Passed Sec+! Trio Complete!

direwolf19

I passed with an 800 even and have completed the trio! I used every second of time and was convinced I was going to fail about 25 questions into it when I had burned up already a 1/3rd of the 90 mins. Those of you that have passed on the 1st try after a month or less of studying I commend you. I spent 3 months and felt like I had a really good grasp of the material and still struggled. Very humbling.

Similar to what others have posted, several questions felt like they had multiple correct answers which was really frustrating. I had 5 PBQ's, 4 were pretty basic but the 5th was just a complete crap shoot. The instructions made no sense and I literally had no idea what it wanted.

Recommendations, again like others have said, is to really know your encryption, controls, and types of attacks. It isn't enough to know just what an attack type is. Know how it's executed, what it looks like on a log, and what types of devices would see it or pick it up, etc.

Resources used were the Gibson Sec+:GCGA book, Messer videos, Examcompass tests, and whatever I could find on Quizlet that seemed quality. The book was the most useful followed by the Messer videos. While I felt Examcompass was really useful on A+ and Net+, it didn't really feel all that useful here.


Up next by request of my employer will be a Citrix CCA-V, after which I'd like to start working towards an MCSA: Server 2012.

Kyrak

Congrats!