CompTIA Security+ SY0-601 Cert Guide, 5th Edition

Chapter 18

Implementing Host or Application Security Solutions

This chapter covers the following topics related to Objective 3.2 (Given a scenario, implement host or application security solutions) of the CompTIA Security+ SY0-601 certification exam:

• Endpoint Protection

  • Antivirus

  • Anti-malware

  • Endpoint detection and response (EDR)

  • DLP

  • Next-generation firewall (NGFW)

  • Host-based intrusion prevention system (HIPS)

  • Host-based intrusion detection system (HIDS)

  • Host-based firewall

• Boot Integrity

  • Boot security/Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI)

  • Measured boot

  • Boot attestation

• Database

  • Tokenization

  • Salting

  • Hashing

• Application Security

  • Input validations

  • Secure cookies

  • Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) headers

  • Code signing

  • Allow list ...