictions on their use. In this video, you’ll learn about the advantages and disadvantages of white listing and black listing applications.
White Listing and Black Listing Applications – CompTIA Security+ SY0-401: 4.3 Read More »
Patching your operating system is a good way to stay ahead of the bad guys. In this video, you’ll learn how operating systems are patched and why the patching process may not be as easy as it looks.
Patch Management – CompTIA Security+ SY0-401: 4.3 Read More »
How can you keep the bad guys from infecting your computer? In this video, you’ll learn about anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-spam, pop-up blockers, and host-based firewalls.
An operating system has hundreds of configuration options that can affect the security of the platform. In this video, you’ll learn about the customization of user rights, log settings, file permissions, and many more operating system options.
Operating System Security and Settings – CompTIA Security+ SY0-401: 4.3 Read More »
The complexity of mobile device security is compounded when the user community takes advantage of “bring your own device.” In this video, you’ll learn some security best practices around securing these user-owned mobile devices.
Mobile BYOD Concerns – CompTIA Security+ SY0-401: 4.2 Read More »
Managing the applications running on mobile devices requires some additional security planning. In this video, you’ll learn about key management, managing credentials, geo-tagging, and application whitelisting.
Mobile Application Security – CompTIA Security+ SY0-401: 4.2 Read More »
Mobile devices have completely changed our perspective of network security. In this video, you’ll learn about the important aspects of securing a device that is constantly moving and outside the direct control of your organization.
Mobile Device Security – CompTIA Security+ SY0-401: 4.2 Read More »
Should you validate input data on the server, or on the client? In this video you’ll learn the advantages and disadvantages of using both of these validation strategies.
Server-side vs. Client-side Validation – CompTIA Security+ SY0-401: 4.1 Read More »
Our databases are the core of our applications. In this video, you’ll learn about SQL and NoSQL database technologies and the type of data we would store in each type of database.
SQL and NoSQL Databases – CompTIA Security+ SY0-401: 4.1 Read More »
