TOTAL: CompTIA Security+ Certification (SY0-601)

Welcome to the TOTAL: CompTIA Security+ Certification (SY0-601), a course from the production studios of Total Seminars with subject matter experts Mike Meyers and Dan Lachance.

This course covers everything you need to know to pass your CompTIA Security+ (SY0-601) certification exam. With over 17 hours of in-depth and fascinating content and 125 video lectures, this course will not only make you a good IT security tech, but make sure you are ready to pass the CompTIA Security+ exam. Mike Meyers is the President of Total Seminars and well known as the “Alpha Geek“. Mike is widely known at the #1 CompTIA author and instructor with over 1 million books in print. Dan Lachance is a highly motivated and passionate IT evangelist. He is a consultant, trainer, and author with over 20 years of experience in the IT security industry.

This course shows you how to:

• Apply the three “A’s” of security: authentication, authorization, and accounting
• Scan your wired or wireless network and assess it for various weaknesses
• Use cryptography to assure integrity of data through hashing and confidentiality of data through symmetric/asymmetric cryptosystems and public key infrastructure (PKI)
• Understand critical concepts in risk management, like setting up alerts, responding to incidents, and mitigating vulnerabilities
• Identify how hackers are trying to get into your network, IT infrastructure, and physical assets and how security techs help prevent those breaches
• Prevent attacks ranging from simple malware to sophisticated exploits to social engineering that takes advantage of people’s trust, relationships, and lack of knowledge
• Apply the techniques used in penetration testing, including passive and active reconnaissance
• Secure an enterprise environment, including creating incident response, business continuity, and disaster recovery plans

WHY SHOULD I TAKE THIS COURSE?

Total Seminars has an excellent reputation in the IT training industry, offering a wide variety of training tools. This course’s subject matter experts, Mike Meyers and Dan Lachance, have a combined 50+ years of experience. Mike has created training materials for thousands of schools, corporations, and government agencies, and has taught numerous seminars for the FBI, DEA, and many other corporate partners; he also wrote several bestselling CompTIA certification guides. Dan is the owner of Lachance IT Consulting, Inc. and has taught many online IT training courses in addition to his work as a network and server consultant and IT security auditor.

This course will also prepare you for the CompTIA Security+ exam, which is industry standard certification, compliant with ISO 17024 standards, accredited by ANSI, and approved by the U.S. Department of Defense.

The average beginner IT security salary is $74,000, and an information security analyst can make a much as is $117,000 starting out. If you’re looking to advance your career, this certification is a great place to start. 96% of HR managers use IT certifications as screening or hiring criteria during recruitment.

WHAT’S COVERED?

The course covers all the CompTIA Security+ (SY0-601) objective domains:

• Threats, Attacks, and Vulnerabilities (24%)
• Architecture and Design (21%)
• Implementation (25%)
• Operations and Incident Response (16%)
• Governance, Risk, and Compliance (14%)

EXAM INFO

• Exam code: SY0-601
• Max. 90 questions (performance-based and multiple choice)
• Length of exam: 90 minutes
• Passing score: 750 (on a scale of 100-900)
• Exam voucher cost: $349 USD (be sure to go to Total Seminars’ website for discount vouchers!)
• Recommended experience: CompTIA Network+ and two years of experience in IT administration with a security focus
• Testing provider: Pearson VUE (in-person and online at-home options available)

HOW DO I TAKE THE COMPTIA SECURITY+ EXAM?

Buy an exam voucher (get your discount voucher at Total Seminars’ website), schedule your exam on the Pearson VUE Web site, then take the exam at a qualifying Pearson VUE testing center or virtually using their OnVue option.

• Schedule through a testing center: pearsonvue. com
• Schedule an at-home (or at-work) exam: onvue. com

WHAT KIND OF JOB CAN I GET WITH A COMPTIA SECURITY+ CERTIFICATION?

• Security or systems administrator
• Security engineer/analyst
• Security IT auditor
• IT project manager
• Beginner cybersecurity specialist
• Junior IT auditor
• Junior penetration tester