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CompTIA Security+ SY0-701 Exam Preparation Course
A 121-video walkthrough of the CompTIA Security+ SY0-701 exam objectives, ordered by exam domain: general security concepts, threats and vulnerabilities, security architecture, security operations, and security program management. Most videos run 3–15 minutes and cover one objective topic each. It suits beginners and early-career IT staff preparing for the Security+ exam.
Lessons by Professor Messer on YouTubeCurated by YodaHut. These lessons are hosted on YouTube and produced by their original creators, who are not affiliated with YodaHut. You still earn YodaCoins, keep your streak and track progress here.
What You'll Learn
- Explain security control categories, the CIA triad, AAA, zero trust, and gap analysis
- Describe core cryptography concepts: symmetric and asymmetric encryption, hashing, digital signatures, certificates, PKI, and key exchange
- Identify threat actors, social engineering methods, malware types, and network, application, and password attacks
- Recognize vulnerabilities and indicators of compromise, and choose mitigation and hardening techniques
- Compare secure network and cloud designs, including firewalls, IPS, VPNs, segmentation, data protection, and backup and resiliency strategies
- Explain identity and access management, vulnerability management, monitoring, incident response, and digital forensics
- Describe governance topics: security policies, risk analysis, third-party risk, compliance, privacy, audits, and security awareness
Prerequisites
- No prior experience needed, though basic networking and general IT familiarity will make the material easier
Course Curriculum
- 1How to Pass the Security+ SY0-701 Exam10:07
- 2Security Controls11:49
- 3The CIA Triad5:18
- 4Non-repudiation7:58
- 5Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting9:04
- 6Gap Analysis6:45
- 7Zero Trust10:05
- 8Physical Security8:18
- 9Deception and Disruption4:31
- 10Change Management11:22
- 11Technical Change Management10:54
- 12Public Key Infrastructure9:08
- 13Encrypting Data9:48
- 14Key Exchange3:39
- 15Encryption Technologies6:53
- 16Obfuscation8:00
- 17Hashing and Digital Signatures10:25
- 18Blockchain Technology2:22
- 19Certificates14:38
- 20Threat Actors10:23
- 21Common Threat Vectors17:14
- 22Phishing6:32
- 23Impersonation5:52
- 24Watering Hole Attacks4:12
- 25Other Social Engineering Attacks3:29
- 26Memory Injections2:39
- 27Buffer Overflows3:37
- 28Race Conditions4:58
- 29Malicious Updates5:45
- 30Operating System Vulnerabilities4:09
- 31SQL Injection5:09
- 32Cross-site Scripting8:34
- 33Hardware Vulnerabilities6:27
- 34Virtualization Vulnerabilities5:25
- 35Cloud-specific Vulnerabilities4:06
- 36Supply Chain Vulnerabilities9:12
- 37Misconfiguration Vulnerabilities7:09
- 38Mobile Device Vulnerabilities3:23
- 39Zero-day Vulnerabilities3:02
- 40An Overview of Malware6:06
- 41Viruses and Worms5:54
- 42Spyware and Bloatware4:21
- 43Other Malware Types7:32
- 44Physical Attacks4:04
- 45Denial of Service6:07
- 46DNS Attacks8:57
- 47Wireless Attacks7:55
- 48On-path Attacks5:30
- 49Replay Attacks5:45
- 50Malicious Code3:40
- 51Application Attacks11:48
- 52Cryptographic Attacks9:31
- 53Password Attacks7:16
- 54Indicators of Compromise10:59
- 55Segmentation and Access Control6:06
- 56Mitigation Techniques6:51
- 57Hardening Techniques12:11
- 58Cloud Infrastructures9:56
- 59Network Infrastructure Concepts6:56
- 60Other Infrastructure Concepts14:24
- 61Infrastructure Considerations13:48
- 62Secure Infrastructures5:54
- 63Intrusion Prevention5:14
- 64Network Appliances11:56
- 65Port Security3:50
- 66Firewall Types8:00
- 67Secure Communication9:55
- 68Data Types and Classifications5:54
- 69States of Data6:07
- 70Protecting Data14:28
- 71Resiliency9:42
- 72Capacity Planning3:53
- 73Recovery Testing5:18
- 74Backups12:16
- 75Power Resiliency4:02
- 76Secure Baselines4:11
- 77Hardening Targets10:11
- 78Securing Wireless and Mobile8:58
- 79Wireless Security Settings10:55
- 80Application Security8:26
- 81Asset Management8:37
- 82Vulnerability Scanning7:45
- 83Threat Intelligence4:46
- 84Penetration Testing6:21
- 85Analyzing Vulnerabilities10:29
- 86Vulnerability Remediation8:45
- 87Security Monitoring10:27
- 88Security Tools14:06
- 89Firewalls11:31
- 90Web Filtering10:00
- 91Operating System Security3:22
- 92Secure Protocols4:47
- 93Email Security7:05
- 94Monitoring Data7:25
- 95Endpoint Security9:25
- 96Identity and Access Management12:46
- 97Access Controls7:49
- 98Multifactor Authentication4:30
- 99Password Security6:22
- 100Scripting and Automation8:20
- 101Incident Response9:14
- 102Incident Planning6:50
- 103Digital Forensics9:54
- 104Log Data13:41
- 105Security Policies11:02
- 106Security Standards5:36
- 107Security Procedures7:02
- 108Security Considerations4:52
- 109Data Roles and Responsibilities2:27
- 110Risk Management3:30
- 111Risk Analysis9:13
- 112Risk Management Strategies3:12
- 113Business Impact Analysis2:55
- 114Third-party Risk Assessment11:36
- 115Agreement Types5:19
- 116Compliance8:06
- 117Privacy5:22
- 118Audits and Assessments2:49
- 119Penetration Tests5:29
- 120Security Awareness6:45
- 121User Training4:31
About the Instructor
Professor Messer
YouTube creator
121 lessons here 15h 11m
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