- Certifications Must Be Renewed / SY0-401 Exam Details
- Preparation Hints / Recommended Study Resources
- Exam Objectives / Where to Go From Here
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Preparation Hints
Objectives for the SY0-401 Security+ exam are identified in six separate domains with varying weight. They are compared with the six SY0-301 domains in the following table. As you can see, the domains don’t match up directly and there are many differences. One thing that stands out is that the first three domains make up almost 60 percent of the exam content.
SY0-401 Domain |
SY0-401 Weight |
SY0-301 Domain |
SY0-301 Weight |
1.0 Network Security |
20% |
1.0 Network Security |
21% |
2.0 Compliance and Operational Security |
18% |
2.0 Compliance and Operational Security |
18% |
3.0 Threats and Vulnerabilities |
20% |
3.0 Threats and Vulnerabilities |
21% |
4.0 Application, Data, and Host Security |
15% |
4.0 Application, Data, and Host Security |
16% |
5.0 Access Control and Identify Management |
15% |
5.0 Access Control and Identify Management |
13% |
6.0 Cryptography |
12% |
5.0 Cryptography |
11% |
Recommended Study Resources
At this moment, there are a limited number of resources for the SY0-301 401 exam. However, this is sure to change as we get close to the retirement date of December 31, 2011 2014 for the current SY0-201 301 exam.
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