CompTIA Security+ SY0-601 Exam Cram, 6th Edition

Chapter 18

Host and Application Security Solutions

This chapter covers the following official Security+ exam objective:

• ▶ 3.2 Given a scenario, implement host or application security solutions.

Essential Terms and Components

• ▶ antivirus

• ▶ anti-malware

• ▶ endpoint detection and response (EDR)

• ▶ data loss prevention (DLP)

• ▶ host-based intrusion prevention system (HIPS)

• ▶ host-based intrusion detection system (HIDS)

• ▶ host-based firewall

• ▶ boot integrity

• ▶ database tokenization

• ▶ secure cookie

• ▶ code signing

• ▶ allow list

• ▶ block list/deny list

• ▶ static code analysis

• ▶ dynamic code analysis

• ▶ fuzzing

• ▶ system hardening

• ▶ self-encrypting drive (SED)

• ▶ full disk encryption (FDE)

• ▶ hardware root of trust

• ▶ Trusted Platform Module (TPM)

• ▶ sandboxing ...