Practice the Skills Essential for a Successful Career in Cybersecurity!

This hands-on guide contains more than 90 labs that challenge you to solve real-world problems and help you to master key cybersecurity concepts. Clear, measurable lab results map to exam objectives, offering direct correlation to Principles of Computer Security: CompTIA Security+™ and Beyond, Sixth Edition (Exam SY0-601). For each lab, you will get a complete materials list, step-by-step instructions and scenarios that require you to think critically. Each chapter concludes with Lab Analysis questions and a Key Term quiz. Beyond helping you prepare for the challenging exam, this book teaches and reinforces the hands-on, real-world skills that employers are looking for.

In this lab manual, you’ll gain knowledge and hands-on experience with

• Linux systems administration and security


• Reconnaissance, social engineering, phishing


• Encryption, hashing


• OpenPGP, DNSSEC, TLS, SSH


• Hacking into systems, routers, and switches


• Routing and switching


• Port security, ACLs


• Password cracking


• Cracking WPA2, deauthentication attacks, intercepting wireless traffic


• Snort IDS


• Active Directory, file servers, GPOs


• Malware reverse engineering


• Port scanning


• Packet sniffing, packet crafting, packet spoofing


• SPF, DKIM, and DMARC


• Microsoft Azure, AWS


• SQL injection attacks


• Fileless malware with PowerShell


• Hacking with Metasploit and Armitage


• Computer forensics


• Shodan


• Google hacking


• Policies, ethics, and much more