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Security+ SY0-501 study resources

CompTIA Security+ SY0-501 Study Resources

Exam Objectives (PDF)

The following notes correlate exam objectives with video resources from James Messer, Jason Dion, and Mike Meyers.

Quizlets

Practice Tests

Videos

Books

Charts

Hashing algorithms

Certificate formats

Block cipher modes

Evidence life cycle

What I Learned

  • I listened to all of James Messer's videos, most of Jason Dion's course on Udemy (get it cheap by opening a private browser tab), and some of Mike Meyers' videos.
  • Videos by Mike Meyers were helpful when I needed a break from Messer's and Dion's. Messer was most straightforward to the exam objectives. Meyers the least.
  • Where the videos were not helpful in unpacking the exam objectives, I fell back on the book, CompTIA Security+ All-in-One Exam Guide, Fifth Edition (Exam SY0-501)
  • Know your basic ports. This was important for the lab questions.
  • The CompTIA Security+ Test app for Android was phenomenal. Get it.
  • If you're a WGU student: uCertify material was comparatively not helpful.
  • Kaplan practice tests seemed to cover a lot of material that categorically wasn't on the exam.
  • Jason Dion's practice exams on Udemy were helpful.
  • Don't disproportionately stress about the "6. Cryptography and PKI" section -- study broadly across all sections.

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