COMPTIA SECURITY+ · SY0-801 · V8
One chapter for every SY0-801 objective — 27 in all, across the exam's five domains. 216 scenario questions where every answer choice is explained, exam traps flagged before they are asked, and the AI threats objective in a full chapter.
EXAM OVERVIEW
CompTIA Security+ validates the core skills of a security role: reading the indicators of an attack, securing an architecture, running operations and incident response, and managing risk. SY0-801 is the V8 revision of the exam — the one that brings AI into the objectives, with a full objective on threats to AI systems and agentic AI inside security operations. This guide is written against the draft objectives CompTIA released for it (v1.5).
DOMAINS
WHAT'S IN IT
Before Chapter 1: the exam data, the domain weights, a way to handle a PBQ without burning the clock, and a study plan for the weeks you have. At the back: the acronym list with ports and protocols, and the objective-to-page map.
WHO IT'S FOR
Recommended: two years of hands-on experience in a security administrator role. View the certification on CompTIA.org →
Written for the candidate who has done the videos and the quizzes and still does not trust the score. It is not for the previous exam: the changed terms and the AI objectives will not match. Studying for SY0-701? See the SY0-701 guide →
ONLINE TRAINING SUITE
The book is complete on paper: every question, every explanation, every table. The Online Training Suite adds practice against the clock, one domain at a time, in the formats you will meet on the exam. No upsells. No subscriptions.
A full exam in the SY0-801 format: 90 questions in 90 minutes, weighted by domain like the real test. You work against the clock, then read why the right answer wins and why each of the others loses.
Start a timed exam IIPick one of the five domains and drill only that — the fastest way to work on the area where your score is weakest. Questions are reshuffled every session and come back with a written explanation.
Choose a domain IIIPerformance-based scenarios in their own tab: multi-step tasks like the ones that eat the clock on exam day, so the format is familiar before you sit down in front of it.
Open the PBQ sets IVConcept cards for every domain, plus a deck of acronyms and a deck of ports and protocols — the lists you need to know cold. Shuffle, filter and study on any device.
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