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CompTIA Security+

Certification Exam Cram: CompTIA Security+ SY0-701

Published by O'Reilly Media, Inc.

Beginner content levelBeginner

Build confidence and increase your chances of passing

Are you ready to pass the CompTIA Security+ exam? Join Dean Bushmiller for this interactive event to find out. Dean will help you work with his preparation checklist, validate all that you’ve done to prepare, and build or tweak a study plan you can rely on.

This event is for anyone who’s planning to sit for the exam and wants to:

  • Learn the best test-taking strategies and time management techniques
  • Practice with questions that accurately reflect the exam's content and difficulty level
  • Review the toughest areas of content on the exam
  • Get questions answered by a certification expert
  • Assess confidence and test-readiness

Get a Head Start on Your CompTIA Security+ Exam Preparation!

Curious about what awaits you in our upcoming security exam cram course? We've handpicked a few bonus questions to give you a taste of the challenges you'll conquer and the knowledge you'll gain. These questions are designed to reflect the real exam's structure and depth, offering you a practical insight into what to expect.

Sample Questions Included:

  1. What is the difference between authentication and authorization?
  2. Why is risk appetite so difficult to obtain for an organization?
  3. For SFTP and FTPS when would you use each and not the other?

Register Today - Secure your spot and gain the edge you need to pass the exam!

This event will be presented in a new format that brings the audience into the action. The first 50 people to join get optional camera and mic access for the opportunity to ask questions and interact directly with your trainer and peers. You can turn your camera off at any time and you can always interact through chat. Please read the O'Reilly learning platform code of conduct.

About the Certification Exam Cram series These highly-interactive events help learners who’ve started preparing for the exam to build confidence and increase their chances of passing. Expert instructors answer your questions and provide skill-and-drill practice while covering hot topics, challenging exam areas, and time management strategies, among other subjects.

What you’ll learn and how you can apply it

  • The level of the questions you can expect on the exam
  • The appropriate depth of knowledge of your Security+ study materials
  • Test-taking strategies to avoid panic and perform at your best

This live event is for you because...

  • You’ve started preparing for the Security+ exam and want to build confidence.
  • You want to assess your readiness for passing the exam.
  • You have questions about the exam for our expert.

Prerequisites

  • Review CompTIA Security+ (expert playlist by Dean Bushmiller)
  • Follow all the instructions on GitHub, memorize the glossary of terms, and take at least two practice exams
  • Practice with live firewall configurations and both Linux and Microsoft operating systems
  • Come with your questions for Dean Bushmiller

Recommended follow-up:

Schedule

The time frames are only estimates and may vary according to how the class is progressing.

Tuesday, April 30, 2024, at 8:00am PT / 11:00am ET

Preparing for class (7 minutes)

  • Interactions: Everything is in the form of a question; post all questions in Q&A; poll to identify top five content and logistics questions
  • Presentation: How to get the most from this event; Did you review the GitHub?; Mentimeter
  • Hands-on exercise: Navigate shared content on O’Reilly and GitHub
  • Q&A

Exam depth and detail examples—Part I (15 minutes)

  • Hands-on exercise: Take 12-question quiz
  • Presentation: What your score means

Ready or not? (8 minutes)

  • Presentation: Are you ready for this exam or do you need to postpone?; how to postpone; what’s next—the 2/4/8-week plan and Google sheet
  • Q&A

Top five content questions (15 minutes)

  • Hands-on exercise: Do exercise based on poll
  • Q&A

Exam depth and detail examples—Part II (20 minutes)

  • Hands-on exercise: Take 12-question quiz
  • Presentation: What your score means
  • Break

Top five logistics questions (15 minutes)

  • Hands-on exercise: Do exercise based on poll
  • Q&A

Exam questions types and your plan of attack (15 minutes)

  • Presentation: Exam question types; plan of attack; time management

Flashcards (10 minutes)

  • Presentation: Glossary; glossary testing; flashcards
  • Q&A

Exam depth and detail examples—Part III (15 minutes)

  • Hands-on exercise: Take 12-question quiz
  • Presentation: What your score means

Your Host

  • Dean Bushmiller

    Dean Bushmiller is a virtual CISO, a penetration tester, and a global incident responder. His work with the Z9M9Z think tank impacts many Fortune 500 companies. As an instructor, he won O’Reilly’s Engager Award for 2023, so be ready to learn and have fun. He’s been teaching cybersecurity since 1999 and has achieved more than 34 major cybersecurity certifications and passed over 100 certification exams. Though Dean is nonmilitary, he has had the honor to train the US military since 1999. In recognition of his outstanding service in the Information Assurance field, he has received eight mission coins.

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