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You're reading from CompTIA Security+ Certification Guide Master IT security essentials and exam topics for CompTIA Security+ SY0-501 certification

Product type Paperback

Published in Sep 2018

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781789348019

Length 532 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Concepts

Network Security

Author (1):

Ian Neil

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Table of Contents (22) Chapters

Title Page

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Contributor

Preface

1. Understanding Security Fundamentals FREE CHAPTER

2. Conducting Risk Analysis

3. Implementing Security Policies and Procedures

4. Delving into Identity and Access Management

5. Understanding Network Components

6. Understanding Cloud Models and Virtualization

7. Managing Hosts and Application Deployment

8. Protecting Against Attacks and Vulnerabilities

9. Implementing the Public Key Infrastructure

10. Responding to Security Incidents

11. Managing Business Continuity

12. Mock Exam 1

13. Mock Exam 2

1. Preparing for the CompTIA Security+ 501 Exam

2. Acronyms

3. Assessment

4. Other Books You May Enjoy

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Index

Practical exercise – is the cloud cost-effective?

In this exercise, you are going to go to Amazon Web Services, which provides a calculator to see how much you could save by moving your infrastructure into the cloud. The instructions are accurate at the time of printing, but you may need to use them as a guideline if Amazon changes its website.

Search Google for: Amazon Web Services, pricing. Or go to Amazon Web Services and press the Pricing tab. Perform the following steps:

Select Pricing:

- AWS Pricing: Calculate My Cloud Savings
- Currency: Euro
- Environment: Compare against on-premises
- AWS Region: EU (Ireland)
- Server Type: db (This means database)
- App Name: SQL
- Number of VNs: 10
- CPU Cores: 4
- Memory: 64 GB
- Hypervisor: VMWare
- DB Engine SQL Server Enterprise
- Storage: SAN
- Raw Capacity: 100 TB

Press Calculate TCO
How much did you save? Was it cost-effective?
Now, search for another cloud provider and use their calculator to see who is more cost-effective.