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Security+ Certification Exam
Course Access: Lifetime
Course Overview
Skills you’ll learn. Build skills with CompTIA learning and validate them with Security+ certification. Get Security+ Exam Objectives and Practice Questions.
Build Essential Cybersecurity Skills to Protect Systems and Data
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- Identify threats, attacks, and vulnerabilities: Identify various types of threats, attacks, and vulnerabilities, including malware, social engineering, and application attacks.
- Utilize security technologies and tools: Utilize security technologies and tools, such as firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and endpoint security, to protect systems.
- Design secure architectures and protocols: Design secure network architectures, implement secure systems, and apply secure protocols for architecture and design.
- Manage identity and access control: Manage identity and access concepts, including authentication, authorization, and accounting, to ensure secure access control.
- Assess and manage risk: Assess and manage risk through risk analysis, mitigation strategies, and business continuity planning.
- Apply cryptography concepts: Apply cryptography concepts, including encryption algorithms, public key infrastructure (PKI), and digital signatures, to secure data.
- Implement compliance and operational security: Implement compliance and operational security measures, including security policies, procedures, and best practices.
Security+ Exam Details
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- Exam version: V7
- Exam series code: SY0-701
- Launch date: November 7, 2023
- Number of questions: Maximum of 90, a mix of multiple-choice and performance-based questions
- Retirement: Usually three years after launch (estimated 2026)
- Duration: 90 minutes
- Passing score: 750 (on a scale of 100-900)
- Languages: English, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, and Thai
- Recommended experience: CompTIA Network+ and two years of experience working in a security/ systems administrator job role
- DoD 8140 work roles: Cyber defense analyst, incident responder, vulnerability analyst, security control assessor, system administrator, network specialist, systems planner, IT project manager, information security manager, secure software assessor, and many more