CompTIA Security+

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

About the Certification

Why is it different?

  • More choose Security+: chosen by more corporations and defence organizations than any other certification on the market to validate baseline security skills and for fulfilling the DoD 8570 compliance.
  • Security+ proves hands-on skills – the only baseline cybersecurity certification emphasizing hands-on practical skills, ensuring the security professional is better prepared to solve a wider variety of today’s complex issues.
  • More job roles turn to Security+ to supplement skills – baseline cybersecurity skills are applicable across more of today’s job roles to secure systems, software and hardware.
  • Security+ is aligned to the latest trends and techniques – covering the most core technical skills in risk assessment and management, incident response, forensics, enterprise networks, hybrid/cloud operations, and security controls, ensuring high performance on the job.

 

About the exam

CompTIA Security+ is the first security certification a candidate should earn. It establishes the core knowledge required for any cybersecurity role and provides a springboard to intermediate-level cybersecurity jobs. Security+ incorporates best practices in hands-on troubleshooting, ensuring candidates have practical security problem-solving skills necessary 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

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Certification Information
Category
Hardware, Services and Infrastructure
Information Security
Level
Core
Includes

What Skills Will You Learn?

Attacks, Threats and Vulnerabilities

Focusing on more threats, attacks, and vulnerabilities on the Internet 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

Includes coverage of enterprise environments and reliance on the cloud, which is growing quickly as organizations transition to hybrid networks.

Implementation

Expanded to focus on administering identity, access management, PKI, basic cryptography, wireless, and end-to-end security.

Operations and Incident Response

Covering 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

Expanded to support organizational risk management and compliance with regulations, such as PCI-DSS, SOX, HIPAA, GDPR, FISMA, NIST, and CCPA.

Fee Structure

Paper Security+ ( SY0-601)  
CertMaster Learn  
CertMaster Practice  
Exam Voucher  
CompTIA Labs  
  1,836,250/= TZS

Jobs that use CompTIA Security+

Security Administrator

Systems Administrator

Helpdesk Manager / Analyst

Network / Cloud Engineer

Security Engineer / Analyst

DevOps / Software Developer

IT Auditors

IT Project Manager

 

 

Exam Details

Exam Code SY0-601 
Launch Date November 12, 2020
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; identity, 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 in IT administration with a security focus
Languages English, Japanese, Vietnamese, Thai, Portuguese
Retirement  Usually three years after the launch 
Testing Provider  Pearson VUE
  • Testing Centers
  • Online Testing
COMPETENCIES
  • Understand network security
  • Identify and mitigate security threats
  • Understand application, data, and host security issues
  • Implement access control and identity management
JOB ROLES
  • Security Specialist
  • Security Consultant
  • Security Engineer
  • Security Administrator

Certification Features

Help identify attacks and vulnerabilities to mitigate them before they infiltrate IS
Understand secure virtualization, secure application deployment, and automation concepts
Identify and implement the best protocols and encryption
Understand the importance of compliance