What is Cybersecurity?
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.
Jobs You Can Land With CompTIA Security+
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.
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
Organizations that have Contributed to the Development of CompTIA Security+






Exam Details
Exam Codes | SY0-701 |
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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 Questions | Maximum of 90 questions |
Type of Questions | Multiple 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) |