CompTIA Security+ Study Guide: Exam SY0-201,   ISBN:9780470372975

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This book satisfies my curiosity, first of all, it came promptly from Amazon and it was the exact book i paid for.
The content is well explicit, i have been buying sybex book overtime, so i have come to appreciate the anticipated mind concerning the needs and requirement of self paced reader such as me.

The topics guides to passing the exam easily. If i have the opportunity again i will buy such book.
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This book needs an update badly! I took the most current version of the exam and this book by itself was no where near thorough enough to pass it. I was able to pass ONLY because I have been in the industry and have hands on knowledge of the topics covered. This book itself was no help at all honestly because most of the questions on the exam were VERY detail oriented and this book is more of a high level overview for beginners. I would honestly recommend reading the exam topics in the CISSP exam guide to understand each topic (for instance cryptography and virtualization which by the way is barely mentioned in this book and I had at least 10 detailed questions on it) in detail in order to pass the exam. I give the book 2 stars only because it is great for beginners looking to get into the security field, just no where near enough to pass the exam - at least not the one I took.

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Contains good info targeted on the Security+ test, but also contains lots of networking errors that could confuse or mislead readers.

The practice test contains a couple of errors such as: What device is required to establish VLANS? The answers offered include: switch and router and the "correct" answer is stated as "switch". In fact it takes both a switch and a router to make a VLAN work.

Other questions solicit specific information not provided or implied in the text.

Mr. Dulany appears to need either some serious study of the OSI model or a more disciplined approach to proofing his work.

Overall, a good test prep, but must be read with great caution. Be prepared to see many statements contradicted in studying networking.

Dan Durrett
CCNA, A+, etc

Customer Rating: 

I have gone through the book once. My final review will depend on whether I pass the test, but I plan on going through all the chapters and tests at least 2-3 times. However, there is plenty of information there, quite detailed and I am hopeful this will lead me to certification,

Customer Rating: 

The book is built on a clean language, the ideas are well organized inside each chapter, but you could perceive that chapters themselves are not in the optimal order...Sometimes you have to jump from one chapter to another to cover completely an idea exposed in this book.

On the other hand, you will have to buy additional simulations and practice questions to complete your preparation, because this book does not offer you practice questions with the appropiate level of complexity compared to the real exam.