If you have an MP3 player that records and plays, you can use this study method to accellerate your learning.

Read key study material into the MP3 player and listen to your recording whenever possible. 

Of course, the key to making this work is to get some quality study material that you can read and record.  The CompTIA Security+ Get Certified Get Ahead book was created with this study method in mind.  The book is filled with study tips highlighted in text boxes.  Reading all of these into your MP3 recorder and listening to them as often as possible will go a long way toward helping you pass the exam the first time you take it.

Additionally,each one of the practice test questions has in-depth explanations identifying why the correct answer is correct and why the incorrect answers are incorrect.  The first sentence in each of these explanations will help you reinforce key exam material.  You can record the first sentence of each explanation, or the full explanation. The choice is yours.

If you don't have an MP3 player that records and plays, check out this one:

You can also buy audio programs.  Many have quality audio that you can simply listen to.  If you don't have access to study material you can record, or you simply don't have the time to record your own program, you can buy one of these programs.

Good luck,

Darril
sy0-201.com

When preparing for the CompTIA Security+  SY0-201.com exam, you should be familiar with server security.  Basic server security starts with hardning the server. 

Hardening a server is making it more secure from the default installation.  Several core steps should be taken to harden a server.  These include:

• Start with a security baseline
• Remove or disable unneeded servicdes and protocols
• Change administrative defaults
• Enable a firewall on the server
• Keep the system up-to-date with patches and hotfixes

These same core steps should be taken when hardening an end-user system .

For a sample question on how this principle may be tested, check out this page.

Good luck,

Darril
sy0-201.com

People often want to know how many questions are on the exam, how much time they have, and what the questions are like:

All of that information is in the CompTIA Security+ Get Certified Get Ahead book and some of it can be found on sy0-201.com, but here's a summary:

• Number of questions: 100
• Time: 90 minutes
• Question type: Multiple choice

That gives you less than a minute to complete a question. Don't expect them to be long drawn out scenarios. This is knowledge that you either know, or you don't.  What's 4 * 4?  You either know that this is 16 or you don't.

How do you prepare? 

• Look over the objectives.  Research anything that doesn't make sense to you.  
• Find a book that fully covers the objectives from the exam's perspective and includes realistic practice test questions.
• use practice test questions to test your understanding of the material, not your ability to memorize the quesions and answers.

One of the best ways to measure the usefulness of practice test questions is by the explanations. If the questions don't have any explanations, it'll be difficult to learn from them.  On the other hand, if a question has a detailed explanation on why the correct answer is correct and why the incorrect answers are incorrect, you can learn from the explanations as much as you can learn from the questions.

Good luck.

Darril
sy0-201.com

While it’s not mentioned specifically in the CompTIA Security+ SY0-201 exam objectives, your studies will be a little easier if you understand the different elements of the Security Triad.

The Security Triad includes

• Confidentiality
• Integrity
• Availabiltiy

Confidentiality is used to prevent the unintended disclosure of information.

Integrity is used to prevent data from being modified, and/or verify when it has been modified.

Availability is the use of redundancies and backups to ensure that servers, services, and data is available when needed.

Most of the objectives in Security+ can be traced back to these three principles.

For a sample question on how this principle may be tested, check out this page.

Darril

sy0-201.com

After waiting way too long for assistance from M6.net, I finally switched the sy0-201.com domain over to webhostforasp.net and within a day, we're live.

If you're interested in CompTIA's Security+ exam, and more particularly, the SY0-201 version, this is the place to be.  The sy0-201.com site will provide you with a wealth of information on what you need to know to learn the material and pass the exam the first time. 

 Of course, you need to start with a good book and I highly recommend the CompTIA Security+ Get Certified Get Ahead book.  (Disclosure: as the author, I may be a little biased.)

 The target date fo the book to be published is September 2009.  Stay tuned.

 Darril

sy0-201.com

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