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The premium edition features the bestselling book plus one year of unlimited access* to Practice Labs for CompTIA Security+, including real world hands-on tasks carried out on real hardware simply accessed from a web browser. An innovative, hands-on study system from a team of CompTIA certification and security experts, CompTIA Security+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide, Premium Fourth Edition with Online Practice Labs offers complete coverage of CompTIA Security+ exam SY0-401 and prepares you for difficult performance-based exam questions. The Practice Labs platform offers an opportunity to work with industry standard technologies to help you develop a deeper understanding of the topics covered in the certification exam. One year of online access The book features learning objectives at the beginning of each chapter, exam tips, and end of chapter practice questions with in-depth answer explanations. Designed to help you pass the CompTIA Security+ exam with ease, this definitive volume also serves as an essential on-the-job reference. The book also CompTIA Security+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide, Fourth Edition covers all exam topics, *For complete one-year access, initial registration must occur within the first two years of the Premium Fourth Edition’s date of publication.
The premium edition features the bestselling book plus one year of unlimited access* to Practice Labs for CompTIA Security+, including real world hands-on tasks carried out on real hardware simply accessed from a web browser. An innovative, hands-on study system from a team of CompTIA certification and security experts, CompTIA Security+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide, Premium Fourth Edition with Online Practice Labs offers complete coverage of CompTIA Security+ exam SY0-401 and prepares you for difficult performance-based exam questions. The Practice Labs platform offers an opportunity to work with industry standard technologies to help you develop a deeper understanding of the topics covered in the certification exam. One year of online access The book features learning objectives at the beginning of each chapter, exam tips, and end of chapter practice questions with in-depth answer explanations. Designed to help you pass the CompTIA Security+ exam with ease, this definitive volume also serves as an essential on-the-job reference. The book also CompTIA Security+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide, Fourth Edition covers all exam topics, *For complete one-year access, initial registration must occur within the first two years of the Premium Fourth Edition’s date of publication.
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704 pages, Hardcover
First published July 6, 2014
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December 10, 2017
Helped prep for the Security+ certification
August 28, 2016
I'm a software engineer with 27 years of experience, and to qualify for certain government contracts, I suddenly found myself having to become Information Assurance Level II certified to comply with DoD Directive 8570. The easiest test to pass to accomplish that is the CompTIA Seucurity+. Sadly it's mosty irrelevant to a software engineer—I am never going to be in charge of designing a secure facility, so knowledge of fences, security cameras, and proximity cards is useless to me, yet all part of this test. But such is the nature of the government. So off I went looking for prep materials, and this book was the cornerstone of my arsenal.
I wish I could say this was a real page-turner, and that it alone got me through the test. Neither is true. It's a snooze, because the subject matter is boring. But it's well-presented and coherent and organized well. And I did pass the test on the first try, but I don't owe it all to this book—I also used CompTIA's CertMaster quizzing tool, and an iPhone/iPad flashcard app that cost $7.99. I also didn't read this entire book—maybe only 50% of it in full. Mostly I concentrated on the sections that were most involved, like the discussions on wireless access security, and different cryptographic algorithms. Then, the flash cards helped me memorize the numerous TLAs and port numbers one needs to know (I'm sure I will forever be thankful to recall by heart that port 3389 is used by RDP); and the CertMaster helped with the nature of the questions as they are worded on the test.
The book isn't far off from the test subject matter, and the chapter-end questions are relevant. Careful reading of the chapters of the more precise subject matter (note: that would not be the sections on "shoulder surfing") will get you through those questions; and lighter reading of the rest will familiarize you with what subject matter is on it. In my case I did a great deal of reading over the course of three months, and then crammed with the flash cards and CertMaster in the final weeks before the test.
Point is, this is a good book. It probably won't get you through the test all by itself, but it will definitely provide the foundation needed, that you can build on with additional learning methods.
And remember, you only have to pass. Passing is 750/900. I got a 795 on my first try. That's an 88% I guess, or a B+ in college. However you need an 83% to pass, so I barely made it. But the grade isn't recorded, just the pass/fail; thus how well you do is irrelevant. Keep that in mind if you are a perfectionist thinking you must master this material as you would in a college course.
I wish I could say this was a real page-turner, and that it alone got me through the test. Neither is true. It's a snooze, because the subject matter is boring. But it's well-presented and coherent and organized well. And I did pass the test on the first try, but I don't owe it all to this book—I also used CompTIA's CertMaster quizzing tool, and an iPhone/iPad flashcard app that cost $7.99. I also didn't read this entire book—maybe only 50% of it in full. Mostly I concentrated on the sections that were most involved, like the discussions on wireless access security, and different cryptographic algorithms. Then, the flash cards helped me memorize the numerous TLAs and port numbers one needs to know (I'm sure I will forever be thankful to recall by heart that port 3389 is used by RDP); and the CertMaster helped with the nature of the questions as they are worded on the test.
The book isn't far off from the test subject matter, and the chapter-end questions are relevant. Careful reading of the chapters of the more precise subject matter (note: that would not be the sections on "shoulder surfing") will get you through those questions; and lighter reading of the rest will familiarize you with what subject matter is on it. In my case I did a great deal of reading over the course of three months, and then crammed with the flash cards and CertMaster in the final weeks before the test.
Point is, this is a good book. It probably won't get you through the test all by itself, but it will definitely provide the foundation needed, that you can build on with additional learning methods.
And remember, you only have to pass. Passing is 750/900. I got a 795 on my first try. That's an 88% I guess, or a B+ in college. However you need an 83% to pass, so I barely made it. But the grade isn't recorded, just the pass/fail; thus how well you do is irrelevant. Keep that in mind if you are a perfectionist thinking you must master this material as you would in a college course.
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