CompTIA Security+ Study Roadmap

Domain 1: Security Controls (Technical, Managerial, Operational, Physical)

Domain 1: Cryptography (Symmetric, Asymmetric, Hashing, PKI)

Domain 2: Threat Actors (Nation-state, Hacktivists, Insider threats)

Domain 2: Vulnerabilities (Software, Hardware, Cloud, Zero-day)

Domain 3: Architecture Models (Zero Trust, Defense in depth, Segmentation)

Domain 3: Data Protection (Encryption at rest/transit, DLP, Classification)

Domain 4: Security Operations (Firewalls, IDS/IPS, SIEM, SOAR)

Domain 4: IAM (MFA, SSO, RBAC, PAM, Federation)

Domain 5: Governance (Policies, Standards, Frameworks, Risk management)

Domain 5: Compliance (GDPR, PCI-DSS, HIPAA, SOX, Incident response)

Full Review: Practice tests, Weak areas, PBQ practice

Final Review: Timed practice exams, Last-minute review, Exam logistics