Answers to Performance-Based Questions (PBQs) | Security+ 601
This post contains the answers and explanations to our free Performance-Based Questions (PBQs) that we specifically designed to prepare you to take and pass the…
Static Application Security Testing (SAST)
What if you could take multiple senior developers and security experts, distill them into a tool, and then have the ability to run that tool…
Exercise types (red/blue/white/purple teams)
We’ve talked about how we can use vulnerability scans, penetration tests, and bug bounties to find vulnerabilities in our systems. Another approach you may have…
Disaster Recovery with BCP, COOP, and DRP
For the CompTIA Security+ exam, you need to be familiar with three terms that are related to disaster recovery: What do each of these terms…
Proxy Servers
Proxy servers are a topic that you can expect to get quizzed on in the CompTIA Security+ exam. To make sure you can answer questions…
AWS WAF Made Simple: Protect Your Web Apps In The Cloud
AWS built its own Web Application Firewall and named the service AWS WAF, and we’re going to take a detailed look at how we can…
Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFWs)
For the CompTIA Security+ exam, it’s important to understand what Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFWs) are. In this article, let’s learn about additional functionality that we get…
Network Access Control Lists (NACLs) and Security Groups (SGs)
Access Control Lists (ACLs) also known as Network Access Control Lists (NACLs) and Security Groups (SGs) are used to allow or deny inbound or outbound…
The 5 Most Popular Security Tools You Should Know // Explained in 180 seconds
I came across a resource that shows the most popular and fastest growing open source security projects on GitHub. In this Explained video, we’re going…
Boot Integrity
Ever hear of a rootkit before? A rootkit is a malicious piece of software that’s designed to give admin control of the targeted system to…