I Passed the Security+ Exam Today!

I passed with a score of 837.

I started studying on July 9 and took the test today on July 27. I used the following materials to help me study:

CompTIA Security+ Get Certified Get Ahead: SY0-401 Study Guide
CompTIA Security+ Get Certified Get Ahead: SY0-401 Practice Test Questions
CompTIA Security+ Certification Practice Exams, Second Edition (Exam SY0-401) (Certification Press)
Study sets (flashcards) that other people created and shared on Quizlet

Each day, I read one chapter in Get Certified Get Ahead: SY0-401 Study Guide. It took me eleven days to finish reading that book. Then I answered practice exam questions from the other two books.

Someone created a study set for ports on Quizlet, so I memorized all the ports.

My background is Java programming, but I have some knowledge of networking from high school.

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whotime

BJPeter, First of all congrats on completing. I am working on this too and start studying today. Do you have any notes or names of flash cards you would be willing to share?

bjpeter

First, download the Quizlet app on your iOS or Android device. Then look for "SY0-401 Security+ Port Objective" and "Security+ (SY0-401) Terms". I used those to study. One has ports, the other has vocabulary words (e.g. 802.1x, CHAP, XaaS, etc.).

You can use the app like you would with physical flash cards.

greg9891

CONGRATS

that's some good study information. thanks for the heads up

whotime

thank you sir

Dakinggamer87

Congrats!!

tmcg

Congrats that's quite a feat. How many hours a day did you study?

Jamesweb

Big congrats on the pass and a great score on it too!!

bjpeter

tmcg wrote: »

Congrats that's quite a feat. How many hours a day did you study?

Maybe a couple of hours. I just read through each chapter in the book once, answered the questions at the end, put the book down, and call it a day.

I also studied about that much each day after I finished reading, basically going through all the flash cards on Quizlet and in Gibson's book of practice exams.

themanwholaughs

Congratz on the great score and passing the exam

ccnpninja

Congrats!

orlandofl

Congrats on the pass!!

I have preached these resources :
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CompTIA Security+ Get Certified Get Ahead: SY0-401 Study Guide
CompTIA Security+ Get Certified Get Ahead: SY0-401 Practice Test Questions

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Since passing Security+ in April with 3 weeks of study. Gibson's book and online practice tests are the unparalleled definitive study materials of Security+. Once again congrats!

-Travis

racket

orlandofl wrote: »

Congrats on the pass!!

I have preached these resources :
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CompTIA Security+ Get Certified Get Ahead: SY0-401 Study Guide

CompTIA Security+ Get Certified Get Ahead: SY0-401 Practice Test Questions

--
Since passing Security+ in April with 3 weeks of study. Gibson's book and online practice tests are the unparalleled definitive study materials of Security+. Once again congrats!

-Travis

How relevant were the practice questions from Gibson book? I'm scheduled to take the exam soon and I've done pretty well on the practice exams, but it seems like I've seen some people say they were totally blindsided.

MrJimbo19

racket wrote: »

How relevant were the practice questions from Gibson book? I'm scheduled to take the exam soon and I've done pretty well on the practice exams, but it seems like I've seen some people say they were totally blindsided.

I just passed this test on Monday using his book exclusively. The questions may not be exact matches but if you can answer them and understand the reason behind why you answered that then you will be good to go. I found this test to be harder of the CompTia tests I have taken but definitely doable with the right prep, good luck on your studies!