<b>Your complete guide to the CompTIA Security+ Certification Exam (SY0-401)</b><p><i>CompTIA Security+ Deluxe Study Guide</i> provides a comprehensive study tool for the SY0-401 exam, launched in May 2014. With in-depth information on security essentials and standards, practical examples, and insights drawn from real-world experience, this guide provides you with the information you need to be a security administrator, as well as the preparing you for the Security+ exam. This deluxe edition of Sybex's CompTIA Security+ Study Guide features over one hundred additional pages of material, plus free software and bonus videos that help explain complex topics. The companion DVD also includes a robust set of learning tools, featuring Sybex's proprietary test engine with chapter review questions, a pre-assessment test, hundreds of practice questions, and over one hundred electronic flashcards.<p>The CompTIA Security+ exam is considered the "starting point" for security professionals looking to get a leg up on the competition. This ninety-minute exam contains up to one hundred questions, so candidates must be secure enough in the material to answer quickly with confidence. This study guide helps you master the material:<ul><li>Review network, compliance, and operational security</li><li>Understand data, application, and host security</li><li>Master the complexities of cryptography</li><li>Get up to speed on threats, vulnerabilities, access control, and identity management</li></ul><p>Practice makes perfect, and this guide provides hundreds of opportunities to get it right. Work through from beginning to end, or just focus on your weak areas – either way, you'll be getting clear, concise, complete information on key exam topics. For the SY0-401 candidate who wants to ace the exam, <i>CompTIA Security+ Deluxe Study Guide</i> provides the information, tools, and practice needed to succeed.