CompTIA Exam: CompTIA Security+ 2021

About CompTIA Security+  Exam

The CompTIA Security+ helps in building core skills required to perform any cybersecurity role and thereby provides a basis to perform intermediate-level cybersecurity profiles. The CompTIA Security+ exam helps develop the knowledge required to evaluate the security posture of an enterprise environment.

For CompTIA Security+  exam It is recommended to qualify CompTIA Network+ exam together with two years of experience in IT administration with focus on security concepts,

Skills Acquired

The CompTIA Security+  exam ensures that the candidate hold security problem-solving skills to perform tasks including –

• Assess the security posture of an enterprise environment
• Suggest and implement suitable security solutions
• Examine and secure hybrid environments
• Employ applicable laws and policies (including principles of governance, risk, and compliance)
• Discover, examine, and respond to security events and incidents

Exam Details

• Exam Name: CompTIA Security+
• Exam Questions: Multiple choice and performance-based
• Total Question: 90 Questions
• Passing score: 750 (on a scale of 100-900)
• Fees: $370 USD

Course Outline

The CompTIA Security+ Practice Exam exam covers the following topics –

MODULE 1 – Describe Attacks, Threats, and Vulnerabilities

• Learn about various methods of social engineering techniques.
• Understand the potential indicators to identify the type of attack.
• Overview of threat actors, intelligence sources, and Vectors.
• Understanding security-related concerns and types of vulnerabilities.
• Understand security assessments techniques
• Learn about the strategies used in penetration testing

MODULE 2 – Architecture and Design

• Understand the significance of security concepts
• Learn about virtualization and cloud computing concepts
• Understanding secure application development concepts
• Overview of deployment, and automation concepts
• Understand the authentication and authorization design concepts
• Learn the basics of cryptographic.
• Understand and implement cybersecurity resilience
• Overview of security implications of physical security controls including embedded and specialized systems

MODULE 3 – Describe implementation process

• Learn and execute secure protocols
• Learn to Implement host or application security solutions and network designs
• Learn installation and configuration of wireless security settings
• Learn to apply cybersecurity solutions to the cloud
• Understand and execute authentication and authorization solutions
• Learn and explore account management controls
• Learn implementing public key infrastructure (PKI)

MODULE 4 – Describe Operations and Incident Response

• Learn and use suitable tools for assessing the organizational Security
• Understand the significance of policies, processes, and procedures for incident response
• Learn to utilize relevant data sources for support investigations
• Learn and implement mitigation techniques or controls
• Understand the concept of digital forensics

MODULE 5 – Describe Governance, Risk, and Compliance

• Understand and implement various types of controls
• Understand the need of standards or frameworks
• Learn the applicable regulations impacting organizational security posture
• Understand the policies to corporate Security
• Learn the concepts of risk management processes
• Understand the concept of Security privacy and sensitive data Security