CompTIA Security+ Deluxe Study Guide: SY0-401 - Hardcover

Dulaney, Emmett

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1118978684 ISBN 13: 9781118978689

Publisher: Sybex, 2014

Synopsis

Your complete guide to the CompTIA Security+ Certification Exam(SY0-401)

CompTIA Security+ Deluxe Study Guide provides acomprehensive study tool for the SY0-401 exam, launched in May2014. With in-depth information on security essentials andstandards, practical examples, and insights drawn from real-worldexperience, this guide provides you with the information you needto be a security administrator, as well as the preparing you forthe Security+ exam. This deluxe edition of Sybex's CompTIASecurity+ Study Guide features over one hundred additional pages ofmaterial, plus free software and bonus videos that help explaincomplex topics. The companion DVD also includes a robust set oflearning tools, featuring Sybex's proprietary test engine withchapter review questions, a pre-assessment test, hundreds ofpractice questions, and over one hundred electronic flashcards.

The CompTIA Security+ exam is considered the "starting point"for security professionals looking to get a leg up on thecompetition. This ninety-minute exam contains up to one hundredquestions, so candidates must be secure enough in the material toanswer quickly with confidence. This study guide helps you masterthe material:

• Review network, compliance, and operational security
• Understand data, application, and host security
• Master the complexities of cryptography
• Get up to speed on threats, vulnerabilities, access control,and identity management

Practice makes perfect, and this guide provides hundreds ofopportunities to get it right. Work through from beginning to end,or just focus on your weak areas – either way, you'll begetting clear, concise, complete information on key exam topics.For the SY0-401 candidate who wants to ace the exam, CompTIASecurity+ Deluxe Study Guide provides the information, tools,and practice needed to succeed.

About this title

About the Author

Emmett Dulaney, Security+, A+, Network+, is an AssistantProfessor at Anderson University. He has written certificationbooks on Windows, Security, IT project management, and UNIX, andco-authored two of Sybex’s leading certification titles:CompTIA Security+ Study Guide and CompTIA A+ CompleteStudy Guide.

From the Back Cover

Includes Real-World Scenarios, Hands-on Exercises, and aDeluxe DVD Featuring:

+ Practice Test Environment

+ Hundreds of Sample Questions

+ Electronic Flashcards

+ Video for Each Topic

+ E-book Versions in Various Formats

Practical, comprehensive Security+ prep

The CompTIA Security+ Deluxe Study Guide takesexam prep to a whole new level, with over one hundred additionalpages of questions, freeware and demo tools, and author videosdemonstrating critical tasks for the SY0-401. New scenario-basedquestions exclusive to the Deluxe edition use real-world, on thejob issues to test your skills, and you’ll gain practicalinsights into crucial issues facing IT security professionals asyou explore everything this set has to offer:

Full coverage of all exam objectives in a systematic approach,so you can be confident you’re getting the instruction youneed for the exam

Practical written labs to reinforce critical skills

Real-world scenarios that put what you’ve learned in thecontext of actual job roles

Challenging review questions in each chapter to prepare you forexam day

Exam Essentials, a key feature in each chapter that identifiescritical areas you must become proficient in before taking theexam

Featured on the DVD

SYBEX TEST ENGINE

Test your knowledge with advanced testing software. Includes allchapter review questions and two practice exams.

ELECTRONIC FLASHCARDS

Reinforce your understanding with 200 electronic flashcards.

INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO

Learn how to perform key tasks with over an hour ofinstructional video from the author.

Also on the DVD, you’ll find the entire book in ePDF,Mobi, and ePub formats.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sybex
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1118978684
• ISBN 13: 9781118978689
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 640