Hey guys! It's me again! After some thought and consideration, I'd love to share my notes/study guide that I used to pass the Security+ exam! I've had a friend who used my study guide as a resource say it really helped me pass the exam as well! So might as well give it to the community and help future exam takers as well, or may I say the future Security+ certified!

For everyone who asked from the last post, here you go!

Ultimate CompTIA SY0-701 Security+ Study Guide

It's all organized per lesson! Each lesson has a heading where under each lesson has a topic, and under each topic has the chapters!

I enabled bookmarks for easier navigation as well! There's also a Table of Content where if you click on the page numbers, it takes you directly there!

Enjoy everyone and happy studying! I hope it helps!

Nearly ruined it for myself! I was convinced my exam was at 2pm today, so I showed up at 1:15, had a drink and review my notes. Went to the proctor at 1:45 and she immediately gave me an annoyed “be on time next time”. Not knowing at the time that I was late, I have to admit I let it get to me, I’m pretty sensitive. I spent the entire exam being annoyed and wanting to get out of there. It was only after I was in the bathroom an hour later that I realized that I was lucky to be allowed to take the exam at all. I was even thinking of going to apologize to her, but I wasn’t rude to her or anything.

With that out of the way, I passed with a 761/900. No, I don’t like my score, but I went into this exam with a terrible attitude (which honestly started way before exam day because I’m feeling burned out from studying). I raced through all the questions in 25 minutes and had to force myself to review for another 20.

It felt easier than Net+, there are more questions that are straight to the point. Still, quite a few tripped me up. Can’t quite figure out when compTIA wants me to consider FDE or remote wipe. I’m thinking, remote wipe is only good as long as the device remains online. But I digress, I passed, I’m happy, I wanna move on.

Here are my study methods:

• CompTIA Security+ Study Guide with over 500 practice test questions These practice questions are good! Sometimes their website doesn’t work so I’ve done the chapter practice questions and the two full practice exams on my phone. My scores for the full practice exams were: 98% and 84%.

• Professor Messer’s Security+ 701 course and study sessions Can never go wrong with the Professor. Unfortunately I couldn’t afford his practice questions this time around.

• Jason Dion’s practice questions set one. I didn’t like these questions. There were a lot of spelling mistakes and grammatical errors which resulted in making the questions harder than they were, because what are you even saying? My scores were: 76%, 77%, 82%, 76%, 81% and 72%. I didn’t make these questions the focus of my study.

• Also didn’t really focus on examcompass much this time around, I took tests on exam day and scored 76% for test 3 and 60% on test 19. Please note that I didn’t take the percentage based on points, but the (lower) percentage based on questions that I answered correctly.

Just wanted to do another quick shoutout to Andrew Ramdayal, his “50 practice questions” video gave me the confidence I had enough knowledge to pass.

Shoutout number two goes out to Pete Zerger, his Security+ exam cram videos are absolutely fantastic. I learned some new things a day before the exam. His videos are not fully uploaded yet, but if you need a quick review, you can check out the completed modules. If you need to review a short topic, the completed modules are also available in smaller videos.

Okay, that’s the trifecta over and done with. From start to finish that took me a little less than five months. Though, I’m not done with compTIA just yet, I like this structured way of learning. I have to do Linux+ sometime this year and I’m definitely interested in moving forward with what I’ve learned so far.

I currently have an active CompTIA Security+ 601 certification, having recently gotten it back in November. At the time, I had been preparing for the 601 exam for the better part of a year while finishing up my undergrad.

I would like to get caught up with the material covered in the 701, so I was wondering if anyone had a good recommendation for a textbook I could purchase to use as study material. I prefer textbooks because they go more in-depth than an online course.

Any recommendations would be highly appreciated!

I’m preparing for the security+ (SY0-701) and i’m trying to find the best study material available. Right now i am using Jason Dions security+ (SY0-701) complete course & Exam on udemy, but heard from many users on reddit that his content is outdated so i’m not sure if i want to continue with that. If anyone has any recommendations for guides, videos or other material please let me know! Thank you.

