CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) Complete Certification Course

The CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) certification is the industry-standard credential for launching a career in cybersecurity. In the last year over 60,000 open jobs required the Security+ certification. Certified professionals with CompTIA Security+ earn an average salary of $91,350, making this certification a key stepping stone toward higher-level cybersecurity roles.

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The Course

24+ hours of expert-led video training, 12 month access

Study Guide

Official CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) study guide

eBook

Official CompTIA eBook

Labs

Hands-on labs to apply security concepts in real-world scenarios

Practice Exams

600+ questions

Performance- Based Questions (PBQs)

5-question set

Resources & Tools

Downloadable study resources and tools

Who This Course Is For

Students preparing for the CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) exam
IT professionals looking to expand their cybersecurity knowledge
Security administrators, systems administrators, IT auditors, etc.
Anyone seeking a strong foundation in cybersecurity concepts

What You’ll Learn

This course fully prepares you for the CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) exam by covering all five key domains:

General Security Concepts
Threats, Vulnerabilities, and Mitigations
Security Architecture
Security Operations
Security Program Management and Oversight

1 - Introduction Preview

0.4 Hours •6 Lessons

1. Introduction FREE14m:52sPreview
2. Download your free study guide PDF
3. Exam Tips FREE7m:18sPreview
4. 60 Day Pass Guarantee FREE3m:43sPreview
5. Lab: Exploring the Lab Environment Lab
6. Checkpoint: Introduction Quiz

2 - Fundamentals of Security

1.2 Hours •16 Lessons

1. Fundamentals of Security FREE9m:6sPreview
2. Threats and Vulnerablities FREE5m:30sPreview
3. Confidentiality 5m:51sVideo
4. Integrity 6m:6sVideo
5. Availability 6m:25sVideo
6. Non-repudiation 5m:7sVideo
7. Authentication 6m:43sVideo
8. Authorization 3m:25sVideo
9. Accounting 3m:58sVideo
10. Security Control Categories 4m:46sVideo
11. Security Control Types 5m:19sVideo
12. Lab Configuring Examples of Security Control Types Lab
13. Gap Analysis 5m:7sVideo
14. Lab: Perform System Configruation Gap Analysis Lab
15. Zero Trust 7m:37sVideo
16. Checkpoint: Fundamentals of Security Quiz

3 - Threat Actors

1.1 Hours •12 Lessons

1. Threat Actors 4m:9sVideo
2. Threat Actor Motivations 7m:46sVideo
3. Threat Actor Attributes 4m:34sVideo
4. Unskilled Attackers 3m:12sVideo
5. Hacktivists 4m:6sVideo
6. Organized Crime 4m:36sVideo
7. Nation-state Actor 7m:5sVideo
8. Insider Threats 6m:8sVideo
9. Shadow IT 5m:25sVideo
10. Threat Vectors and Attack Surfaces 9m:0sVideo
11. Outsmarting Threat Actors 10m:50sVideo
12. Checkpoint: Threat Actors Quiz

4 - Physical Security

0.9 Hours •9 Lessons

1. Physical Security 3m:41sVideo
2. Fencing and Bollards 6m:28sVideo
3. Attacking with Brute Force 5m:43sVideo
4. Surveillance Systems 7m:2sVideo
5. Bypassing Surveillance Systems 4m:26sVideo
6. Access Control Vestibules 7m:35sVideo
7. Door Locks 13m:14sVideo
8. Access Badge Cloning 8m:41sVideo
9. Checkpoint: Physical Security Quiz

5 - Social Engineering

1.1 Hours •12 Lessons

1. Social Engineering 4m:11sVideo
2. Motivational Triggers 10m:46sVideo
3. Impersonation 8m:17sVideo
4. Pretexting 4m:17sVideo
5. Phishing Attacks 8m:46sVideo
6. Preventing Phishing Attacks 9m:5sVideo
7. Conducting an Anti-Phishing Campaign 5m:21sVideo
8. Frauds and Scams 6m:29sVideo
9. Influence Campaigns 5m:47sVideo
10. Other Social Engineering Attacks 9m:31sVideo
11. Lab: Using SET to Perform Social Engineering Lab
12. Checkpoint: Social Engineering Quiz

