PLUS-220 Cheat Sheet (High-Yield Review)
Last-minute review of key differences, traps, and high-yield topics.
Quick answers
- AuthN vs AuthZ: identity proof vs permissions.
- Hashing vs encryption: integrity vs confidentiality.
- MFA, least privilege, segmentation: core controls that appear everywhere.
- SIEM vs EDR: logs/correlation vs endpoint detection/response.
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High-yield review list
- Identity: MFA, SSO, federation, least privilege, RBAC concepts.
- Crypto: hashing vs encryption, symmetric vs asymmetric, certificates/PKI use-cases.
- Detection: SIEM basics (logs/correlation), alert triage, baseline vs anomaly.
- Endpoint: EDR vs AV, isolation/quarantine, containment ideas.
- Incident response: identify → contain → eradicate → recover → lessons learned.
Topics & Skills Covered
- Troubleshooting flow (identify → test → fix → verify)
- Windows tools & utilities (concept-level)
- Networking basics for support
- Security hygiene for endpoints
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