Logical security uses technology, rather than locks and guards, to protect data and control who can do what. Two pillars run through this lesson: encrypting data so it stays confidential and intact, and managing identities so only the right people and devices get access, with a record of what they did. Network+ tests the vocabulary, the purpose of each protocol and, above all, which one to choose for a given scenario.
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