6 - Malware

1.2 Hours •15 Lessons

1. Malware 8m:49sVideo
2. Viruses 7m:49sVideo
3. Worms 3m:22sVideo
4. Trojans 3m:56sVideo
5. Viruses and Trojans 7m:43sVideo
6. Ransomware 8m:7sVideo
7. Zombies and Botnets 5m:1sVideo
8. Rootkits 5m:21sVideo
9. Backdoors and Logic Bombs 5m:40sVideo
10. Keylogger 5m:4sVideo
11. Spyware and Bloatware 5m:2sVideo
12. Malware Attack Techniques 4m:58sVideo
13. Indications of Malware Attacks 5m:16sVideo
14. Lab: Detecting and Responding to Malware Lab
15. Checkpoint: Malware Quiz

7 - Data Protection

0.9 Hours •10 Lessons

1. Data Protection 3m:16sVideo
2. Data Classifications 8m:19sVideo
3. Data Ownership 5m:10sVideo
4. Data States 5m:19sVideo
5. Data Types 4m:33sVideo
6. Data Soverignty 2m:56sVideo
7. Securing Data 4m:0sVideo
8. Data Loss Prevention (DLP) 4m:0sVideo
9. Configuring a DLP 16m:3sVideo
10. Checkpoint: Data Protection Quiz

8 - Cryptographic Solutions

1.7 Hours •15 Lessons

1. Cryptographic Solutions 11m:58sVideo
2. Symmetric vs Asymmetric 7m:54sVideo
3. Symmetric Algorithms 5m:58sVideo
4. Asymmetric Algorithms 7m:20sVideo
5. Hashing 10m:34sVideo
6. Increasing Hash Security 7m:42sVideo
7. Lab: Using Hashing and Salting Lab
8. Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) 6m:2sVideo
9. Digital Certificates 13m:3sVideo
10. Exploring Digital Certificates 3m:31sVideo
11. Blockchain 5m:36sVideo
12. Encryption Tools 5m:52sVideo
13. Obfuscation 8m:55sVideo
14. Cryptographic Attacks 15m:10sVideo
15. Checkpoint: Cryptographic Solutions Quiz

9 - Risk Management

0.6 Hours •9 Lessons

1. Risk Management 4m:43sVideo
2. Risk Assessment Frequency 3m:25sVideo
3. Risk Identification 6m:0sVideo
4. Risk Register 7m:56sVideo
5. Qualitative Risk Analysis 3m:46sVideo
6. Quantiative Risk Analysis 5m:11sVideo
7. Risk Management Strategies 5m:32sVideo
8. Risk Monitoring and Reporting 3m:39sVideo
9. Checkpoint: Risk Management Quiz

10 - Third-party Vendor Risks

0.5 Hours •7 Lessons

1. Third-party Vendor Risks 3m:2sVideo
2. Supply Chain Risks 4m:10sVideo
3. Supply Chain Attacks 6m:19sVideo
4. Vendor Assessment 5m:3sVideo
5. Vendor Selection and Monitoring 5m:11sVideo
6. Contracts and Agreements 5m:15sVideo
7. Checkpoint: Third-party Vendor Risks Quiz

11 - Governance and Compliance

0.7 Hours •10 Lessons

1. Governance and Compliance 4m:51sVideo
2. Governance 5m:4sVideo
3. Governance Structures 3m:34sVideo
4. Policies 5m:21sVideo
5. Standards 4m:30sVideo
6. Procedures 4m:52sVideo
7. Governance Considerations 7m:9sVideo
8. Compliance 5m:48sVideo
9. Non-compliance Consequences 4m:1sVideo
10. Checkpoint: Governance and Compliance Quiz

