Chapter 15. Physical and Hardware Security

THE FOLLOWING COMPTIA NETWORK+ EXAM OBJECTIVES ARE COVERED IN THIS CHAPTER:

  • 6.1 Explain the function of hardware and software security devices

    • Network based firewall

    • Host based firewall

    • IDS

    • IPS

    • VPN concentrator

  • 6.2 Explain common features of a firewall

    • Application layer vs. network layer

    • Stateful vs. stateless

    • Scanning services

    • Content filtering

    • Signature identification

    • Zones

  • 6.5 Explain issues that affect device security

    • Physical security

    • Restricting local and remote access

    • Secure methods vs. unsecure methods

      • SSH, HTTPS, SNMPv3, SFTP, SCP

      • TELNET, HTTP, FTP, RSH, RCP, SNMPv1/2

Physical and Hardware Security

These vital security methods are going to be the ...

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