Security + in 6 weeks?

Discussion in 'Security+' started by demarrer, Jun 10, 2009.

  1. demarrer

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    Hi,

    In everyones experience of taking this exam, is it possible to get this exam under my belt in about 6 weeks of study? I want to get the exam booked and am about halfway through my learning material and am finding it o.k at the moment.

    Does the exam require that you have done a lot of practise like for example the MCDST, or it is something that is mainly theory based? At the moment, I'm getting a feeling its a theory based - i.e there wont be a lab in the exam requiring you to configure a firewall!

    Cheers for any thoughts on this.
     
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  2. Kitkatninja
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    I believe that I did the Security+ in under a month, however I was already working in IT plus already did the Microsoft security exam. So yes gaining the Security+ in 6 weeks is possible. In format, so far all the Comptia exam share the same sort of format.

    -ken
     
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  3. demarrer

    demarrer Byte Poster

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    cheers for that. I'm working in IT at the moment to and have done some microsoft training as well - o.k six weeks sounds like a goer.
     
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  4. JK2447
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    Good luck. I'm sitting mine end of the month so 6-8 weeks training. Haven't done a CompTIA before tho so not sure what to expect. Do they have labs like MS exams?
     
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  5. demarrer

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    p.s which microsoft exam did you tackle out of interest? I've done a course on the security in depth model, does it focus around that?
     
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  6. dmarsh
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    Yes, you have to break into the test centre, if you can take the test and get out before the cops show its a pass ! :biggrin
     
  7. JK2447
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    :lol: I wondered how you had so many certs under your belt . . . . . . :p
     
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  8. BosonMichael
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    It's possible to get that exam under your belt with no study time at all... if you already know the subject matter. Other people need months and months of study time. In short, everyone is different - there's no way I could accurately assess someone else's chances of passing in a certain amount of time.
     
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