Security+ Module
CompTIA Security+ SY0-701

General Security Concepts for Security+

General Security Concepts covers security controls, core concepts, change management security, and cryptographic foundations. The public guide gives the lesson content for free; the app adds tracked testing, weak-area practice, and progress history.

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Topics in this module

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Security Controls

This Security+ topic covers control categories: technical, managerial, operational, and physical; Control types: preventive, deterrent, detective, corrective, compensating, and directive; The distinction between what form a security control takes and...

3 lessons
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Core Security Concepts

This Security+ topic covers securityplus.gsc.core.cia1 owns confidentiality, integrity, availability, and non-repudiation as security goals with support-level examples; securityplus.gsc.core.aaa2 owns authentication, authorization, and accounting as...

5 lessons
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Change Management and Security

This Security+ topic covers securityplus.gsc.change.process1 owns the business process elements that reduce change risk: approval process, ownership, stakeholders, impact analysis, test results, backout plan, maintenance window, and standard operatin...

3 lessons
4

Cryptographic Solutions

This Security+ topic covers securityplus.gsc.crypto.pki1 owns public key infrastructure, public key, private key, key escrow, certificates, certificate authorities, certificate revocation lists, Online Certificate Status Protocol, self-signed certifi...

4 lessons

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