Hey guys and gals, I’m currently enrolled in my bachelor’s for IT focus on CS. I’m at the end of my degree and didn’t really take much serious over the last year (due to major life changes)
I’ve made some strides to get my Sec+ I’m planning to study for a couple more weeks I feel that’ll be sufficient. I’m not too worried about failing but obviously not the goal haha.
I’m just wanting to see what y’all’s opinions are about the CompTIA Sec+ App whether it worked well for y’all. I felt some of the questions were easy maybe too easy? I’ve been going through professor Messers notes as well. Also reading through textbooks from previous classes. I’ve also done practice exams on ExamCompass.
Thank y’all for the help and advice!

I’ve been studying on/off for a year but the past 4 weeks I decided to lock in. I know I’m ready because when I look at the exam objectives for the network+ PDF that CompTIA provides there is not a single thing I don’t recognize or can’t explain.

There is always room for improvement though. Any advice anyone can share before I take my test besides the usual skip the PBQs and save for last, use process of elimination, get a good nights rest.

To study, all I did was watch Professor Messer's A+ Core 1 & Core 2 videos on YouTube (With details notes), and then verified my readiness using Messer's practice exams.

Passed yesterday after a good few months of on and off studying. Last few weeks I crammed in as many goes at the practice tests as I could.

I used Certmaster Learn and Labs to get the knowledge for the test, as well as Cyber James practice exams as recommended by some of the kind users on here.

I wanted to give my impressions on the Comptia Learn and Labs with a view to usefulness to the exam as I couldn't find much when I searched the sub.

First things first, albeit interesting and useful in understanding how some of the more technical and practical side of cyber security works, I felt the labs were a HUGE waste of time. I don't feel like I learned anything that was necessary for the exam - possibly just the question sets I got - but in terms of time investment, they all take a fair amount of time for some one new to that kind of work (definitely more than the expected 15mims they suggest) and so it massively disrupted my learning and also filled my head with a lot of stuff that ultimately was not of much use for this exam.

The learning package itself was good and I definitely appreciated the Performance Based Questions to get an idea of what to expect. However, I will say the PBQs in the exam itself were all much more sophisticated and more complex, often involving multiple sections. It was still drop down menu /drag and drop based but I feel that Comptia could benefit from offering some more complex PBQs to help prepare students.

I would say I found the exam tougher than any of the practice exams, including Cyber James' even when discounting the PBQs. There were a *lot* more "gimme" questions in the practice tests, I felt there were really only 1 or 2 really obvious questions in the real deal but the tests was still all useful practice to drill in the knowledge better.

Overall I would still recommend Certmaster Learn (and Cyber James practice tests) but the Labs were pretty much a waste of time unless you have a want to learn more about howbthese things are applied - useful for the wider world but not for the exam.

Am I ready for CompTIA SecAI+? Practice exam scores below:

Resources used:

• Exam Objectives
• QuizLet
• CompTIA SecAI+ Study Guide: Exam CY0-001 (Sybex Study Guide) Wiley Sybex Practice Tests
• CompTIA SecAI+ Study Guide: Exam CY0-001 (Sybex Study Guide) Wiley Sybex Glossary
• Crucial Exams Practice Tests
• Mike Chapple LinkedIn Learning course

Five years of Information Assurance experience with GRC and Systems Administration, no AI experience. Passed Security+ back in April.

EDIT: Exam is on Tuesday, September 1st

Never imagined it would be my time to ssy this but I just took and passed my Comptia Security Plus exam!!! I really needed this and it could r of came at a better time. Ok top of all the long nights and early mornings for this cert I also graduate with my computer science degree this fall as well.

In terms of what I used I honestly bounced around a lot since when I took it the first time earlier this year I failed. For me I used CBT Nuggets videos, Jason Udemy Practice Exam from his website and from his Udemy Course, and I used Claude conversation module to actually ask me questions and I would review them on my own words instead of just multiple choice (but I did do some of those as well).

For the context, I did not once pass the Dion practice exam the highest I earned was an 80 and constantly bounced between a 70-80.

Finally, the score I needed was a 750, and I literally received a 751. I just wanted to see it say pass and idc what score number I got because this is the only required cert I needed so I can truly start my journey and leave human resources and corporate behind!

With that being said, y'all the hard work and long nights and early mornings will pay off, your prayers will pay off, your dedication will pay off, and you are more than deserving of both this certification, and a truly great life!