Security+ Module
CompTIA Security+ SY0-701

Threats, Vulnerabilities, and Mitigations for Security+

Threats, Vulnerabilities, and Mitigations covers threat actors, attack vectors, vulnerability classes, malicious activity indicators, and mitigation techniques. The public guide gives the lesson content for free; the app adds tracked testing, weak-area practice, and progress history.

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22lessons
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Topics in this module

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Threat Actors and Motivations

This Security+ topic covers recognition of who the likely actor is, what attributes describe that actor, and why the actor may be acting. It teaches actor type, actor position, actor resources, actor sophistication, actor capability, and motivation.

3 lessons
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Threat Vectors and Attack Surfaces

This Security+ topic covers recognition of the path, channel, or exposed entry point an attacker could use. It teaches delivery vectors and exposure surfaces, not the later evidence that an attack succeeded; Local ownership:; securityplus.tvm.vectors...

5 lessons
3

Vulnerability Types

This Security+ topic covers vulnerability class recognition: the underlying weakness, insecure condition, platform weakness, provider weakness, or flaw category that could be exploited.

5 lessons
4

Malicious Activity Indicators

This Security+ topic covers observable clues that suggest malicious activity may be occurring or has occurred. It teaches how to analyze symptoms, telemetry, user reports, system behavior, access patterns, service behavior, and attack-specific clues....

5 lessons
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Enterprise Mitigation Techniques

This Security+ topic covers why enterprise mitigation techniques are used and which broad risk-reduction purpose each technique serves.

4 lessons

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