CompTIA Security+ Study Guide, 8th Edition

Chapter 7Cryptography and the Public Key Infrastructure

THE COMPTIA SECURITY+ EXAM OBJECTIVES COVERED IN THIS CHAPTER INCLUDE:

• Domain 1.0: Threats, Attacks, and Vulnerabilities
  • 1.2 Given a scenario, analyze potential indicators to determine the type of attack.
• Domain 2.0: Architecture and Design
  • 2.1 Explain the importance of security concepts in an enterprise environment.
  • 2.8 Summarize the basics of cryptographic concepts.
• Domain 3.0: Implementation
  • 3.9 Given a scenario, implement public key infrastructure.

Cryptography is the practice of encoding information in a manner that it cannot be decoded without access to the required decryption key. Cryptography consists of two main operations: encryption, which transforms plain-text ...