CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) - Free Course
This complete course has been updated and now aims to prepare you for the CompTIA Security+ SY0-701 exam so that you may achieve the Security+ Certification.
What is the Security+ (SY0-701)?
The Security+, is a cyber-security certification from CompTIA.
It covers a range of security topics such as:
- General Security Concepts
- Threats, Vulnerabilities, and Mitigations
- Security Architecture
- Security Operations
- Security Program Management and Oversight
The CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) Exam
To achieve the Security+ certification you must sit the SY0-701 exam. The exam is 90 minutes long, consisting of both Multiple-Choice and "Performance-Based" style questions. You will have a total of 90 questions of which 1-10 will be Performance-Based Questions(PBQs). However, usually you will only have around 4-5 PBQs.
Your result is based on the number of points that you gain from answering questions correctly. The passing score is 750 out of a possible 900 points which translates to answering around ~75/~90 questions correctly or around 83.3%.
Study Security+ for Free
This course includes all of the written lessons required to study the Security+ for free at your own pace. As you can see, the navigation menu contains a drop down menu for each of the 5 modules covered in the exam specification. each of the drop down menus and links are mapped to the Security+ exam specification.
You may notice that there is some additional content in the lessons of this course which are not specifically mapped to or mentioned in the exam specification, this is because we have added them in where we feel extra understanding is needed. If you're interested in gaining an even deeper understanding of security, then extra content outside the scope of this exam can be found across this website so feel free to take a browse.
We advise that you bookmark this page as a central hub for your Security+ study plan.
Best of luck with your studies!
Exam Practice
For those of you who have a Premium Tier subscription, this course contains interactive quizzes at the end of each lesson and practice tests at the end of each module to assess your knowledge and prepare you for the exam. There will also be a full 90 question exam at the end of the course.