12 - Asset and Change Management

0.9 Hours •11 Lessons

1. Asset and Change Management 4m:42sVideo
2. Acqusition and Procurement 6m:19sVideo
3. Mobile Asset Deployments 6m:16sVideo
4. Asset Management 6m:34sVideo
5. Asset Disposal and Decommissioning 8m:57sVideo
6. Lab: Performing Drive Sanitization Lab
7. Change Management 7m:6sVideo
8. Change Management Processes 6m:20sVideo
9. Technical Implictions of Changes 4m:46sVideo
10. Documenting Changes 4m:27sVideo
11. Checkpoint: Asset and Change Management Quiz

13 - Audits and Assessments

1.3 Hours •12 Lessons

1. Audits and Assessments 4m:51sVideo
2. Internal Audits and Assessments 7m:43sVideo
3. Performing an Internal Assessment 4m:26sVideo
4. External Audits and Assessments 7m:10sVideo
5. Performing an External Asessment 4m:39sVideo
6. Penetration Testing 6m:34sVideo
7. Reconnaissance in Pentesting 19m:43sVideo
8. Lab: Performing Reconnaissance Lab
9. Performing a Basic PenTest 19m:41sVideo
10. Lab: Performing Penetration Testing Lab
11. Attestation of Findings 6m:30sVideo
12. Checkpoint: Audits and Assessments Quiz

14 - Cyber Resilience and Redundancy

1.3 Hours •12 Lessons

1. Cyber Resilience and Redundancy 3m:13sVideo
2. High Availability 9m:2sVideo
3. Data Redundnacy 8m:48sVideo
4. Configuring a RAID 3m:38sVideo
5. Capacity Planning 8m:2sVideo
6. Powering Data Centers 10m:41sVideo
7. Data Backups 10m:39sVideo
8. Lab: Implement Backups Lab
9. Continuity of Operations Plan 9m:13sVideo
10. Redundant Site Considerations 12m:15sVideo
11. Resilience and Recovery Testing 6m:55sVideo
12. Checkpoint: Cyber Resilience and Redundancy Quiz

15 - Security Architecture

1.1 Hours •16 Lessons

1. Security Architecture 4m:13sVideo
2. On-premise versus the Cloud 11m:28sVideo
3. Cloud Security 6m:27sVideo
4. Virtualization and Containerization 10m:38sVideo
5. Lab: Using Virtualization Lab
6. Lab: Using Containers Lab
7. Serverless 3m:41sVideo
8. Microservices 4m:13sVideo
9. Network Infrastructure 3m:18sVideo
10. Software-Defined Network (SDN) 3m:11sVideo
11. Infrastructure as Code (IaC) 4m:26sVideo
12. Centralized vs Decentralized Architectures 4m:18sVideo
13. Internet of Things (IoT) 5m:6sVideo
14. ICS and SCADA 4m:7sVideo
15. Embedded Systems 5m:9sVideo
16. Checkpoint: Security Architecture Quiz

16 - Security Infrastructure

1.9 Hours •15 Lessons

1. Security Infrastructure 4m:37sVideo
2. Ports and Protocols 15m:20sVideo
3. Firewalls 12m:11sVideo
4. Configuring Firewalls 13m:57sVideo
5. Lab: Implementing a Firewall Lab
6. IDS and IPS 6m:26sVideo
7. Network Appliances 9m:57sVideo
8. Port Security 10m:48sVideo
9. Securing Network Communications 20m:31sVideo
10. Lab: Setting Up Remote Access Lab
11. Lab: Using IPSec Tunneling Lab
12. SD-WAN and SASE 7m:40sVideo
13. Infrastructure Considerations 10m:54sVideo
14. Selecting Infrastructure Controls 8m:15sVideo
15. Checkpoint: Security Infrastructure Quiz

17 - Identity and Access Management (IAM) Solutions

1.4 Hours •13 Lessons

1. Identity and Access Management (IAM) Solutions 4m:30sVideo
2. Identity and Access Management (IAM) 4m:57sVideo
3. Multifactor Authentication 15m:17sVideo
4. Password Security 16m:51sVideo
5. Lab: Managing Password Security Lab
6. Password Attacks 10m:9sVideo
7. Single Sign-On (SSO) 9m:51sVideo
8. Federation 5m:6sVideo
9. Privileged Access Management (PAM) 3m:20sVideo
10. Access Control Models 9m:7sVideo
11. Assigning Permissions 7m:1sVideo
12. Lab: Managing Permissions Lab
13. Checkpoint: Identity and Access Management (IAM) Solutions Quiz

