Thinking of taking CompTIA’s Security+ exam (SY0-701)? As with nearly all CompTIA exams, the SY0-701 exam is a vendor-neutral, baseline competency exam. By limiting its content to best practices, standards-based solutions, and general security concepts, the SY0-701 exam can be used to assess a candidate's breadth of security knowledge without requiring too much deep subject matter knowledge or experience. Because the exam is vendor-neutral, a candidate can focus on security concepts and abstract implementation details without worrying about specific vendor solutions.
By Michael Aldridge
This is my second of three blog posts in my "What to Expect" series. This blog post will focus on what happens the day of your certification exam.
By Michael Aldridge
When my wife became pregnant with our first child, we had no idea what to expect. So we prepared by reading pregnancy books, searching online, taking childbirth classes, and talking to friends who had already gone through the experience. Sure, there were a few things that we weren't prepared for, but we were ready for most of the situations we encountered along the way.
By Michael Aldridge
I've got three favorite quotes on preparation:
"Every battle is won before it is ever fought."
- Sun Tzu, The Art of War
"By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail."
- Benjamin Franklin
"Give me six hours to chop down a tree, and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe."
- Abraham Lincoln