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Foreword xxi
About the Security+

Study Guide and DVD Training System

In this book, you’ll find many interesting sidebars designed to highlight the most important concepts
being presented in the main text.These include the following:
■ Exam Warnings focus on specific elements on which the reader needs to focus in order to
pass the exam (for example,“Be sure you know the difference between symmetric and asymmetric
encryption”).
■ Test Day Tips are short tips that will help you in organizing and remembering information for
the exam (for example,“When preparing for the exam on test day, it may be helpful to have a
sheet with definitions of abbreviations and acronyms handy for a quick last-minute review”).
■ Notes from the Underground contain background information that goes beyond what you
need to know from the exam, providing a deep foundation for understanding the security con-
cepts discussed in the text.
■ Damage and Defense relate real-world experiences to security exploits while outlining
defensive strategies.
■ Head of the Class discussions are based on the author’s interactions with students in live
classrooms, and the topics covered here are the ones students have the most problems with.
Each chapter also includes hands-on exercises in planning and configuring the security measures dis-
cussed. It is important that you work through these exercises in order to be confident you know how to
apply the concepts you have just read about.
You will find a number of helpful elements at the end of each chapter. For example, each chapter con-
tains a Summary of Exam Objectives that ties the topics discussed in that chapter to the specific objectives pub-
lished by CompTIA. Each chapter also contains an Exam Objectives Fast Track, which boils all exam objectives
down to manageable summaries that are perfect for last-minute review. The Exam Objectives Frequently Asked
Questions answer those questions that most often arise from readers and students regarding the topics covered
in the chapter. Finally, in the Self Test section, you will find a set of practice questions written in a multiple-
choice form similar to those you will encounter on the exam.You can use the Self Test Quick Answer Key that
follows the Self Test questions to quickly determine what information you need to review again.The Self Test
Appendix at the end of the book provides detailed explanations of both the correct and incorrect answers.

Additional Resources

There are two other important exam preparation tools included with this Study Guide. One is the DVD
included in the back of this book.The other is the practice exam available from our Web site.

■ Training DVD-ROM. A complete Adobe PDF format version of the print Study Guide.A
Practice Exam contain 60 questions, with detail answer explanations. Fast Tracks for quick topic
review, provided in both HTML and PowerPoint format.
■ Web-based practice exams. Just visit us at www.syngress.com/certification to access a
complete Security + Exam Simulation.These exams are written to test you on all of
CompTIA’s published certification objectives.The exam simulator runs in both “live” and
“practice” mode. Use “live” mode first to get an accurate gauge of your knowledge and skills,
and then use practice mode to launch an extensive review of the questions that gave you
trouble.
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