CC Certified in Cybersecurity All-in-One Exam Guide

CHAPTER 4

Security Operations

This chapter discusses the following topics:

•  Data security

•  System hardening

•  Best practice security policies

•  Security awareness training

This chapter covers the Certified in Cybersecurity Domain 5. Like Chapter 3, this chapter covers security controls—in this case, controls that (ISC)2 has put into a category they call security operations. We start with a discussion of data security controls, including coverage of cryptography and how it is used for different kinds of data protection. Data handling is covered next with a description of the data lifecycle in a typical organization, followed by a discussion of how organizations typically use logging and monitoring as security controls.

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