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CompTIA Security+ Certification Guide

By : Ian Neil
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CompTIA Security+ Certification Guide

By: Ian Neil

Overview of this book

CompTIA Security+ is a worldwide certification that establishes the fundamental knowledge required to perform core security functions and pursue an IT security career. CompTIA Security+ Certification Guide is a best-in-class exam study guide that covers all of CompTIA Security+ 501 exam objectives. It is authored by Ian Neil, who is a world-class trainer of CompTIA Security+ 501. Packed with self-assessment scenarios and realistic exam questions, this guide will help you master the core concepts to succeed in the exam the first time you take it. Using relevant examples, you will learn all the important security fundamentals from Certificates and Encryption to Identity and Access Management concepts. You will then dive into the important domains of the exam; namely, threats, attacks and vulnerabilities, technologies and tools, architecture and design, risk management, and cryptography and Public Key Infrastructure (PKI). This book comes with over 600 practice questions with detailed explanation that is at the exam level and also includes two mock exams to help you with your study plan. This guide will ensure that encryption and certificates are made easy for you.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
12
Mock Exam 1
13
Mock Exam 2
15
Acronyms

Tips on Taking the Exam

When taking the exam, you need to read the questions thoroughly and look at their grammar, especially if you are a native English speaker, as we tend to scan, and your answer must meet the objective of the question. Adopt a subtractive method by first of all ruling out the answers that are wrong and then selecting the correct answer; the hardest way to tackle this exam is to immediately pick an answer.

As previously mentioned, the exam starts with simulations. If you are finding a question tricky, go to the top right-hand corner and there will be a button saying something like Flag for review, but do NOT attempt to answer that particular question. Do this with any question you find difficult, no matter how large or small it is. When you have finished the final question, you will automatically be taken to the review screen. Don't waste time working...