Explain Important System and Network Architecture Concepts

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Goals

• Review system and network architecture concepts.
• Explore important operating system concepts.
• Review Cloud deployment models.
• Review identity and access management concepts.
• Review data protection tools and techniques.

Review System and Network Architecture Concepts

Explore Operating System Concepts

• System Hardening
• Windows Registry
• Configuration Files
• System Processes
• Hardware Architecture

Understand Virtualization, Containers, and Emulation

• Virtualization
• Hypervisor
• Application Virtualization
• Container Virtualization

Understand Cloud Deployment Models

• Cloud Deployment Models

Understand Serverless Computing and SDN

• Serverless Computing
• Software-Defined Networking (SDN)

Understand Deperimeterization and Zero Trust

• Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA)
  • Essential Components of ZTA
• Secure Access Service Edge (SASE)

Explore Identity and Access Management (IAM)

Explain Authentication Mechanisms

• Authentication Methods
• 2-Step Verification
• Passwordless Authentication
• Single Sign-On (SSO)
• Privileged Access Management (PAM)

Understand Federated Trust Methods

• Federation
• OpenID Connect (OIDC)
• Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)
• Shibboleth
• Transitive Trust

Explain Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB)

• Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB)

Maintain Operational Visibility

• Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
  • DLP Components
  • DLP Remediation
• Data Types
  • Personally Identifiable Information (PII)
  • Protected Health Information (PHI)
  • Personally Identifiable Financial Information (PIFI)
  • Cardholder Data
  • Intellectual Property (IP)
• PKI
  • Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
  • SSL Inspection
• Logging Concepts