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Chapter 2Compliance and Operational Security

CompTIA Security+ exam objectives covered in this chapter include the following:

2.1 Explain the importance of risk-relateda concepts.
- Control types
  - Technical
  - Management
  - Operational
- False positives
- False negatives
- Importance of policies in reducing risk
  - Privacy policy
  - Acceptable use
  - Security policy
  - Mandatory vacations
  - Job rotation
  - Separation of duties
  - Least privilege
  - Risk calculation
  - Likelihood
  - ALE
  - Impact
  - SLE
  - ARO
  - MTTR
  - MTTF
  - MTBF
- Quantitative vs. qualitative
- Vulnerabilities
- Threat vectors
- Probability/threat likelihood
- Risk-avoidance, transference, acceptance, mitigation, deterrence
- Risks associated ...

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