Is it just me?
wastedtime
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It may just be me but out of all the certs I've studied for Security+ seem to be one of the hardest. I have a few different books on it the ones I use the most are the Microsoft Security+, and Exam Cram 2 Security+ Practice Questions. Is there anything else I can do to help study for it?
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My experiance was the opposite. Security+ was the easiest, banged out the exam in 30 minutes. Kind've funny I just received an offer to attend the exam maintenance workshops for CompTIA Security+ in February as a subject matter expert, not sure how or why CompTIA picked me.
The only book I have on Security+ is "Mike Myers' Security+ Certification Passport". I am also using his "A+ Certification Passport", and I intend to buy both his "Network+ Certification Passport" and "Server+ Certification Passport" (if note a few others as well). In my opinion, his books are very easy to follow and he puts things into terms I can better understand.
[By the way, I just found this website a few days ago and this is my first post. I have already printed out countless pages on various exams and read through many threads. The information here is top quality. Thank you!]
- Joey
While A+/Network+ aren't pre-requisites for Security+, there's a lot of material that's covered in the Network+ test in detail that crops up in Security+, so hammering out the Network+ first is a very good idea.
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Agreed. In fact, I have noticed that myself. It's just that over the past few months I have become very interested in networking and networking security (more so security), so I have been paying alot of attention to the security parts of the Network+ and of course Security+.
Honestly though, I really need to get my A+ hammered out first, and then proceed onto the Network+ and Security+ exams (in that order)...
- Joey
You got that right. I've be battling with it for the last three months. It's only five domains but the test questions are tricky. The exam really tests your understanding of all around security in a corporate environment.
As far as book go, I found the sybex book to be a solid foundation but lacks on the indepth information. I then read the Mike Meyers Passport book and found that to really be of minimal help... Should have been my first book.
Right now I am on the Syngress book and so far I am seeing that it goes into far more detail than the other 2 books. There seems to be a lot more to take in with the syngress book.
I should be taking this test at the end of the month.... Right now I don't feel ready, it does seem like it will be a hrad test.
Well I really used the Microsoft book the most and internet(to include www.techexams.net) as my second source. I mostly browsed the ExamCram and a older Security+ for dummies book I had. Of what I did look out of the ExamCram was decent though.