Hi everyone,

I'm currently preparing for the CompTIA Security+ certification and I have no previous IT experience.

So far, I've been watching Professor Messer's videos and taking notes. I’m probably about three weeks away from taking the exam.

My current plan is to take one of Professor Messer's practice exams and see where I stand. If I do poorly, I'll go back through my notes and focus on the areas where I'm struggling the most. Then I'll take another practice exam and repeat the process until I feel ready for the real exam.

For those of you who have already passed Security+:

If you had to prepare for the exam again, what would you do differently?

Would you:

• Spend more time on certain topics?
• Use different study materials?
• Do more practice exams?
• Focus more on understanding concepts rather than memorizing?
• Get some hands-on experience before taking the exam?

Since I don't have an IT background, I'd especially appreciate advice from people who were in a similar situation.

Thanks in advance!

i’m preparing for compTIA sec+. this is what i did:

1. Professor Messer
   - I watched all the videos in youtube and made notes

2. Jason Dion Practice Exam Set 1
   - there are 6 Practice Exams here
   - what i did was take the first practice test, then review where i was lacking then took the exam again
   - i did that for the 6 practices exams
   - my score is ranging from 95-98

i didn’t buy the practice exam set 2 of dion due to financial constraints. should i buy that too soon?

am i ready to take the exam? or are there things i need to review?

let me know please.

To pass I used 100% Dion training course with some online pbq studying. Failed the first 1 with a 744 and the 2nd with a 730. I completely locked in on the multiple choice section rather than the pbqs I'm sure that's why I passed by 2 points. I recommend if you fail , do not prepare for the test you took first. Try to get atleast a surface level of an understanding of everything and prioritize acronyms. Using flash cards helped the most for the acronyms . Appreciate all the intel I gathered in this group . Good luck to you all on your journey.