A foundational cybersecurity certification covering threats, architecture, operations and governance.
CompTIA
CompTIA Security+
A foundational cybersecurity certification covering threats, architecture, operations and governance.
Overview
Who should take it
Career changers and IT staff moving into security roles.
Prerequisites
No prerequisite information is recorded for this certification.
Exam information
- Exam code
- SY0-701
- Exam name
- CompTIA Security+ SY0-701
- Questions
- Not published
- Duration
- Not published
- Passing score
- Not published
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
Exam domains
General Security Concepts
12%
Threats, Vulnerabilities and Mitigations
22%
Security Architecture
18%
Security Operations
28%
Security Program Management and Oversight
20%
Preparation strategy
Study the published objectives domain by domain, build a small home lab, then move to full-length timed practice tests until your domain scores are consistently above your target.