18 - Vulnerabilities and Attacks

1.3 Hours •13 Lessons

1. Vulnerabilities and Attacks 6m:35sVideo
2. Hardware Vulnerabilities 6m:34sVideo
3. Bluetooth Vulnerabilities and Attacks 6m:41sVideo
4. Mobile Vulnerabilities and Attacks 5m:1sVideo
5. Zero-day Vulnerabilities 5m:3sVideo
6. Operating System Vulnerabilities 4m:53sVideo
7. SQL and XML Injections 13m:57sVideo
8. Conducting an SQL Injection 7m:37sVideo
9. Lab: Exploiting and Detecting SQLi Lab
10. XSS and XSRF 16m:6sVideo
11. Buffer Overflow 6m:31sVideo
12. Race Conditions 6m:2sVideo
13. Checkpoint: Vulnerabilities and Attacks Quiz

19 - Malicious Activity

0.9 Hours •12 Lessons

1. Malicious Activity 3m:22sVideo
2. Distributed Denial of Service 8m:5sVideo
3. Domain Name Server(DNS) Attacks 5m:20sVideo
4. Directory Traversal Attack 8m:4sVideo
5. Privilege Escalation Attack 6m:19sVideo
6. Replay Attacks 2m:38sVideo
7. Session Hijacking 4m:52sVideo
8. On-path Attacks 4m:0sVideo
9. Lab: Understanding On-Path Attacks Lab
10. Injection Attacks 4m:0sVideo
11. Indicators of Compromise (IoC) 7m:5sVideo
12. Checkpoint: Vulnerabilities and Attacks Quiz

20 - Hardening

1.0 Hours •18 Lessons

1. Hardening 4m:1sVideo
2. Changing Default Configurations 5m:0sVideo
3. Restricting Applications 7m:11sVideo
4. Lab: Implementing Allow Lists and Deny Lists Lab
5. Lab: Hardening Lab
6. Unnecessary Services 5m:38sVideo
7. Lab: Finding Open Service Ports Lab
8. Trusted Operating Systems 5m:30sVideo
8. Updates and Patches 5m:0sVideo
9. Patch Management 8m:47sVideo
10. Group Policies 8m:55sVideo
11. Lab: Using Group Policy Lab
12. SELinux 6m:45sVideo
13. Data Encryption Levels 4m:41sVideo
14. Lab: Using Storage Encryption Lab
15. Secure Baselines 4m:59sVideo
16. Lab: Understanding Security Baselines Lab
17. Checkpoint: Hardening Quiz

21 - Security Techniques

1.4 Hours •12 Lessons

1. Security Techniques 3m:44sVideo
2. Wireless Infrastructure Security 8m:23sVideo
3. Wireless Security Settings 15m:12sVideo
4. Application Security 12m:42sVideo
5. Network Access Control (NAC) 5m:59sVideo
6. Web and DNS Filtering 7m:2sVideo
7. Lab: Performing DNS Filtering Lab
8. Email Security 7m:48sVideo
9. Endpoint Detection and Response 7m:35sVideo
10. User Behavior Analytics 6m:4sVideo
11. Selecting Secure Protocols 14m:44sVideo
12. Checkpoint: Security Techniques Quiz

22 - Vulnerabliity Management

1.6 Hours •13 Lessons

1. Vulnerabliity Management 2m:50sVideo
2. Identifying Vulnerabilities 5m:44sVideo
3. Threat Intelligence Feeds 7m:10sVideo
4. Lab: Eworking with Threat Feeds Lab
5. Responsible Disclosure Programs 6m:5sVideo
6. Analyzing Vulnerabilities 10m:25sVideo
7. Conducting Vulnerablity Scans 31m:23sVideo
8. Assessing Vulnerability Scan Results 13m:17sVideo
9. Lab: Performing Vulnerability Scans Lab
10. Vulnerability Response and Remediation 6m:3sVideo
11. Validating Vulnerability Remediation 5m:43sVideo
12. Vulnerability Reporting 9m:21sVideo
13. Checkpoint: Vulnerabliity Management Quiz

