I've come to appreciate the Security+ exam
I've passed the Security+, GSEC, and SSCP. In that time, I've come to appreciate the Security+. I think it's a great exam to study for. There is a good amount of broad technical information. It gives people a solid foundation on security topics with the requirement to have some technical skill by using performance based questions. The GSEC is better in every way, but it also costs 20 times the money to prepare for.
For those of you studying the Sec+ or thinking about it, carry on. I think you will find it sufficiently challenging and rewarding. Looking back, I sure do appreciate it. Just remember, it's a stepping stone. You don't magically know security by passing it. You must take the next step to advance your skills (whatever that means to you).
For those of you studying the Sec+ or thinking about it, carry on. I think you will find it sufficiently challenging and rewarding. Looking back, I sure do appreciate it. Just remember, it's a stepping stone. You don't magically know security by passing it. You must take the next step to advance your skills (whatever that means to you).
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So does the Security+ count as one of the "and others that should never be mentioned" on your avatar?
Hardly the first thing I'd mention when striking up a conversation on security but not embarrassed either. Think of Security+ as either being your gateway drug into security (in the late 90s this was the golden certification as no one had heard of the ISC(2)). Or your gateway to bigger and better things, starting in the 2000s or so.
As with most things, the Security+ exam became a bit passe' for other more comprehensive exams that may in turn themselves become a bit passe' for something else.
Still the exam gives us the most common base in which to discuss most anything security related. Passe' and all.
- b/eads
To clarify, I'm busting on Cyberguypr, not the Security+ certification. It's not listed on his avatar of certs, so my obvious conclusion is it's one of the certs never to be mentioned.
I agree with the consensus about appreciating the place that Security+ plays/has played. It definitely had a role in shaping me. Though I wonder if the cert will fall out of style and actually become less popular because of the lure of certs like CySA+ and PenTest+ attracting noobs who want to skip the foundational material and jump right into becoming so-called ethical hackers. No prereqs. to take them, after all.
I wish CompTIA would move away from the dumpable multiple-choice format and go heavier into simulations, but in a way that is also not easily dumped.
Security+, eJPT, CySA+, PenTest+,
Cisco CyberOps, GCIH, VHL,
In progress: OSCP
So, Security+ is a big help if you are looking for jobs.
Already passed: Oracle Cloud, AZ-900
Taking AZ-104 in December.
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