CompTIA Security+ SY0-401 Exam Cram

by Diane Barrett, Martin Weiss, Kirk Hausman

CompTIA® Security+ Exam Cram , Fourth Edition, is the perfect study guide to help you pass CompTIA’s newly updated version of the Security+ exam. It provides coverage and practice questions for every exam topic. The book contains a set of 200 questions in two full practice exams. The CD-ROM contains the powerful Pearson IT Certification Practice Test engine that provides real-time practice and feedback with all the questions so you can simulate the exam. Covers the critical information you need to know to score higher on your Security+ exam! --Categorize types of attacks, threats, and risks to your systems --Secure devices, communications, and network infrastructure -- Troubleshoot issues related to networking components -- Effectively manage risks associated with a global business environment -- Differentiate between control methods used to secure the physical domain -- Identify solutions to secure hosts, data, and applications -- Compare techniques to mitigate risks in static environments -- Determine relevant access control, authorization, and authentication procedures -- Select appropriate mitigation techniques in response to attacks and vulnerabilities -- Apply principles of cryptography and effectively deploy related solutions --Implement security practices from both a technical and an organizational standpoint

Genres: Nonfiction

592 pages, Paperback

First published May 31, 2014

Reviews

[Jenny Thompson · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found this book easy to follow and well designed. I appreciated the call-outs to specific items to note for the Exam as well as the included practice questions. There were a few pretty bad typos, but nothing that interfered seriously with understanding the material.

[Collin · Rating 4 out of 5]

There are whole paragraphs in the book that are just copy-pasted else where. I am not sure if it was just laziness or a clever use of using the same material to reuse the memory of the first time reading it.

Overall, I think it does the job well and I dont regret buying it. The book was worth it for the ~500 pages of material I went over.

[Tim · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think these Exam/Cram books are a great study tool overall, sleep inducing, but helpful.