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(More customer reviews)Update 9/12/2011: I passed the exam today; 833/900. Not stellar but OK. There were questions on the exam that were not found in any of the three books I used. Many questions were poorly worded or didn't contain enough information to properly answer the question. I found that to be true with both A+ and Net+. Aside from that, I still found this book to be excellent. You will pass memorizing this book. Unlike A+ or Net+, the Sec+ exam is pure memorization with little problem solving. As I said below, get the Security+ Study Guide along with this book. Skip the monstrous Sybex book. It has way too much information not pertinent to the exam. Good luck!
Update 9/8/2011: I agree with Kindlecrazed. I have finally gotten to the CD. I took the first exam closed book, knowing darn well I passed it. I got 51%! So I retook it open book, and the answers are all screwed up. The hints and answers have nothing to do with the question being asked. What a disaster! Kindlecrazed got this reply for a patch from the editiors: [Amazon removed my link so see the reply under Kindlecrazed]. It's ironic that a security book that discusses the software development cycle, including review, would ship with a completely defective test engine!
I haven't taken the exam yet, but I thought I would review each of the books I have used so far. This is my third Passport book. I have used the A+, and Network+ books and they definitely helped me pass. What I like about the Passport books is that they are short and to the point. T. J. Samuell (the author that deserves a larger name on the cover, not Mike Meyers) does not ramble about extreme technical details that don't pertain to the exam. However, I must say that of the three Passport books, this one is so mismatched to the order of the Security+ objectives that it is extremely hard to type up a note sheet following the objectives without wearing out the index. That may be the fault of the objectives as I have found them to repeat a lot of topics. As I said in another review, you would literally have to tear the book apart and rearrange it to follow the objectives. There are also some objectives that are completely overlooked. Most topics are discussed very clearly though, although I recommend also getting the Security+ Review Guide in addition to this book to compare explanations. That book follows the objectives exactly. There is one critical typo on page 114. While discussing hashing he states "if they're identical, the message was altered". This really threw me on my first read and I had to compare it to another book. It should be "unaltered". I like the review questions at the end of each chapter, although they are extremely easy. I hadn't looked at the CD until close to test time. See my update above.
Pros: Concise. Exam Tips and Travel Advisories, and Travel Assistance are very useful. I have found some interesting web sites and freeware in the Travel Assistance such as packet sniffers, wardriving tools, and other goodies.
Cons: Misses a few objectives and is terribly out of order with the objectives.
Overall, a good study guide, but not perfect.
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Itineraries--List of official exam objectives covered
ETAs--Amount of time needed to complete each lesson
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Travel Assistance--Recommended resources for more information
Checkpoints--End-of-chapter questions, answers, and explanations
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About the Series Editor:Mike Meyers, CompTIA A+, CompTIA Network+, MCP, is the bestselling author of seven editions of CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide and several other computer books. He is the president and found of Total Seminars, LLC, a major provider of PC and network repair seminars for thousands of organizations throughout the world, and a member of CompTIA.
About the Author:T.J. Samuelle, CompTIA Security+, CompTIA Network+, is an IT consultant and author of a number of computer books on CompTIA certification.
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