CompTIA Security+ Get Certified Get Ahead: SY0-601 Study Guide
Genres: Computers & Technology
Book Preface
A single person can’t do books of this size and depth, and I’m grateful for the many people who helped me put this book together. First, thanks to my wife. She has provided me immeasurable support throughout this project.
Jaena Nerona, the project manager, did an outstanding job tracking the project from beginning to end. She helped with quality control along with keeping everything on track.
The technical editors, Steve Johnson and Neil Castrence, provided some great feedback throughout this book’s creation.
Last, I’m incredibly grateful for all the effort Karen Annett put into this project. She’s an excellent copy editor and proofer, and the book is tremendously better due to all of her work.
While I certainly appreciate everyone’s feedback, I want to stress that any errors that may have snuck into this book are entirely my fault and not a reflection on anyone who helped. I always strive to identify and remove every error, but they still seem to sneak in.
Special thanks to:
Chief Wiggum for bollards installation
Nelson Muntz for personal physical security services
Martin Prince for educating us about downgrade attacks Comp-Global-Hyper-Mega-Net for intermittent HTTP services Edna Krabapple for her thoughtful continuing education lessons Apu Nahasapeemapetilon for technical advice on secure coding concepts
Moe Szyslak for refreshments and uplifting our spirits with his talks about RATs
About the Author
Darril Gibson is the CEO of YCDA, LLC (short for You Can Do Anything). He has contributed to more than 40 books as the author, co-author, or technical editor. Darril regularly writes, consults, and teaches on a wide variety of technical and security topics and holds several certifications, including CompTIA A+, Network+, Security+, CASP, (ISC)2 SSCP, and CISSP.
In response to repeated requests, Darril created the
https://gcgapremiumpass.com/ site to provide study materials for certification exams, including the CompTIA Security+ exam. Darril regularly posts blog articles at https://blogs.getcertifiedgetahead.com/, and uses the site to help people stay abreast of certification exam changes. You can contact him through the contact us page on gcgapremiumpass.com
(https://gcgapremiumpass.com/contact-us/).
Additionally, Darril publishes the Get Certified Get Ahead newsletter. This weekly newsletter typically lets readers know about new blog posts, updates related to some certification exams, and current cybersecurity issues. You can sign up at https://eepurl.com/g44Of.
Darril lives in Virginia Beach with his wife. Whenever possible, they escape to a small cabin in the country on over twenty acres of land that continue to provide them with peace, tranquility, and balance.
Who This Book Is For
If you’re studying for the CompTIA Security+ exam and want to pass it on your first attempt, this book is for you. It covers 100 percent of the objectives identified by CompTIA for the Security+ exam.
The first target audience for this book is students in CompTIA Security+ classes. My goal is to give students a book they can use to study the relevant and important details of CompTIA Security+ in enough depth for the challenging topics, but without the minutiae in topics that are clear for most IT professionals. I regularly hear from instructors who use versions of the book to help students master the topics and pass the Security+ exam the first time they take it.
Second, this book is for those people who like to study on their own. If you’re one of the people who can read a book and learn the material without sitting in a class, this book has what you need to take and pass the exam.
Additionally, you can keep this book on your shelf (or in your Kindle) to remind yourself of important, relevant concepts. These concepts are important for security professionals and IT professionals in the real world.
Based on many conversations with students and readers of the previous versions of this book, I know that many people use the Security+ certification as the first step in achieving other security certifications. For example, you may follow Security+ with one of these cybersecurity certifications:
(ISC)2 Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP)
(ISC)2 Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP) CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+)
If you plan to pursue any of these advanced security certifications, you’ll find this book will help you lay a solid foundation of security knowledge. Learn this material, and you’ll be a step ahead on the other exams.
About This Book
Over the past several years, I’ve taught hundreds of students literally, helping them become CompTIA Security+ certified. During that time, I’ve learned what concepts are easy to grasp and what concepts need more explanation. I’ve developed handouts and analogies that help students grasp the elusive concepts.
