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What is Cybersecurity?

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Potential Credential:

CompTIA Security+
EXAM CODE SY0-601 & SY0-701

CompTIA Security+ is a global certification that validates the baseline skills necessary to perform core security functions and pursue an IT security career.

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So...What are We Gonna Learn?

Cybersecurity I: This course is designed to provide students with a solid foundation in Network Security. The experience includes students focusing on threats, attacks and vulnerabilities, technologies and tools, and architecture and design. English language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies are reinforced. 

Cybersecurity II: This course is designed to prepare students with the skills and knowledge to install, configure, and troubleshoot computer networks. The experience includes students focusing on identifying and accessing management, risk management, and cryptography and PKI. English language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies are reinforced. 

 

COMPTIA SECURITY+ VALIDATES CERTIFIED PROFESSIONALS HAVE THE SKILLS REQUIRED TO BE MORE PROACTIVE IN PREVENTING THE NEXT ATTACK

What Skills Will You Learn?

  • Attacks, Threats and Vulnerabilities
    • More threats, attacks and vulnerabilities from newer custom devices that must be mitigated, such as IoT and embedded devices, newer DDoS attacks and social engineering attacks based on current events.
  • Architecture and Design
    • Enterprise environments and reliance on the cloud, which is growing quickly as organizations transition to hybrid networks
  • Implementation
    • Administering identity, access management, PKI, basic cryptography, wireless and end-to-end security
  • Operations and Incident Response
    • Organizational security assessment and incident response procedures, such as basic threat detection, risk mitigation techniques, security controls and basic digital forensics
  • Governance, Risk and Compliance
    • Organizational risk management and compliance with regulations, such as PCI-DSS, SOX, HIPAA, GDPR, FISMA, NIST and CCPA

 

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PROVE YOU HAVE THE SECURITY READINESS SKILLS TO ADDRESS TODAY’S THREATS

Exam Details

Exam Codes

SY0-701

Launch Date

November 7, 2023

Exam Description

The CompTIA Security+ certification exam will verify the successful candidate has the knowledge and skills required to assess the security posture of an enterprise environment and recommend and implement appropriate security solutions; monitor and secure hybrid environments, including cloud, mobile, and IoT; operate with an awareness of applicable laws and policies, including principles of governance, risk, and compliance; identify, analyze, and respond to security events and incidents

Number of QuestionsMaximum of 90 questions
Type of QuestionsMultiple choice and performance-based
Length of Test 90 Minutes
Passing Score

750 (on a scale of 100-900)

Recommended Experience

CompTIA Network+ and two years of experience working in a security/ systems administrator job role

Languages

English, with Japanese, Portuguese and Spanish to follow

Retirement

TBD – Usually three years after launch

Testing Provider Pearson VUE
Price

$392 USD (See all pricing)

COVERING RISK MANAGEMENT, INCIDENT RESPONSE, SECURITY CONTROLS AND MORE

CompTIA Security+ Opens the Door to Your Cybersecurity Career!