SECURITY + Exam Tomorrow Morning!

Taking the SECURITY+ test tomorrow morning! I achieved CEH last month and the material seems to complement each other. CEH exam was pretty easy for me, hopefully I am not underestimating the SECURITY+ exam. I have probably gone through over 1500 practice questions over the last 2 weeks, been hitting in the high 80's and low 90's each time!

I have been using the Exam Cram book, Sybex, Skillsoft CBTs, MeasureUp practice questions and this web site.

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earweed

Hopefully you leaned on the Sybex book more than the exam cram as the examcram for Sec+ could be nicknamed examfail.

Good luck on your test!

cbsharpe0824

Hope you do well on your exam Mike. I am taking my test at the end of October. I just ordered Darril Gibson's book on amazon too. Can't wait to receive that.

Pander

Best of luck on your exam Mike, I am sure you will do just fine. Hope your next post is an "I passed!" post.

Hopefully you leaned on the Sybex book more than the exam cram as the examcram for Sec+ could be nicknamed examfail.

Yeah I haven't heard a whole lot of positive feedback about Exam Cram's book for Sec+. Sooo glad I joined up here first because I used EC for Net+ and A+ and probably would have for Sec+ too if it weren't for this board. The EC series is okay, however I think they may have missed the mark on the Sec+ material from what I hear.

rogue2shadow

MikeRider3 wrote: »

Taking the SECURITY+ test tomorrow morning! I achieved CEH last month and the material seems to complement each other. CEH exam was pretty easy for me, hopefully I am not underestimating the SECURITY+ exam. I have probably gone through over 1500 practice questions over the last 2 weeks, been hitting in the high 80's and low 90's each time!

I have been using the Exam Cram book, Sybex, Skillsoft CBTs, MeasureUp practice questions and this web site.

GL on your attempt tomorrow and thanks for reppin' the DMV! (DC/MD/VA; I can't help it lol)

Psoasman

Good luck, looking forward to the pass update

MikeRider3

Passed! 845 out of 900. Wasn't too difficult of test.

erpadmin

rogue2shadow wrote: »

GL on your attempt tomorrow and thanks for reppin' the DMV! (DC/MD/VA; I can't help it lol)

Seriously, when I saw those initials, I really did wonder what was so special about the Division of Motor Vehicles. (I saw someone posted that they were from the DMV in the WGU communities....I was like wth?!)

DMV.....lmao! Prior to August 2010, I have never heard of that region referred to as such....lol.

erpadmin

MikeRider3 wrote: »

Passed! 845 out of 900. Wasn't too difficult of test.

Wow already?! Congrats!!

How long did you sit for the exam and what time did it start?

veritas_libertas

earweed wrote: »

Hopefully you leaned on the Sybex book more than the exam cram as the examcram for Sec+ could be nicknamed examfail.

Good luck on your test!

Funny that you say that, it was the only book I used for the exam

@OP: Congratz on the pass!

earweed

MikeRider3 wrote: »

Passed! 845 out of 900. Wasn't too difficult of test.

Congrats!
You must have taken that test at the crack of dawn. I usually take my tests at about 1 PM as I get a good nights sleep, eat a good breakfast and lunch, and have the morning to do some light review over things I should have memorized for the test.

MikeRider3

Exam was at 9, took about 40 minutes. Probably only marked three for review. Completing the C|EH exam and boot camp last month helped alot with the Security+ exam and studying.

Most of the questions were one line - direct questions. Nothing too indepth. Know your IDS types and cryptography!

Oh yea, a common test taking tip - GO WITH YOUR GUT INSTINCT! Spending too much time on one question will lead to second guessing yourself and selecting the wrong answer!

rogue2shadow

MikeRider3 wrote: »

Exam was at 9, took about 40 minutes. Probably only marked three for review. Completing the C|EH exam and boot camp last month helped alot with the Security+ exam and studying.

Most of the questions were one line - direct questions. Nothing too indepth. Know your IDS types and cryptography!

Oh yea, a common test taking tip - GO WITH YOUR GUT INSTINCT! Spending too much time on one question will lead to second guessing yourself and selecting the wrong answer!

Congrats!!!

Devilsbane

Congrats, welcome to the club

Pander

MikeRider3 wrote: »

Passed! 845 out of 900. Wasn't too difficult of test.

Wow congrats man good job! Good score too!

erpadmin

MikeRider3 wrote: »

Oh yea, a common test taking tip - GO WITH YOUR GUT INSTINCT! Spending too much time on one question will lead to second guessing yourself and selecting the wrong answer!

I took mine at 9:00 too when I scheduled and was done in 50 minutes.

Definitely agree with your last couple of sentences....

Once again, my congratulations!

Welcome to the club!!

cbsharpe0824

Congrats on the pass with a great score to boot! Thanks for the tips too about IDS types and Cryptography! I should have Darril's book by the end of next week to study from.

MikeRider3

Thanks everyone. Going for CISSP now! I think CEH and SECURITY+ are good stepping stones.

LinuxRacr

MikeRider3 wrote: »

Thanks everyone. Going for CISSP now! I think CEH and SECURITY+ are good stepping stones.

Congrats! I too will be pursuing my CISSP. I was debating whether to tackle some more CompTIA certs first before the end of the year...

cbsharpe0824

LinuxRacr wrote: »

Congrats! I too will be pursuing my CISSP. I was debating whether to tackle some more CompTIA certs first before the end of the year...

Might as well like myself cause you know after this year, you will have to retest every 3 years..and this is why I am going to knock out the security + next month....

erpadmin

cbsharpe0824 wrote: »

Congrats on the pass with a great score to boot! Thanks for the tips too about IDS types and Cryptography! I should have Darril's book by the end of next week to study from.

Darril will break down Cryptography is a very easy and logical manner. The Sybex practice guide was ok, in that regard, but Darril made crypto "click" for me......it was all stuff that I was doing/using, but just had problems with the academics of it. Now it's part of my personal knowledge base...

You'll be fine! The IDS stuff, just know the difference between a HOST based and a Network Based and what types are you dealing with and when do you use which type (e.g. signature, behavior-based, etc., etc.).

As I said, you'll be fine!

cbsharpe0824

erpadmin wrote: »

Darril will break down Cryptography is a very easy and logical manner. The Sybex practice guide was ok, in that regard, but Darril made crypto "click" for me......it was all stuff that I was doing/using, but just had problems with the academics of it. Now it's part of my personal knowledge base...

You'll be fine! The IDS stuff, just know the difference between a HOST based and a Network Based and what types are you dealing with and when do you use which type (e.g. signature, behavior-based, etc., etc.).

As I said, you'll be fine!

Awesome Erp! Thanks buddy!