CompTIA Security+ · SY0-701
Prove you're ready for Security+.
Free, focused preparation for the CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) exam — original multiple-choice and performance-based questions with real explanations, a full timed mock exam, flashcards, and a complete reference.
- 561 practice questions
- 5 weighted domains
- 65 flashcards
- 291 acronyms
The five domains
Everything the exam covers
SY0-701 is organized into five objective domains. The bigger the slice, the more of the real exam it covers — so that's where your study time pays off. Hover or tap any domain to dig in.
- 1.012%
General Security Concepts
Security control types, the CIA triad, AAA, zero trust, physical security, change management, and the fundamentals of cryptographic solutions — PKI, encryption, hashing, and digital certificates.
- 2.022%
Threats, Vulnerabilities, and Mitigations
Threat actors and their motivations, attack surfaces and vectors, common software and hardware vulnerabilities, indicators of malicious activity, and the techniques used to mitigate them.
- 3.018%
Security Architecture
Securing architecture models — cloud, on-prem, IoT, ICS/SCADA — plus enterprise infrastructure design, data protection strategies, and building in resilience and recovery.
- 4.028%
Security Operations
Applying and hardening secure baselines, asset and vulnerability management, security monitoring and alerting, identity and access management, automation, and incident response.
- 5.020%
Security Program Management and Oversight
Governance structures, the risk management lifecycle, third-party and vendor risk, compliance, audits and assessments, and effective security awareness practices.
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