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CompTIA Security+

The CompTIA Security+ certification tests for security knowledge mastery of an individual with two years on-the-job networking experience, with emphasis on security. The exam covers industry-wide topics, including communication security, infrastructure security, cryptography, access control, authentication, external attack and operational and organization security. Security+ is taught at colleges, universities and commercial training centers around the globe. Security+ is an elective or prerequisite to advanced security certifications.

The CompTIA Security+ certification tests for security knowledge mastery of an individual with two years on-the-job networking experience with emphasis on security. The exam covers industry-wide topics including communication security, infrastructure security, cryptography, access control, authentication, external attack and operational and organization security. CompTIA Security+ is an elective or prerequisite to advanced vendor specific and vendor neutral security certifications.
It is recommended that the Security+ exam candidate already hold a CompTIA Network+ or equivalent certification, have adequate training and self study materials and completed a thorough review of the Security+ exam objectives.

The CompTIA Security+ certification requires one of the two available exams:

  • CompTIA Security+ E2C Exam: JK0-010
  • CompTIA Security+ 2002 Exam: SY0-101