Score 788. Had a total of 75 questions (3 PBQ, 72 MCQ). Finished in about 75mins. The 4 PBQ had questions on setting up VPN, security logs reading to determine origin, infected, clean hosts, Cloud deployment with instances WAF and load balancer. The MCQ questions are mostly one to two sentences. The key to answering them correctly is to differentiate between similar answers. Example: business email compromise vs phishing vs pretexting. Sometimes the questions are harder to answer with little information given. Example: what are the example treatment for continuous risk? Email filtering for phishing attempts.

I started my self study from comptia’s book. Only managed a 50% rate from the end-of-chapters test questions. I’m not sure if prepping at ExamCompass helped as the exam did not test on acronyms at all. But having a good pass (75%) on ExamCompass made me feel more confident. My background is a system administrator for security product for about 2years. Degree in cybersecurity. Had AWS architect cert. Having this background helped me with basic knowledge at some of the domains tested in Security+.

Hello, could you tell me if the comptia security + books are paid? or will there be a page for free download

A couple months ago I finally passed the Network+. Started a job recently in another state so I'm taking a season break from my college but whenever I start back again- Security+ is the next course in my curriculum.

I figure it couldn't hurt to get a headstart and throw in some studying here and there.

I like a lot of the video courses like Messer but I think a visual guide could be good for when I have some free time while working.

Anyone have any study guides that could be helpful to start learning some of the material?

Thanks

I bought The Official CompTIA Security+ Student Guide (SY0-701) Book w/ebook and just finished the 1st chapter however, I realized that all of the exam objectives on the PDF for the first chapter aren’t in the book? Am I missing something?

Which book is best to get? I really don’t want to buy both

Get certified get ahead SYO-701 study guide ($47) Or Study guide with over 500 practice questions SYO-701 ($47)

Okay I was thinking about picking up Ian’s Neil sec+ book for 701 but theirs a lot of mixed opinions on Ian Neil on this sub. Some people say the book is helpful while some say it’s awful so can I get some more feedback on if the book is actually helpful or not.

Im looking to take the new exam in the next couple of months and was looking if there is a curated list of best resources/books/videos or something already available (behind a paywall or not)

would appreciate it. thank you

Hello CompTIA Community,

We are thrilled to announce the launch of our new, digestible notes for the CompTIA Security+ SY0-701 exam, developed with the help of OpenpassAI, our latest AI-powered product.

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The purpose is simple: to help students who are preparing for the CompTIA Security+ exam reinforce and remind themselves of key terms and concepts just before the actual exam.

Feel free to have a look at the notes and let us know your thoughts. We're constantly looking for ways to improve, so if you have any suggestions or ideas, don't hesitate to send us a message.

Best of luck with your studies, and we hope our notes help you ace your exam!

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hello, i am studying for the compTIA security+ SY0-701 exam and am finding myself stuck on where and how to start. studying has never been a strength of mine unfortunately. i did buy the udemy course by Jason D. and also am watching professor Messer also planning on buying his study guide/exams. i also found a compTIA app to take practice exams & downloaded quizlet for flash cards. my problem is i jot down every vocabulary making it feel like i get nowhere and am trying to take the exam in 30 days since i will be work/school free until january taking advantage of my time off. i would truly appreciate any tips/advice on how you studied for the exam.

I am looking for a textbook for the new security+ exam. I was looking at two options that seem affordable on Amazon.

Mike chapple & David Seidl's study guide Or Joe Shelley and Darril Gibson study guide

Open to other options as well.

I tried Mike Myers book for network+ and didn't like it. Felt like there was a lot of fluff. It wasn't super easy to pick out key points and information. A major source of frustration was a lack of definitions for key terms. often he would provide analogies, comparisons, or examples of what a key term is like... but no clear concise definition.

The exam is pretty new so maybe nobody really has an answer to this. Any past experiences or recommendations with other books? Anything to point me in the right direction here is welcome. Thanks!

