CompTIA
CompTIA Security+
The baseline hiring credential for security operations roles: structured learning, adaptive assessment and competency tracking across the full published blueprint.
Certification and exam
- Certification provider
- CompTIA
- Official certification name
- CompTIA Security+
- Required exam
- SY0-701 — CompTIA Security+ certification exam
- Current exam version · effective 2023-11-07 · no retirement date announced
Grouped in our Professional plan based on where it fits in your learning path. This is independent of CompTIA's own certification naming and tier structure.
iSecPath preparation scope
- Domain-by-domain structured learning path
- Scenario labs modelled on real operational decisions
- Adaptive assessment with per-competency readiness
- Mistake bank, spaced review and exam-day simulation
What is and is not included
- Included: iSecPath learning access for the term of your plan.
- Not included: the external CompTIA certification exam.
- Not included: exam registration and scheduling.
- Not included: the exam fee.
- Not included: meeting CompTIA's eligibility requirements.
iSecPath sells learning access only. The external certification exam, exam registration, exam fee and the provider's eligibility requirements are separate and are not included. Purchasing iSecPath does not grant a certification.
Prerequisites and eligibility
Set by CompTIA, not by iSecPath. Confirm against the official source before you register.
Prerequisites
- None enforced by CompTIA.
Eligibility requirements
- Open to all candidates; CompTIA recommends but does not require prior certification.
Experience requirements
CompTIA recommends roughly two years of IT administration experience with a security focus. This is guidance, not an enforced requirement.
Exam domains
Approximate weighting used to structure our learning path. Verify against CompTIA's published blueprint.
- General Security Concepts12%
- Threats, Vulnerabilities & Mitigations22%
- Security Architecture18%
- Security Operations28%
- Security Program Management & Oversight20%
Sample scenario
Suspicious outbound beaconing
A workstation sends 412-byte HTTPS requests to the same host every 60 seconds, outside business hours. Triage the alert: what do you collect first, what do you contain, and what do you avoid destroying?
Focus: Security Operations
Career path mapping
iSecPath Recommended Path. Mapping types describe our learning-path logic — "Prerequisite" is used only where the provider authoritatively requires it.
Source of truth
- Official source
- https://www.comptia.org/certifications/security
- Operational owner
- iSecPath Curriculum Operations
- Last verified
- 2026-08-24
- Next review
- 2026-11-24
- Verification notes
- Exam code and domain weights read from the current CompTIA exam objectives PDF. CompTIA revises Security+ on a multi-year cycle — check for a successor code each quarter.
Provider information is rechecked at least quarterly and whenever CompTIA announces a material change. Exam versions here are a snapshot, never a permanent source of truth.