Passed CompTIA SY0-701 Security+! (Trifecta done!)

Just passed my Sec+ exam with a score of 778/900, which would translate to 86%. Even tho how Comptia calculates the score is likely a bit more complicated. My journey started with the Core 1 exam at the 7th June, now almost 2 months later I’ve finally completed the trifecta! :slight_smile:

The multichoice questions were OK, but as always there were a few of the typical ComTIA questions…were multiple answers is plausible.

I faced two different PBQs, one regarding firewall/endpoints-logs and the other setting up two VPN concentrator to two branch offices. The VPN pbq was OK, even tho it was not something I had practiced beforehand.

The endpoint/firewall log PBQ was a mess, mostly because you could only have 1 log open at time…1 out of 7 logs.

Anyways, I’m quite happy with my score.

Not sure which certification to go after next, I’m thinking CySa+, but after that I’ll probably take some vendor specific certs.

I’m really happy that I’ve never failed a CompTIA exam so far. My wallet is probably the happiest!

Materials used:

  • Andy Ramdayals Udemy course, which included both course notes and a last minute exam cram. Highly recommend
  • Practice Exams form the same source, they were ok, wouldn’t rate them as high as the course.
  • Cyberkraft PBQ course on YouTube, also highly recommend.
  • Crucialexam, sporadically doing the study mode questions whenever I felt the urge.

When it comes to rating the difficulty of the trifecta as a whole, from the easiest to the hardest:

  • A+ Core 2
  • A+ Core 1
  • Sec+
  • Net+

Net+ is defiantly the most difficult, I’d highly recommend taking the trifecta exams in order since they all build on each other. Net would have been even harder without the basics from A+. Same with Sec.

One last thing, didn’t get a single port question, so don’t panic if you can’t memorize even half of them.

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Congratulations

( I’ll resist arguing about the percentages)

Cheers!

(Yes, I know that one cannot really argue about percentages when it comes to CompTIA) :sweat_smile: