Security+

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Course Outline

The CompTIA Security+ course is a globally recognised certification designed to equip IT professionals with the essential skills required for core security functions. It focuses on developing practical competencies in securing networks, applications, and devices, while ensuring data integrity, confidentiality, and availability.

This course emphasises hands-on, real-world skills, preparing participants to tackle the challenges commonly encountered in cybersecurity roles. By completing the training, professionals gain the knowledge needed to implement effective security measures and respond to threats confidently. As the most widely recognised credential in IT security, CompTIA Security+ serves as a critical stepping stone for those seeking to advance their careers in the dynamic and fast-evolving field of cybersecurity.

Learning Objectives

The Security+ course provides participants with the skills to identify and analyse various types of threats, attacks, and vulnerabilities, including malware, social engineering, and application-specific attacks. You will learn how to use essential security technologies and tools, such as firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and endpoint security, to safeguard systems effectively.

Participants will also gain the ability to design secure network architectures, implement secure systems, and apply protocols to ensure strong architectural and system security. The course covers identity and access management, focusing on authentication, authorization, and accounting to maintain secure access control. Additionally, you will learn to assess and manage risks through risk analysis, mitigation strategies, and business continuity planning, while applying cryptography concepts like encryption algorithms, PKI, and digital signatures to protect data. Finally, the course teaches the implementation of compliance and operational security measures, including policies, procedures, and best practices for maintaining organisational security.

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Why Should You Attend?

The Security+ course equips you with essential cybersecurity skills, covering core concepts such as confidentiality, integrity, availability (CIA), authentication, authorization, zero trust, and security controls. You will learn to identify threats, vulnerabilities, and attack vectors, and apply mitigation techniques including segmentation, access control, hardening, and cryptography, while gaining hands-on experience with enterprise security tools and incident response.

The course also develops expertise in securing diverse infrastructures, managing data protection, ensuring resilience and continuity, and overseeing governance, risk, compliance, and audits. By completing Security+, you will be prepared to implement and manage robust cybersecurity measures, enhancing your career prospects in roles like network administrator, cybersecurity analyst, penetration tester, and IT manager.

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Who Should Attend?

The Security+ course is ideal for professionals aiming to advance careers in IT and cybersecurity, including roles such as network administrator, systems analyst, cybersecurity analyst or engineer, penetration tester, data analyst, and IT manager. Participants gain practical skills to protect networks, systems, and data, covering essential concepts in general security, including CIA (confidentiality, integrity, availability), AAA (authentication, authorization, accounting), zero trust, security controls, change management, and cryptographic solutions such as PKI, encryption, hashing, digital signatures, and blockchain. The course also explores threats, vulnerabilities, and mitigation techniques, including malware, password and application attacks, social engineering, access control, segmentation, hardening, and patch management.

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General Information

CompTIA Security+ is a leading global certification that validates the essential skills needed for core security functions and a career in IT security. The course demonstrates professionals’ ability to secure networks, applications, and devices while maintaining data integrity, confidentiality, and availability. With a focus on practical, hands-on skills, Security+ equips participants to tackle real-world cybersecurity challenges and is widely recognised as a key credential for career advancement in the fast-evolving field of cybersecurity.

During the course, participants will develop a wide range of skills, including identifying different types of threats, attacks, and vulnerabilities, such as malware, social engineering, and application attacks. They will learn to utilise security technologies and tools like firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and endpoint security to protect systems. The course also covers designing secure network architectures, implementing secure systems, and applying secure protocols for architecture and design.

Additionally, participants will gain expertise in managing identity and access concepts, including authentication, authorization, and accounting, to ensure secure access control. They will learn to assess and manage risk through risk analysis, mitigation strategies, and business continuity planning. The course also provides knowledge of cryptography, including encryption algorithms, public key infrastructure (PKI), and digital signatures, to secure data. Finally, participants will be trained in implementing compliance and operational security measures, encompassing security policies, procedures, and best practices.

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Examination & Certification

The Security+ (V7) exam, with the series code SY0-701, was launched on 7 November 2023 and is expected to retire around 2026, three years after its launch. The exam consists of a maximum of 90 questions, including a combination of multiple-choice and performance-based questions. Candidates have 90 minutes to complete the exam, and the passing score is 750 on a scale of 100 to 900. The exam is available in English, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, and Thai.

CompTIA recommends that candidates have previously obtained the Network+ certification and possess at least two years of experience in a security or systems administrator role. Security+ also aligns with DoD 8140 work roles, including positions such as cyber defence analyst, incident responder, vulnerability analyst, security control assessor, system administrator, network specialist, systems planner, IT project manager, information security manager, and secure software assessor, among others. Successfully passing the exam demonstrates your competence in core security concepts and practical IT security skills.

Dates & Locations

The course will be delivered live online via Microsoft Teams, offering a flexible and accessible learning experience. Participants can join from any location, gaining the benefits of interactive, instructor-led training without the need for travel. Dates are scheduled throughout the year. See the scheduled dates above or contact us to enquire about alternative dates.

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Our eLearning training courses are delivered by experienced trainers from all around the world. Each training course is divided into video sections and subsections. Videos contain animations to support what the trainer is lecturing — the animations correspond to the sections provided in the traditional mode of training. To keep our candidates engaged, we have incorporated quizzes into our eLearning training courses.

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