IT Skills     Operating Systems and Servers     Operating System and Server Fundamentals     CompTIA A+ (220-1102)

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Technicians need to familiarize themselves with strategies, features, and techniques that can help ensure a safe and secure small office/home office (SOHO) environment.
In this course, discover home router security settings to configure on a SOHO network. Explore wireless security considerations, including changing the service set identifier (SSID), disabling SSID broadcast and encryption settings, disabling guest access, and changing channels. Next, discover firewall security features such as disabling unused ports and port forwarding or mapping. You'll also learn to install and configure browsers and relevant security settings. Next you'll explore browser installations, extensions, and plug-ins, as well as password managers and certificates. Lastly, explore Internet browsing security features and techniques, including pop-up blockers, clearing browsing data, clearing cache, private-browsing mode, sign-in/browser data synchronization, and ad blockers.
Once you have completed this course, you'll be able to configure security settings for browsers and SOHO networks. This course is part of a series that will help you prepare for the CompTIA A+ Core 2 (220-1102) certification exam.

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Objectives

CompTIA A+ (220-1102): Securing SOHO Networks & Browser Security discover the key concepts covered in this course list common home router security settings to configure on small office/home office (SOHO) wireless and wired networks detail wireless security considerations including changing the service set identifier (SSID), disabling SSID broadcast, encryption settings, disabling guest access, and changing channels describe firewall security features such as disabling unused ports and port forwarding or mapping list steps to ensure secure internet browser downloads and installations describe security considerations as they relate to internet browser extensions and plug-ins demonstrate how to install and configure internet browser password managers recognize how to confirm whether or not a website is secure and provide an overview of certificates describe common internet browsing security features and techniques including pop-up blockers, clearing browsing data, clearing cache, private-browsing mode, sign-in/browser data synchronization, and ad blockers summarize the key concepts covered in this course