Security+: ten practical articles
Each article solves one real problem, from application to renewal, and points to the exact chapter of CredenTrek For CompTIA Security+ that carries it further. Facts are checked against CompTIA documents.
- 01Decide · 6 min read
Security+: test five job adverts and four questions before you spend anything
Before you buy a Security+ course, read five live job adverts and answer four honest questions. Here is how to score both and decide go, wait or start earlier.
- 02Decide · 6 min read
Security+ V7 or V8: count forward from your own start date
V7 retires in English on 11 June 2027 and V8 is expected on 17 November 2026. Three worked start dates show which version your own hours point to.
- 03Decide and apply · 6 min read
Security+ V8: what moved, and how to relabel notes you already wrote
V8 shifts domain weights, adds an AI objective and renumbers topics. See what moved between V7 and V8 and how to relabel your notes by topic.
- 04Prepare · 6 min read
Security+ performance-based questions: protect the clock, then earn the marks
Up to 90 questions in 90 minutes is not a minute each once performance-based tasks start. See a flag-and-return plan and the lab work that backs it up.
- 05Leverage · 6 min read
Security+ and pay: build one range from three dated sources
The US$129,180 BLS median describes all security analysts, not a Security+ salary. Learn to build your own pay range from three dated sources.
- 06Prepare · 7 min read
Security+ study plan: take a diagnostic, place yourself, then cut the hours into four stages
Place yourself between 60 and 100 hours with a diagnostic test, then split the total into four stages. A worked 100-hour plan at ten hours a week.
- 07Prepare · 6 min read
Build one small Security+ lab and keep two projects you can show an employer
A home lab of two virtual machines, a free firewall and a log viewer trains for the exam and produces two four-line projects for your CV.
- 08Book and sit · 6 min read
Security+ budget: seven cost lines, three budgets and the retake calendar
The voucher is one line of seven. Build an economy, standard or intensive budget, plan for a full-price retake and ask your employer to sponsor.
- 09Book and sit · 7 min read
Security+ booking in five steps, with the ID and room checks that turn people away
Book Security+ in five steps, check that your two IDs match your registration, and prepare an OnVUE room that passes. Know who to contact for what.
- 10Leverage · 7 min read
After Security+: use the first 14 days, then plan the 50 CEUs
Update your CV, LinkedIn and manager in the first 14 days after you pass, then plan 50 CEUs over three years with reminders at 12, 6 and 3 months.