Mike Meyers' CompTIA Security+ Certification Guide, Third Edition (Exam SY0-601), 3rd Edition

CHAPTER 8

Securing Public Servers

With Cloud Computing, it is no longer a question of If, but rather When and How.

—Ludmila Morozova-Bussva

The world accesses public servers—resources on the Internet—to live and prosper in the global economy. IT security professionals must secure public servers or the world will simply fail. (Dramatic enough intro to this chapter? It’s good stuff, so read on!)

This chapter explores how security professionals deal with public servers, emphasizing cloud computing, in four modules:

• Attacking and Defending Public Servers

• Virtualization Security

• Cloud Deployment

• Securing the Cloud

Module 8-1: Attacking and Defending Public Servers

This module covers the following CompTIA Security+ objectives:

• 1.4 Given ...