CompTIA Security+ is a global certification that validates the baseline skills necessary to perform core security functions and pursue an IT security career.
CompTIA Security+ is the first security certification IT professionals should earn. It establishes the core knowledge required of any cybersecurity role and provides a springboard to intermediate-level cybersecurity jobs. Successful candidates will have the following skills:• Detect various types of compromise and understand penetration testing and vulnerability scanning concepts• Install, configure, and deploy network components while assessing and troubleshooting issues to support organizational security• Implement secure network architecture concepts and systems design• Install and configure identity and access services, as well as management controls• Implement and summarize risk management best practices and the business impact• Install and configure wireless security settings and implement public key infrastructure
The CompTIA Security+ exam focuses on today’s best practices for risk management and risk mitigation, including more emphasis on the practical and hands-on ability to both identify and address security threats, attacks and vulnerabilities.