CompTIA Security+ Certification (SY0-701) Bootcamp
Published by O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Best way to break into the cybersecurity field +AI
Course outcomes:
- Know the tools you need to be a success as a security professional
- Understand the major cybersecurity requirements of any organization
- Understand controls and how to categorize them as a defender
- Recognize secure and insecure network protocols
- Adjust a network diagram to include cybersecurity controls
- Review a mission and identify the cybersecurity failures
Course description:
CompTIA Security+ is the leading, globally recognized certification for entry-level cybersecurity professionals and is one of the best ways to break into this exciting field.
Join expert Dean Bushmiller to get a two-day comprehensive review of what you need to know to pass version SY0-701 of the exam. Through presentations, discussions, practice questions, and hands-on lab exercises, you’ll gain a broad foundation in the subject matter of each of the five domains covered by the exam, along with practical information about the exam process and important study and test-taking strategies.
NOTE: With today’s registration, you’ll be signed up for both sessions. Although you can attend either of the sessions individually, we recommend participating in both.
What you’ll learn and how you can apply it
- Build a personal study plan for the exam
- Review a network architecture and the core services and devices
- Identify poorly placed controls
- Determine placement of controls in a network
- Given a scenario, determine what improvements can be made to support the mission in a financially prudent manner
This live event is for you because...
- You’re beginning your career as a cybersecurity professional.
- You need a plan for passing the SY0-701 exam.
- You want to improve your cybersecurity skills.
Prerequisites
- Certifications of CompTIA Network+ or equivalent networking knowledge
- Explore Cybersecurity Threats and Vulnerabilities: NICE Framework Work Roles for K0005 (on-demand course)
- Read CompTIA Security+ (expert playlist)
Recommended preparation:
- Read instructor’s GitHub page
- Set up lab environment from GitHub
- Open an AWS account (to get the full lab environment without installing software locally, this is optional if you want to follow along with the hands-on portion of the course)
Recommended follow-up:
- Take CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+) (on-demand course)
- Take Ethical Hacking and CompTIA PenTest+ Exam Prep (on-demand course)
- Take CompTIA Security+ SY0-701 (Pearson Practice Test)
Schedule
The time frames are only estimates and may vary according to how the class is progressing.
Day 1
Preparing for class (25 minutes)
- Presentation: Pomodoro technique; how to get the most from class, the interface, and the recording; mind maps; AWS lab setup or local; Mentimeter; timeline; general techniques in deliberate practice; tools; rent or build your own
- Hands-on exercise: Navigate shared content on O’Reilly and GitHub
- Q&A
Overview of Security+ exam (20 minutes)
- Presentation: SY0-701 as of Nov. 2023; How hard is the exam?; Security+ value in the market; career path and job description post-certification; how to sign up for the exam
- Q&A
- Break
General security concepts (90 minutes)
- Presentation: Confidentiality, integrity, and availability; authentication, authorization, and accounting; zero trust and other security models; physical security; change management; using cryptology
- Hands-on exercise: What is wrong with this security?
- Break
Threats, vulnerabilities, and mitigations (80 minutes)
- Presentation: Threat vectors; protocols; vulnerability categories; indicators of malicious activity; controls
- Hands-on exercise: Explore threats and controls
Lab, quiz, and study (25 minutes)
- Presentation: Lab setup for day 2; study process; quiz sign-up
- Hands-on exercises: Set up lab; take quiz
- Q&A
Day 2
Security architecture (70 minutes)
- Presentation: Assets, protocols, process, and implementations; security principle application; resilience and recovery
- Hands-on exercise: Explore protocols
- Break
Security operations (75 minutes)
- Presentation: Protocol and device protection; process of securing assets; security tools and techniques; vulnerability management; logging and monitoring; automation;
- identity and access management
- Hands-on exercise: Explore controls flow
- Break
- Security program management and oversight (75 minutes)
- Presentation: Governance; risk; compliance; policy; audit or security
- Hands-on exercise: Risk I heard
- Break
Components of your plan (30 minutes)
- Presentation: How to get more of everything; deliberate practice; lab-building for after class
- Hands-on exercise: Explore exam-level questions
- Q&A
Your Instructor
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.