Looking to take Security+ soon....

I am currently doing my own study, I am reading ExamCram book/software, and Cert Blaster. I also just want to say I am a little intimidated by the minimum score required, say compared to the A+, Server+, and N+. How have your experiences been on the exam? Any tips would be helpful. BTW I am new to this forum.

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undomiel

It's a difficult exam but it is doable. Make sure you study all of the bullet points! Probably the biggest things to understand are encryption & PKI, and management procedures. Make sure you know the text book answers for how to deal with things so that you can give the CompTIA answer instead of how you would do it. That's generally what makes this exam difficult. Lots of questions with multiple right answers but only one CompTIA answer. But if you studied well then you'll be prepared to blow things away!

bubble2005

Really and truly, IMO, you should try to read every book you can, because those security topics are very vast. My exam is coming up soon, and I'm trying to get in as much as I can. I'm using (Sybex, Exam Cram, Prep Logic, and Syngress). It would've been better if COMPTia designated ONE book AND only one book for these certifications. Pshhh You call this and entry level exam, no way man, my friend has his CISSP and failed this. Damn!

Yes and what even makes this exam worse is the min. score as you say AND 100 questions.

Yeah this is must be "advanced entry level" aye, because I'm pissed right about now.