Is CompTIA Sec+ really that hard? (sh.itjust.works)

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I have been studying for a while from Prof Messer's videos online. I did a mock test from Gibson's Get Certified Ahead book, i did 20 out of 50 questions, I answered 12 correctly. However, the 10 questions on the CompTIA website, i answered all of them correctly, and they seem much easier.

Obviously, I want to pass. But now I am a little bit scared. On reddit (ew) discussions are always making it like some terrifying thing. While I was very confident, after trying Gibson im now a bit scared and will be studying form Gibson's book as well while maintaining my notes from Messer.

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[-] ryan_@piefed.social 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Is this your first CompTIA cert? I took my Sec+ the same year that I did A+ and Net+ and from what I remember there was a lot of overlap. In my opinion, Sec+ was the easiest out of the three so if you’ve passed the others then you’re definitely capable of doing it.

That being said, I got mine in 2010 soooo 🤷

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