IT Security/Threats/Tools

This lesson covers security tools.

Objectives and Skills
Objectives and skills for the security tools portion of Security+ certification include:
 * Given a scenario, use appropriate tools and techniques to discover security threats and vulnerabilities.
 * Interpret results of security assessment tools
 * Tools
 * Protocol analyzer
 * Vulnerability scanner
 * Honeypots
 * Honeynets
 * Port scanner
 * Passive vs. active tools
 * Banner grabbing
 * Risk calculations
 * Threat vs. likelihood
 * Assessment types
 * Risk
 * Threat
 * Vulnerability
 * Assessment technique
 * Baseline reporting
 * Code review
 * Determine attack surface
 * Review architecture
 * Review designs

Readings

 * 1) Wikipedia: Vulnerability Scanner and related articles.

Multimedia

 * 1) YouTube: Vulnerability Scanning Overview - CompTIA Security+ SY0-401: 3.7
 * 2) YouTube: Assessment Tools - CompTIA Security+ SY0-401: 3.7
 * 3) YouTube: Assessment Types - CompTIA Security+ SY0-401: 3.7
 * 4) YouTube: Assessment Techniques - CompTIA Security+ SY0-401: 3.7