New Security+ book - worth writing it?

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As well as training, I am also an author. I've now written 2 study guides: A+ and Network+. The A+ book was published through a major publishers and the Net+ was produced independently.

I am thinking to start work on a Security+. I've taught using the GTS Learning coursebooks, which although are good, I was not a fan of for Sec+ as I found that it focussed heavily on Penetration Testing. It was more about hacking than Network Security per ce. The labs also were linux-heavy using distros used by hackers (e.g. Onion) rather than focussing on the Enterprise Security aspect.

If I did decide to go ahead with the book I would want to have it ratified by CompTIA as an official book. However I've been in touch with CompTIA recently who intimated that they may be winding up their ratification programme given that they have just bought out GTS learning. That might well have a knock-on effect for other publishers (e.g. Wiley / Sibex) and has put me off writing the book.

if I publish a Sec+ independently it won't get the volume of sales to justify writing it in the first place given how niche this stuff actually is.

Any thoughts on this please?

 

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Sounds like you already answered your own question.

If doing it for profit I wouldn't bother.
If its labour of love for your students, then why not.

 

I'll admit that I agree.

However judging by my A+ certification book, that ran to 850 pages. A pretty big labour of love and still to turn a profit despite good sales figures. (Through my publisher I only get 16% so it will take some time to make anything back off the book).

 

Urghh...my initial reply was way off topic. Wrote it after reading an article. Please ignore.

 

I couldn't agree more. Sec+ is vital.

There are, what we commonly refer to in the training industry the CompTIA triad. These are A+, then Net+ and Sec+ in that order. Later variations of Sec+ such as CySA or PenTest+ are based on the work done in Sec+.

 

Ok, ok.

However the current Sec+ courseware sanctioned by CompTIA I do not lift a candle to. It is ok for PenTesting but Sec+ is a Very Different Beast.

This is advice from a trainer (20 years experience) who knows this content well.