Chapter 7

OS and Application Security Controls

This chapter covers the following official CompTIA Cloud+ exam objective:

  • Images 2.3 Given a scenario, apply the appropriate OS and application security controls.

(For more information on the official CompTIA Cloud+ exam topics, see the Introduction.)

The focus of this chapter is how you should apply security controls to operating systems and applications within a cloud infrastructure. You will first learn about the importance of developing policies and user permissions. Next, you will learn about improving the security of a system by using hardened baselines, an endpoint detection and response (EDR), ...

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