CompTIA Security+ Deluxe Study Guide provides a comprehensive study tool for the SY0-401 exam, launched in May 2014. With in-depth information on security essentials and standards, practical examples, and insights drawn from real-world experience, this guide provides you with the information you need to be a security administrator, as well as the preparing you for the Security+ exam. This deluxe edition of Sybex's CompTIA Security+ Study Guide features over one hundred additional pages of material, plus free software and bonus videos that help explain complex topics. The companion DVD also includes a robust set of learning tools, featuring Sybex's proprietary test engine with chapter review questions, a pre-assessment test, hundreds of practice questions, and over one hundred electronic flashcards.
The CompTIA Security+ exam is considered the "starting point" for security professionals looking to get a leg up on the competition. This ninety-minute exam contains up to one hundred questions, so candidates must be secure enough in the material to answer quickly with confidence. This study guide helps you master the material:
- Review network, compliance, and operational security
- Understand data, application, and host security
- Master the complexities of cryptography
- Get up to speed on threats, vulnerabilities, access control, and identity management
Practice makes perfect, and this guide provides hundreds of opportunities to get it right. Work through from beginning to end, or just focus on your weak areas – either way, you'll be getting clear, concise, complete information on key exam topics. For the SY0-401 candidate who wants to ace the exam, CompTIA Security+ Deluxe Study Guide provides the information, tools, and practice needed to succeed.