SY0-701 · General Security Concepts

Various types of security controls

Objective 1.1 · Compare and contrast various types of security controls.

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Connect each term to the asset, threat, control, and evidence it affects.

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Compare Technical control · Managerial control · Operational control · Physical control

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Technical control

Enforces a safeguard through hardware or software mechanisms.

Managerial control

Directs security through policies risk decisions and governance.

Operational control

Relies on people performing repeatable security processes.

Physical control

Prevents physical access with barriers locks or guards.

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Use a fictional organization. Name the risk, choose the narrowest useful control, and state what evidence would prove the control worked.

  1. State the expected result before changing or testing anything.
  2. Name the observation, command, log, or report that would confirm it.
  3. Explain why the closest alternative does not fit the same requirement.
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Official Security+ certification and objectives overviewCompTIA ↗Official Security+ SY0-701 V7 exam objectivesCompTIA ↗