IT Security/Threats/Testing

This lesson covers security testing.

Objectives and Skills

Objectives and skills for the security testing portion of Security+ certification include:^[1]

Explain the proper use of penetration testing versus vulnerability scanning.

• Penetration testing
  • Verify a threat exists
  • Bypass security controls
  • Actively test security controls
  • Exploiting vulnerabilities
• Vulnerability scanning
  • Passively testing security controls
  • Identify vulnerability
  • Identify lack of security controls
  • Identify common misconfigurations
  • Intrusive vs. non-intrusive
  • Credentialed vs. non-credentialed
  • False positive
• Black box
• White box
• Gray box

Multimedia

1. Watch YouTube: Penetration Testing - CompTIA Security+ SY0-401: 3.8.
2. Watch YouTube: Vulnerability Scanning - CompTIA Security+ SY0-401: 3.8.

References