Chapter 15

Security Administration

This chapter differs from all others in this book in that it does not begin with a list of Security+ objectives that are covered in it, because there are none. There are also no exam essentials or study questions at the end either.

The purpose behind the inclusion of this chapter is far grander. It is all well and good to have objectives that suggest you know what access control is, what hot and cold aisles are, and so on, but being able to implement what you truly need on a daily basis to be a security administrator can be something altogether different. In an academic setting, I’ve run across dozens of individuals who can get a perfect score on every exam they take but are unable to deal with the day-to-day ...

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