Security Engineering: Automation for CompTIA SecurityX
Become proficient in security automation and post-quantum cryptography. This course will teach you essential skills needed for the CompTIA SecurityX exam.
What you'll learn
With the rise of advanced cyber threats and quantum computing, ensuring robust security automation and understanding post-quantum cryptography are crucial. In this course, Security Engineering: Automation for CompTIA SecurityX, you’ll learn to automate security measures and understand post-quantum cryptography. First, you’ll explore scripting, scheduling tasks, and using cloud APIs for security automation. Next, you’ll discover containerization, automated patching, and SOAR. Finally, you’ll learn how to implement post-quantum cryptography and other advanced cryptographic techniques. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of security automation and post-quantum cryptography needed for the CompTIA SecurityX exam.
Table of contents
- Introduction to Automation in Security 2m
- Scripting for Security Automation 6m
- Scheduled Tasks and Event-based Triggers 4m
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC) 2m
- Working with Configuration Files 3m
- Cloud APIs and SDKs 3m
- Generative AI in Security 3m
- Automated Patching and Auto-containment 2m
- Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) 3m
- Vulnerability Scanning and Reporting 1m
- Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) 4m
- Workflow Automation 1m
- Introduction to Post-quantum Cryptography 4m
- Resistance to Quantum Computing Decryption Attacks 3m
- Emerging Implementations of PQC 4m
- Key Stretching and Key Splitting 2m
- Homomorphic Encryption 2m
- Forward Secrecy 2m
- Hardware Acceleration 2m
- Envelope Encryption 2m
- Secure Multiparty Computation 3m
- Authentication Encryption with Associated Data (AEAD) 2m
- Mutual Authentication 2m
- Performance vs. Security 2m
About the author
Brandon DeVault is a Security Researcher focused on threat hunting at CrowdStrike. He is also a member of the Florida Air National Guard with a variety of offensive and defensive experience. Prior to joining CrowdStrike, Brandon worked full-time as an author with Pluralsight and at Elastic, creating and delivering security content. He also worked with Special Operations Command, where he had two deployments to Afghanistan on deployable communications teams. His experience spans incident response... more