CompTIA
Certification
CompTIA Security+
CompTIA // Vendor-neutral cybersecurity certification
Earned by passing a paid, independently proctored certification exam that tests applied cybersecurity knowledge rather than course completion alone.
Security+ is important because it validates vendor-neutral baseline skills across threats and mitigations, security architecture, security operations, incident response, governance, risk, and compliance—core knowledge for SOC and defensive-security work.
- Exam
- SY0-701
- Duration
- 90 minutes
- Questions
- Up to 90
- Format
- Multiple-choice + performance-based
- Score
- 795 / 900
