Passed Security+.

NukeZeroSix

Passed with a 785 today. I felt there were a few genuinely weird questions which required an iterative process of reducing shitty choices down to the answer that was least-shittiest (vice choosing the best). The nuances of DLP vs. other security practices and disaster recovery/environmental controls were my weakest areas.

To prepare I used Darril's book and Messer's videos to review.

My recommendations would be to definitely check out Darril's blog regarding the simulation questions, review all of your common ports and associated protocols, and when studying concepts that could be related (i.e. data loss prevention vs. loss of confidentiality etc...) try and isolate what uniquely characterizes each concept. Also do not rely on a single source of information for your studying, the more fleshed out your concepts the better.

Good luck guys.

Darril

Congratulations on the pass. Great first post.