Chapter 2. Communication Security

OBJECTIVES

This chapter covers the following CompTIA-specified objectives for the Communications Security section of the Security+ exam.

Understand communication security in wireless, wired, and application-specific environments.

  • Know security controls available in different popular applications.

  • Know and recognize security threats associated with electronic communications.

  • Communications security is a vital component in ensuring the continuity and survival of companies and organizations in a world overtaken by industrial espionage, cut-throat competition, and malefactors in search of sensitive information to which they have no rights. Because digital and electronic communications are both important and potentially ...

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