Feedback from students was overwhelmingly positive—both in their comments to me and their successful pass rates after taking the certification exam. When the objectives changed in 2008, I rewrote my handouts as the first edition of this book. When the objectives changed again in 2011, 2014, and 2017, I rewrote the book to reflect the new objectives. This book reflects the objective changes released in 2020.
Gratefully, this book has allowed me to reach a much larger audience and share security and IT-related information. Even if you aren’t in one of the classes I teach, this book can help you learn the relevant material to pass the exam the first time you take it.
PDF versions of this book are not authorized. Criminals have created unauthorized versions of this book and sold them, indicating that they had permission to do so. However, they did not have permission, and no one has permission to sell or distribute PDF versions of this book
How to Use This Book
Over the years, I’ve taught the Security+ course many times. During this process, I learned the best way to present the material so that students understand and retain the most knowledge. The book is laid out the same way.
For most people, the easiest way to use the book is by starting with the pre-assessment exam (after the intro) to gauge your initial understanding of the topics. Then, go through each chapter sequentially, including the end-of-chapter practice test questions. By doing so, you’ll build a solid foundation of knowledge. This helps make the more advanced topics in later chapters easier to understand.
If you have a high level of IT security knowledge and only want to study the topics that are unclear to you on this exam, you can review the objective map listed at the end of this Introduction. The objective map lists all the objectives and identifies the chapter where they are covered. Additionally, you can look at the index to locate the exact page for these topics. If you have the Kindle version, it includes an excellent search feature to find specific topics. When practicing for any certification exam, the following steps are a good recipe for success:
Review the objectives. The objectives for the SY0-601 exam are listed in the “Objective to Chapter Map” section in this Introduction.
Learn the material related to the objectives. This book covers all the objectives, and the Introduction includes a map showing which chapter (or chapters) covers each objective. Along those lines, my goal when writing the book was to cover the objectives in enough depth to help you pass the exam. However, these topics all have a lot more depth. When I study for a certification exam, I typically dig in much deeper than necessary, often because the topics interest me. You can, too, if you want, but don’t lose sight of the exam objectives.
Take practice questions. When preparing for any certification exam, a key step is to make sure you can answer the exam questions. Yes, you need the knowledge, but you also must be able to read a question and select the correct answer. This simply takes practice. When using practice test questions, ensure they have explanations. Questions without explanations often encourage rote memorization without understanding the content. Worse, they sometimes even give you the wrong answers.
Achieve high scores on practice exams. I typically tell people that they should get scores of at least 90 percent on practice tests for the CompTIA Security+ exam. However, don’t focus on only your scores. Make sure you understand the content, too. Read and understand the explanations. Ideally, you should be able to look at any practice test question and know why the correct answers are correct and why the incorrect answers are incorrect. Within this book, you’ll find this information in the text and the explanations for the questions. When you understand the explanations, you have the best chance of accurately interpreting the questions on the live exam and answering them correctly no matter how CompTIA words or presents them.
This book has over 300 practice test questions that you can use to test your knowledge and your ability to answer them correctly. Every question has a detailed explanation to help you understand why the correct answers are correct and why the incorrect answers are incorrect.
You can find the practice questions in the following areas:
Pre-assessment exam. Use these questions at the beginning of the book to get a feel for what you know and what you need to study more.
End-of-chapter practice questions. Each chapter has practice questions to help you test your comprehension of the material in the chapter.
Post-assessment exam. Use this as a practice exam to test your comprehension of the subject matter and readiness to take the actual exam.
Online. We’ve also provided some additional questions online. They are free and listed with other free online resources available with this book.
It’s OK if you do the practice questions in a different order. You may decide to tackle all the chapters in the book and then do the pre-assessment and post-assessment questions. That’s fine. However, I strongly suggest you review all the questions in the book. Also, make sure you check out the additional free online resources at: https://greatadministrator.com/sy0-601-extras/.
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