CompTIA Security+ (Exam SY0-601)
Introducing Yourself
• Name
• Company/job role
• Type and amount of experience
• Expectations and objectives
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About This Course
• “CompTIA Security+ is the first security certification IT professionals should
earn. It establishes the core knowledge required of any cybersecurity role and
provides a springboard to intermediate-level cybersecurity jobs. Security+
incorporates best practices in hands-on troubleshooting to ensure security
professionals have practical security problem-solving skills. Cybersecurity
professionals with Security+ know how to address security incidents—not just
identify them.”
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Course Objectives (1)
• Compare security roles and security controls
• Explain threat actors and threat intelligence
• Perform security assessments and identify social engineering
attacks and malware types
• Summarize basic cryptographic concepts and implement public
key infrastructure
• Implement authentication controls
• Implement identity and account management controls
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Course Objectives (2)
• Implement secure network designs, network security
appliances, and secure network protocols
• Implement host, embedded/Internet of Things, and mobile
security solutions
• Implement secure cloud solutions
• Explain data privacy and protection concepts
• Perform incident response and digital forensics
• Summarize risk management concepts and implement
cybersecurity resilience
• Explain physical security
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Course Layout
• Lessons
• Topics
• Job tasks
• Exam objectives mapping
• Activities
• Glossary and index
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Certmaster Learn and CompTIA Learning Center
• [Link]
• Strengths and weaknesses dashboard
• Lessons
• Study Guide
• Videos
• Performance-based Questions (PBQs)
• Practice and assessments
• Flashcards
• Lesson practice questions
• Final assessment
• Online reader
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Course Outline—Day One
• 1 | Comparing Security Roles and Security Controls
• 2 | Explaining Threat Actors and Threat Intelligence
• 3 | Performing Security Assessments
• 4 | Identifying Social Engineering and Malware
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Course Outline—Day Two
• 5 | Summarizing Basic Cryptographic Concepts
• 6 | Implementing Public Key Infrastructure
• 7 | Implementing Authentication Controls
• 8 | Implementing Identity and Account Management Controls
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Course Outline—Day Three
• 9 | Implementing Secure Network Designs
• 10 | Implementing Network Security Appliances
• 11 | Implementing Secure Network Protocols
• 12 | Implementing Host Security Solutions
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Course Outline—Day Four
• 13 | Implementing Secure Mobile Solutions
• 14 | Summarizing Secure Application Concepts
• 15 | Implementing Secure Cloud Solutions
• 16 | Explaining Data Privacy and Protection Concepts
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Course Outline—Day Five
• 17 | Performing Incident Response
• 18 | Explaining Digital Forensics
• 19 | Summarizing Risk Management Concepts
• 20 | Implementing Cybersecurity Resilience
• 21 | Explaining Physical Security
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