Hello everyone! During my studies I created around 250 flashcards for Security+ (SY0-701) and as a way to give back to this awesome community I made them avaliable for free via quizlet

https://quizlet.com/931359441/comptia-security-sy0-701-flashcards-created-by-jeff-chaplin-flash-cards/?i=1rev54&x=1jqt

Enjoy!

I just passed a few minutes ago, so obviously the first thing I thought to do was tell the internet.

I almost psyched myself out of taking this test. My big tip is to organize your studying materials, figure out how much time you have a day to study, and schedule the test. You can always reschedule if something comes up but I found that setting a date really organized my studying. I was just aimlessly reading materials before I scheduled.

The test is about half vocabulary test so flashcards helped me a lot. I made flash cards from the CompTia study guide book, which you can find here: https://quizlet.com/quizlette1077795/folders/security?x=1xqU&i=41kvrg

I had studied using the 601 guide and ended up taking the 701 test but I didn't notice anything totally foreign to the 601 materials on the test.

The PBQ questions were interesting. I had three out of 77 questions total.

Also, of you are a student or still have access to student email you can get a discount on price of the exam. It's significant. https://academic-store.comptia.org/certification-vouchers/c/11332

Study materials: Flashcards from 601 CompTia guide Professor Messer videos Professor Messer practice exams (these are the most like the real exam style) Jason Dion Udemy course Jason Dion Udemy practice exams (harder than the real thing in my opinion)

Passed SY0-701 | AMA / What I did

Hello all!

After weeks of procrastination in the false sense of “I’ll book my exam when I’m 100% ready” I took my exam last week and passed with a score of 771

This is my first Reddit post and a way of giving back.

Firstly, my background (since most people mention it) : B.E. Electronics. I’ve taken a few electives like “Intellectual Property Rights and Cyber Law” Internship at big 4 and converted to full time in cloud security domain. Close to 2 years of experience in third party risk management etc (PS: This is just for your info, with proper guidance and hard work, anybody can ace the exam irrespective of their background)

How did I study + tips:

1. Comptia Security+ 701 objectives : this will be your best friend. Use it as pre assessment check, revisions and post assessment check.

2. Professor messer free YouTube videos : watch it at 2x. 121 videos in total. Finish it in a week. Keep taking notes.

3. After your first run (step 1 and 2), use the objective as a knowledge check. Revisit videos. Shouldn’t take more than a week. (Considering 3hr of focus time/day)

4. Use Andrew Ramdayls 50 Question video. I could do 46/50. It’s important to know the acronyms and try to explain each option and a justification for choosing(or not choosing) an answer.

5. CyberKraft for PBQ

6. Cyber James practice question series. Will teach you on how to best approach a question.

Practice Exams: Professor Messer’s Paid practice exam. Totally worth it. Time your exams. Don’t panic.

Here are my scores:

• Messer exams: 73/90, 75/90, 78/90

• Out of the ~15 wrong questions, usually got 7-8 wrong as I rushed in reading the question.

The exam: 77 total questions, 2 PBQs.

I wouldn’t say it was easy but all you can do is trust in your preparation and maintain your calm.

Go through all the questions in order. Keep answering the obvious ones on the way and flag the rest. Repeat process until you’ve answered all the MCQs. Attempt the PBQs. Be mindful of the clock.

When did I book: I wasn’t sure if i was ready. I think professor messer’s advice is to book the exam when you average 80/90 in his practice tests.

How long it took: It took just over a month with lots of procrastination. However, keep in mind that I did have some background knowledge on most concepts. I did ISC2 CC a couple of months ago. I covered the content in 3-4 weeks (with a full time job) For practice exams, I did 1 test and 2 days of analysis and revisiting videos. Repeat for 2 more tests.

I did it, you can do it too! That's it from my side. Feel free to ask me anything, and I will try my best to get back to you.

Hello!

I've completed Professor Messer's videos and practice questions, but I'm a bit old-fashioned and prefer studying from a book to feel fully prepared for the exam. Could you recommend the best one to help me succeed?

Thanks!

Anyone use this book? My friend was asking about it, and Amazon claims it is the best selling book for the topic? I have never seen it before.