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All About CompTIA Security+ Certification

Anita Adiraj

Anita Adiraj

Last updated 23/07/2021


All About CompTIA Security+ Certification

When it comes to boosting your career in security, you ought to get confused because man! There are just so many certifications out there to do so!

Which one should be best for you? You don’t have a clue. Right?

And on the other hand, organizations are in a heavy lookout for security professionals nowadays. So if you don’t start upskilling yourself right away, you may miss out on tons of opportunities coming your way. 

So we suggest, do a little research about each and every certification and their pros and cons before you jump into any decision.

We can make this task a bit easy for you though, by telling you all about CompTIA  Security+ certification.

What is CompTIA Security+ Certification?

CompTIA Security+ is a globally recognized, vendor-neutral certification from CompTIA that illustrates competency in the core skills needed for a career in the IT security industry.CompTIA Security+ training and certification is aimed towards delivering the core knowledge required of any cybersecurity role and provides a springboard to intermediate-level cybersecurity jobs. Security+ training subsumes best practices in hands-on trouble-shooting to make sure that security professionals have practical security problem-solving skills. Cybersecurity professionals with Security+ are enlightened about how to address security incidents and not just identify them. Security+ is compliant with ISO 17024 standards and approved by the US DoD to meet directive 8140/8570.01-M requirements. CompTIA Security+ training also helps you in gaining skills you’ll be needing to install and configure systems to secure applications, networks, and devices; perform threat analysis and respond with appropriate mitigation techniques; participate in risk mitigation activities; and operate with an awareness of applicable policies, and laws.

Is CompTIA Security+ Certification Worth It?

CompTIA Security+ is the certification that helps you to grab a job in fields like security architect, security engineer, security or systems administrator, security analyst, network administrator, security consultant, and junior IT auditor. Let’s look at the salary structure of these job roles once.

A security architect earns about Rs 2077K per annum according to Glassdoor.

security-architect-certification

The average pay of a security engineer is Rs 610K per year. According to your experience level, it can go up to Rs 1750K per annum.

security-engineer-certification

Network or system administrators can easily bag a package of Rs 495K per year at the starting of their careers. As their experience increases, the payscale goes higher.

network-engineer-salary

Pretty impressive. Isn’t it?

 

Now, let’s see what you will be able to learn after the completion of your CompTIA Security+ Certification.

  • Threats, attacks, and vulnerabilities: CompTIA Security+ knowledge helps you with various kinds of compromise, penetration testing, and vulnerability scanning.
  • Technologies and tools: CompTIA Security+ helps you in deploying various network components, assess and troubleshoot problems to support operational and information security technology
  • Architecture and design: After this certification, you will be able to implement a secure network architecture, cloud computing, virtualization technology, and systems design.
  • Identity and access management: CompTIA Security+ helps you in implementing access controls and identity management and access services, as well as management control
  • Risk management: After this training, you will be able to understand risk management and data security best practices and their business impact.
  • Cryptography and PKI: You can install and configure settings for wireless security and implement public key infrastructure (PKI).

 

Differences Between CompTIA Security+ 401 and 501:

We understand that even under CompTIA Security+ certification, SYO-401 and SYO-501 might confuse you. Hence, we came up with these pointers that might help you out choosing the suitable one.

diffirenece-between-comptia-401-and-501

Prerequisites for CompTIA Security+:

There are no specific prerequisites as such for CompTIA Security+ certification but if you take up the Network+ certification before taking the Security+ training and certification exam, that works out for the best. 

Who is CompTIA Security+ Training For?

CompTIA Security+ training is for anyone who is willing to start a career in IT Security. Although, in previous years professional from the following fields have been more interested in taking up this training and certification course:

  • System Administrator
  • Security Administrator
  • Security Specialist
  • Security Engineer
  • Network Administrator
  • Junior IT Auditor
  • Penetration Tester
  • Security Consultant

Conclusion:

Now you have understood the course content and syllabus for CompTIA Security+ certification and how it’s the best certification to jump-start your career in IT Security. Definitely, CompTIA Security+ Certification examinations are tough to crack, but thats why we are here, right? Don't worry, we've got you covered if you need a hand with the preparations. We provide complete assistance right from preparations, mocktests, training and with everything you need. Check out our CompTIA Security+ training course and if you like what you see, we’ll be happy to have you on board!

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