Certification Course

CompTIA Security+ with CloudVacy

Take the next step in your cybersecurity career with CloudVacy’s CompTIA Security+ certification course  a globally recognised cybersecurity training programme designed to equip you with the core skills needed to protect today’s digital environments.

 

In this 80-hour IT security course, you’ll master the fundamentals of network defence, risk management, threat detection, access control, and compliance. Whether you’re just starting out or looking to formalise your cybersecurity expertise, CompTIA Security+ provides a solid foundation for advanced certifications such as CompTIA CySA+, CompTIA PenTest+, and CISSP.

 

Through hands-on labs and expert-led instruction, you’ll develop the practical knowledge to identify vulnerabilities, respond to incidents, and secure networks against modern cyber threats.

 

Earn an internationally respected cybersecurity qualification and demonstrate to employers that you have the skills to safeguard organisations in an increasingly digital world.

 

Start your journey today with CloudVacy’s CompTIA Security+ course  the essential step toward a rewarding career in information security and cyber defence.

 

Read on to learn more about the CompTIA Security+ syllabus, study time, and prerequisites

How You’ll Be Assessed

Your CompTIA Security+ exam is a 90-minute assessment designed to test your practical understanding of cybersecurity concepts. The exam includes 90 multiple-choice and performance-based questions, covering areas such as network security, threat management, compliance, and incident response. You’ll be evaluated on your ability to apply real-world security skills  ensuring you’re fully prepared to handle challenges faced by cybersecurity professionals in today’s digital landscape.

Threats and attacks

  • Recognise malware, social engineering, and application attack patterns
  • Analyse vulnerabilities across apps, OS, cloud, and web

Security technologies

  • Use firewalls, IDS or IPS, EDR or XDR, and endpoint controls
  • Apply network segmentation and hardening

Secure architecture

  • Design secure networks and apply secure protocols
  • Work with on premises, cloud, virtualization, IoT, and ICS

Identity and access

  • Implement SSO, MFA, and privileged access tools
  • Manage provisioning and lifecycle

Risk and compliance

  • Perform risk analysis and mitigation with BIA insight
  • Apply policies and procedures for compliance

Cryptography

  • Use encryption, hashing, and digital signatures with PKI
  • Understand obfuscation and blockchain basics

Hands on Practice

Interactive Labs

Configure firewall rules, IAM policies, and secure network typologies.

Mini Projects

Harden a web server, run a log analysis, and write an incident report.

Checkpoints

End of module quizzes with explanations to check your understanding.

CompTIA Security+ Modules

Security operations (28%)
  • Computing resources: applying secure baselines, mobile solutions, hardening, wireless security, application security, sandboxing, and monitoring.
  • Asset management: explaining acquisition, disposal, assignment, and monitoring/tracking of hardware, software, and data assets.
  • Vulnerability management: identifying, analyzing, remediating, validating, and reporting vulnerabilities.
  • Alerting and monitoring: explaining monitoring tools and computing resource activities.
  • Enterprise security: modifying firewalls, IDS/IPS, DNS filtering, DLP (data loss prevention), NAC (network access control), and EDR/XDR (endpoint/extended detection and response).
  • Identity and access management: implementing provisioning, SSO (single sign-on), MFA (multifactor authentication), and privileged access tools.
  • Automation and orchestration: explaining automation use cases, scripting benefits, and considerations.
  • Incident response: implementing processes, training, testing, root cause analysis, threat hunting, and digital forensics.
  • Data sources: using log data and other sources to support investigations.
Security architecture (18%)
  • Architecture models: comparing on-premises, cloud, virtualization, Internet of Things (IoT), industrial control systems (ICS), and infrastructure as code (IaC).
  • Enterprise infrastructure: applying security principles to infrastructure considerations, control selection, and secure communication/access.
  • Data protection: comparing data types, securing methods, general considerations, and classifications.
  • Resilience and recovery: explaining high availability, site considerations, testing, power, platform diversity, backups, and continuity of operations
General security concepts (12%)
  • Security controls: comparing technical, preventive, managerial, deterrent, operational, detective, physical, corrective, compensating, and directive controls.
  • Fundamental concepts: summarizing confidentiality, integrity, and availability (CIA); non-repudiation; authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA); zero trust; and deception/disruption technology.
  • Change management: explaining business processes, technical implications, documentation, and version control.
  • Cryptographic solutions: using public key infrastructure (PKI), encryption, obfuscation, hashing, digital signatures, and blockchain.
Threats, vulnerabilities, and mitigations (22%)
  • Threat actors and motivations: comparing nation-states, unskilled attackers, hacktivists, insider threats, organized crime, shadow IT, and motivations like data exfiltration, espionage, and financial gain.
  • Threat vectors and attack surfaces: explaining message-based, unsecure networks, social engineering, file-based, voice call, supply chain, and vulnerable software vectors.
  • Vulnerabilities: explaining application, hardware, mobile device, virtualization, operating system (OS)-based, cloud-specific, web-based, and supply chain vulnerabilities.
  • Malicious activity: analyzing malware attacks, password attacks, application attacks, physical attacks, network attacks, and cryptographic attacks.
  • Mitigation techniques: using segmentation, access control, configuration enforcement, hardening, isolation, and patching.
Security program management and oversight (20%)
  • Security governance: summarizing guidelines, policies, standards, procedures, external considerations, monitoring, governance structures, and roles/responsibilities.
  • Risk management: explaining risk identification, assessment, analysis, register, tolerance, appetite, strategies, reporting, and business impact analysis (BIA).
  • Third-party risk: managing vendor assessment, selection, agreements, monitoring, questionnaires, and rules of engagement.
  • Security compliance: summarizing compliance reporting, consequences of non-compliance, monitoring, and privacy.
  • Audits and assessments: explaining attestation, internal/external audits, and penetration testing.
  • Security awareness: implementing phishing training, anomalous behavior recognition, user guidance, reporting, and monitoring.

Skills Learned

  • Identify various types of threats, attacks, and vulnerabilities, including malware, social engineering, and application attacks.
  • Utilize security technologies and tools, such as firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and endpoint security, to protect systems.
  • Design secure network architectures, implement secure systems, and apply secure protocols for architecture and design.
  • Manage identity and access concepts, including authentication, authorization, and accounting, to ensure secure access control.
  • Assess and manage risk through risk analysis, mitigation strategies, and business continuity planning.
  • Apply cryptography concepts, including encryption algorithms, public key infrastructure (PKI), and digital signatures, to secure data.
  • Implement compliance and operational security measures, including security policies, procedures, and best practices.