ZACM1016 - Security Support Specialist - CompTIA Security+

Course Description

The CompTIA Security+ certification is an international, vendor-neutral credential ensuring foundation-level skills and knowledge in identifying risk, participating in risk mitigation activities and providing infrastructure, information, operational and application security. The CompTIA Security+ certification proves the recipient's ability to understand and explain the security functions of common network devices and technologies.

Security+ certification exam objectives:

• Risk management (14%)
• Cryptography and PKI (12%)
• Technologies and tools (22%)
• Architecture and design (15%)
• Identity and access management (16%)
• Threats, attacks and vulnerabilities (21%)

Key skills measured by the Security+ certification exam:

• Explaining the impacts and proper use of environmental controls
• Identifying security threats and performing risk mitigation activities
• Understanding applicable policies, laws and regulations of IT security
• Exemplifying the concepts of data confidentiality, integrity and availability
• Understanding and applying cryptography and public key infrastructure (PKI)
• Implementing and configuring a wireless network in a safe and secure manner
• Explaining the concepts of user authentication, authorization and access control
• Applying and implementing secure network administration principles and procedures

Our online courses require live interaction between instructors and students on assigned days and for assigned activities.