CompTIA CASP+ Training
Offered to the Jacksonville and Northeast Florida community through UNF Professional and Lifelong Learning in partnership with Applied Technology Academy — live online or in person, taught by ATA's practitioner instructors.
Course Overview
The Official CompTIA CASP+ Student Guide (CAS-004) has been developed by CompTIA for the CompTIA CASP+ candidate. Rigorously evaluated to validate coverage of the CompTIA CASP+ (CAS-004) exam objectives, The Official CompTIA CASP+ course teaches the knowledge and skills to understand security architecture, security operations, security engineering and cryptography, governance, risk and compliance, and prepare candidates to take the CompTIA CASP+ certification exam.
CASP+ is an advanced-level cybersecurity certification covering technical skills in security architecture and senior security engineering in traditional, cloud, and hybrid environments; governance, risk, and compliance skills; assessing an enterprise’s cybersecurity readiness; and leading technical teams to implement enterprise-wide cybersecurity solutions. Successful candidates will have the knowledge required to:
Architect, engineer, integrate, and implement secure solutions across complex environments to support a resilient enterprise
Use monitoring, detection, incident response, and automation to proactively support ongoing security operations in an enterprise environment
Apply security practices to cloud, on-premises, endpoint, and mobile infrastructure, while considering cryptographic technologies and techniques
Consider the impact of governance, risk, and compliance requirements throughout the enterprise
Course Outline
- Lesson 1: Perform Risk Management Activities
- Lesson 2: Summarizing Governance & Compliance Strategies
- Lesson 3: Implementing Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery
- Lesson 4: Identifying Infrastructure Services
- Lesson 5: Performing Software Integration
- Lesson 6: Explain Virtualization, Cloud and Emerging Technology
- Lesson 7: Exploring Secure Configurations and System Hardening
- Lesson 8: Understanding Security Considerations of Cloud and Specialized Platforms
- Lesson 9: Implementing Cryptography
- Lesson 10: Implementing Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
- Lesson 11: Architecting Secure Endpoints
- Lesson 12: Summarizing IIoT & IoT Concepts
Intended Audience
CASP+ is for IT cybersecurity professionals with a minimum of 10 years of experience in IT administration, including at least 5 years of hands-on technical security experience.
Prerequisites
To be fit for this advanced course, you should have at least a foundational knowledge of information security. This includes, but is not limited to:
Knowledge of identity and access management (IAM) concepts and common implementations, such as authentication factors and directory services.
Knowledge of cryptographic concepts and common implementations, such as Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security (SSL/TLS) and public key infrastructure (PKI).
- Knowledge of computer networking concepts and implementations, such as the TCP/IP model and configuration of routers and switches.
- Knowledge of common security technologies used to safeguard the enterprise, such as anti-malware solutions, firewalls, and VPNs.
You can obtain this level of knowledge by taking the CompTIA® Security+® (Exam SY0-701) course or by demonstrating this level of knowledge by passing the exam.