23 - Alerting and Monitoring

1.1 Hours •12 Lessons

1. Alerting and Monitoring 5m:35sVideo
2. Monitoring Resources 4m:35sVideo
3. Alerting and Monitoring Activities 12m:15sVideo
4. Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) 6m:55sVideo
5. Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) 11m:4sVideo
6. Lab: Configuring System Monitoring Lab
7. Data from Security Tools 5m:5sVideo
8. Security Content Automation and Protocol (SCAP) 9m:58sVideo
9. Netflow and Flow Analysis 7m:10sVideo
10. Lab: Using Network Sniffers Lab
11. Single Pane of Glass 5m:59sVideo
12. Checkpoint: Alerting and Monitoring Quiz

24 - Incident Response

1.1 Hours •12 Lessons

1. Incident Response 3m:5sVideo
2. Incident Response Process 11m:6sVideo
3. Lab: Network Incident Investigation and Remediation Lab
4. Threat Hunting 6m:54sVideo
5. Root Cause Analysis 7m:58sVideo
6. Lab: Performing Root Cause Analysis Lab
7. Incident Response Training and Testing 8m:53sVideo
8. Digital Forensic Procedures 13m:19sVideo
9. Data Collection Procedures 8m:45sVideo
10. Disk Imaging 9m:3sVideo
11. Lab: Performing Digital Forensics Lab
12. Checkpoint: Incident Response Quiz

25 - Investigating an Incident

1.2 Hours •15 Lessons

1. Investigating an Incident 3m:18sVideo
2. Investigative Data 12m:15sVideo
3. Dashboards 4m:1sVideo
4. Automated Reports 6m:30sVideo
5. Vulnerability Scans 11m:2sVideo
6. Packet Captures 8m:34sVideo
7. Firewall Logs 6m:10sVideo
8. Application Logs 4m:1sVideo
9. Endpoint Logs 3m:47sVideo
10. OS-specific Security Logs 3m:58sVideo
11. IPS/IDS Logs 5m:40sVideo
12. Network Logs 5m:32sVideo
13. Metadata 4m:36sVideo
14. Lab: Incident Response Detection Lab
15. Checkpoint: Investigating an Incident Quiz

26 - Automation and Orchestration

1.0 Hours •11 Lessons

1. Automation and Orchestration 6m:37sVideo
2. When to Automate and Orchestrate 10m:22sVideo
3. Benefits of Automation and Orchestratation 8m:2sVideo
4. Automating Support Tickets 6m:46sVideo
5. Automating Onboarding 6m:56sVideo
6. Automating Security 4m:54sVideo
7. Lab: Using a Playbook Lab
8. Automating Application Development 9m:35sVideo
9. Integrations and APIs 13m:0sVideo
10. Lab: Use Cases of Automation and Scripting Lab
11. Checkpoint: Automation and Orchestration Quiz

27 - Security Awareness

0.8 Hours •9 Lessons

1. Security Awareness 3m:45sVideo
2. Recognizing Insider Threats 7m:28sVideo
3. Password Managers 10m:29sVideo
4. Avoiding Social Engineering 8m:18sVideo
5. Lab: Training and Awareness through Simulation Lab
6. Policy and Handbooks 7m:33sVideo
7. Remote and Hybrid Work Environments 7m:19sVideo
8. Creating a Culture of Security 5m:0sVideo
9. Checkpoint: Automation and Orchestration Quiz

28 - Conclusion

0.3 Hours •3 Lessons

1. Conclusion 12m:44sVideo
2. BONUS: Where do I go from here? 3m:47sVideo
3. Full-length Practice Exam Exam

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