Security Administrator Street Smarts: A Real World Guide to CompTIA Security+ Skills - Softcover

Develop the skills you need in the real world. Hit the ground running with the street-smart training you'll find in this practical book. Using a 'year in the life' approach, it gives you an inside look at the common responsibilities of security administrators, with key information organized around the actual day-to-day tasks, scenarios, and challenges you'll face in the field. This valuable training tool is loaded with hands-on, step-by-step exercises covering all phases of a security administrator's job, including: designing a secure network environment; creating and implementing standard security policies and practices; identifying insecure systems in current environment; and, providing training to on-site and remote users.An invaluable study tool, this no-nonsense book also covers the common tasks that CompTIA expects all of its Security+ candidates to know how to perform. So whether you're preparing for certification or seeking practical skills to break into the field, you'll find the instruction you need, including: performing an initial risk assessment; installing, updating, and running anti-virus; encrypting files and securing e-mail; creating new user accounts; and, deploying IPSec. "The Street Smarts" series is designed to help current or aspiring IT professionals put their certification to work for them. Full of practical, real world scenarios, each book features actual tasks from the field and then offers step-by-step exercises that teach the skills necessary to complete those tasks. And because the exercises are based upon exam objectives from leading technology certifications, each "Street Smarts" book can be used as a lab manual for certification prep.

David R. Miller, Security+, CISSP, and MCSE: Security, is a network engineer and IT security and project management consultant. He has written numerous books, curriculum, and training videos on topics such as network and wireless security, penetration testing, CISSP, and Security+. Michael Gregg, Security+, CISSP, and CIW Security Analyst, is the president of Superior Solutions, Inc., an IT security consulting firm that performs security assessments and penetration testing for Fortune 1000(r) firms. He also holds numerous other certifications including MCT, CTT+, A+, Network+, and CEH, among others.