CompTIA Security+ Certification (SY0-501)

Learn Essential Principles of network security and risk management and pass CompTIA Security+ Certification Exam

CompTIA Security+ meets the ISO 17024 standard and is approved by U.S. Department of Defense to fulfill Directive 8570.01-M requirements. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, security specialists, administrators, and managers earn over $86,000 per year.

The CompTIA Security+ SY0-501 course enables you to gain the knowledge and skills required to install and configure systems to secure applications, networks, and devices. You’ll be able to perform threat analysis and respond with appropriate mitigation techniques. You’ll participate in risk mitigation activities and operate with an awareness of applicable policies, laws, and regulations.

Upon successfully validating your skills by passing the certification exam, you’ll be able to perform these tasks to support the principles of confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

What You Will Learn

Identify strategies developed by cyber adversaries to attack networks and hosts and the countermeasures deployed to defend them.
Understand the principles of organizational security and the elements of effective security policies.
Know the technologies and uses of cryptographic standards and products.
Install and configure network- and host-based security technologies.
Describe how wireless and remote access security is enforced.
Describe the standards and products used to enforce security on web and communications technologies. Identify strategies for ensuring business continuity, fault tolerance, and disaster recovery.
Summarize application and coding vulnerabilities and identify development and deployment methods designed to mitigate them.