Bhardwaj Akashdeep - CompTIA CASP+ CAS-004 Exam Guide

My beloved Parents:

Wg. Cdr. (Retd.) K C Bhardwaj & Usha Bhardwaj

&

My wife Archana and My Daughter Raavi

Dr. Akashdeep Bhardwaj is currently working as a Professor (Cybersecurity & Digital Forensics) with an Indian University. Dr. Akashdeep is an eminent IT Industry & Academic expert with industry experience in Cybersecurity, Digital Forensics and IT Management Operations. In his current role, Dr. Akashdeep mentors graduate, masters and doctoral students apart from leading projects. Akash has published over 100 research papers, books, chapters and patent. Akash has worked as Technology Leader for several multinational organizations.

Mohit Rampal is having over 30+ years of rich cross-functional technology experience with global organizations focused on Cyber Security, Telecom, and IT solutions; complimented by an MS (Systems and Information) from BITS Pilani and an M.Sc.Physics from Delhi University; along with a CISSP.

Presently the CEO, Founder, and Senior Technology Evangelist at Ramognee Technologies. Mohit is focused on application security product creation and technologies to fill the gaps for organizations in cyber solutions. They have created two (2) products over the past 2 years; API Fuzzer, an application security product to help you test your APIs for security vulnerabilities, and RITR- a solution for complete lifecycle for managing cyber security incidents. Prior to this was the country manager for Black Duck Software (now Synopsys), Codenomicon Software (a Finnish Cyber Security firm acquired by Synopsys Inc) as Regional Manager India and South Asia and dealing in next-generation security solutions for Telecom, Defense, IT, Government, etc., Motricity Pte. Ltd. as Managing Director South Asia and responsible to set up India Business operations, Spice Digital, Avaya, 3 Com, Rainbow Technologies etc.

Have delivered a large number of cyber security solutions in India and overseas and was responsible for many large projects like e-governance like AP Online, Banking Projects Like Cheque Truncation System, Real Time Gross Settlement, setting up of cybersecurity testing and training laboratories, and more.

There are a few people I want to thank for the continued and ongoing support they have given me during the writing of this book. First and foremost, I would like to thank my parents for continuously encouraging me for writing the book I could have never completed this book without their support. I gratefully acknowledged Mr. Mohit Rampal for his kind technical scrutiny for this book.

My gratitude also goes to the team at BPB Publication (including Surbhi and Lubna) for being supportive enough to provide me quite a long time to finish the first part of the book and also allow me to publish the book since the topics included are vast and it was impossible to deep-dive into different class of problems in a single book, especially by not making it too voluminous.

This book covers many different aspects of Cybersecurity. Obtaining the CASP certification demonstrates proven capabilities in terms of knowledge and skills to design and maintain security services for complex, enterprise environments and large organizations to secure their valuable assets. This includes core, technical knowledge, and hands-on skills to design and implement and integrate security solutions across enterprise environments. This book will serve as a guide written to provide deep insights into the operations of IT security, Risks, Technical security integrations, and working of security operations at the enterprise level with real-world tasks and activities Security professionals at the lead and specialist level tend to perform day-in and day-out on the security floor. This book provides added-value apart from enhancing the required technical skills in form of stories, tips, notes, and links for additional knowledge to prepare you for the certification.

introduces the CASP exam certification is a popular security certification. There are several popular vendor-specific certifications in the IT industry but CASP is a unique, vendor-neutral certification. This certification is a stepping-stone to other specialized, vendor-specific certifications. CASP exam topics are generic and apply to several varied security technologies, irrespective of the vendors. This book has several examples associated with vendor tools, configurations, and technologies. For specific vendor products, training regarding that vendor hardware, device, or software can be found in training specific to that vendor.

presents the Business & industry - Trends, Influences and Risks, as Security and IT teams do not operate independently, the work and tasks are highly influenced by the organizations business objectives, which define the IT roadmap and decisions. However, factors outside the enterprise control, like constant attacks, technology changes, and upgrades, regulations, compliance add to the complexity of securing the organizations security ecosystem. This chapter includes the various security risks due to the influences and the global market trends affecting IT.