CompTIA Security Plus (2008 Edition)

Exam Domains.

This exam is split up into 6 study and knowledge areas and the exam will test your competence in each of these areas to varying degrees. The 6 domain areas are listed below;

• Domain 1.0 - Network Security - 21% of the questions
• Domain 2.0 - Compliance and Operational Security - 18% of the questions
• Domain 3.0 - Threats and Vulnerabilities - 21% of the questions
• Domain 4.0 - Application, Data and Host Security - 16% of the questions
• Domain 5.0 - Access Control and Identity Management - 13% of the questions
• Domain 6.0 - Cryptography - 11% of the questions

Each domain area is split up further and full details of the subject covered in each domain can be downloaded as a PDF file here

MAC users - Option-click or Windows users - Alternate-click on the link above and select 'save target as.' to download to your hard disk.

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