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In early summer of 2014, the latest version SY0-401 was released. This revamped exam retains the same six domains as established in SY0-301, which emphasize security in three main areas: application, data, and host. New topics add attention and focus on cloud computing and mobile devices, while greater emphasis has been added to incident response and physical security. In your efforts to prepare for SY0-401, it would be a good idea to pay special attention to the new topics and issues added for this latest revision. For a complete and detailed explanation of each of these new topics, please consider attending a Global Knowledge Security+ training course.  \nThe new version of SY0-401 is now available (as of May 2014) . The previous version, SY0-301, will remain available until Dec 31, 2014, which is when it will be fully retired. For a complete list of exam topics, please visit [www.comptia.org](www.comptia.org) and request the exam objectives document. The revision of this exam is generally on schedule with CompTIA's historical practice of updating exam contents about every three years.  \nAll CompTIA achieved certifications expire after three years. Certification holders will either need to earn continuing education credits to extend their current certification or take another exam to achieve the new version of the certification (for it's only a three-year lifespan) .  \nIt is also important to note that the SY0-401 Security+ exam continues to include performance-based questions. Effectively, the term \"performance based\" is used by CompTIA to refer to questions that require some form of interaction, problem solving, or concept application. These are questions that go beyond basic multiple choice. A performance-based question might require answering questions based on a video, categorizing attacks, filling out a security device's rule list, or performing drag-and-drop of security control labels into a logical network diagram. For a general overview of the concepts of performance based questions, CompTIA has provided a written description and a video presentation. These are acceptable from the Security+ information page located at [www.compita.org](www.compita.org); click on the performance-based link located in the test details table.  \nThe SY0-401 exam is set to have a maximum of 90 questions, with a time allotment of 90 minutes, and a score of 750 out of a possible range of 100–900 in order to pass. These are the same parameters as the previous version of the exam. However, the 90-question maximum will only occur if you are assigned ONLY multiple-choice questions. For each performance based question, between three and six multiple-choice questions will be exchanged. For example, my test included six performance based questions, and my total question count was 66. With this rate of question count exchange, performance-based questions count more towards your score than a single multiple-choice question. Even though whether partial credit is given is not clearly indicated by CompTIA, it is of utmost importance that you spend sufficient time and attention in answering the performance-based questions.  \nWhile the percentage division of exam topics between the six domains has only changed slightly (a one to two percent variance), a fairly significant re-organization took place in addition to adding a plethora of new topics. This re-organization grouped topics together and often added new group headings or additional related items. For example, in section 1.1, a new heading called \"Application Aware Devices\" was added, but this was used to label the new grouping of \"firewalls, IPS, IDS, and proxies,” each of which was","cbCaijC4NRJH5bSC","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaijC4NRJH5bSC","pdf",171423,"English","# Introduction\n## Exam revision timeline and objectives\n## Certification and continuing education\n## Performance-based questions\n## Exam structure, scoring, and question exchange\n## Domain-level re-organization and new topics\n# Domain 1.0 Network Security\n## Unified Threat Management (UTM)\n## Cloud topic models\n## iSCSI, Fibre Channel, and FCoE\n## Wireless topics and VPN over open wireless\n# Domain 2.0 Compliance and Operational Security\n## MTTF and third-party integration implications","[{\"question\":\"What major changes does SY0-401 introduce compared with SY0-301?\",\"answer\":\"SY0-401 retains the same six domains but adds new topics and emphasis, especially cloud computing and mobile devices, with greater focus on incident response and physical security.\"},{\"question\":\"How does CompTIA define performance-based questions in SY0-401?\",\"answer\":\"Performance-based refers to questions requiring interaction, problem solving, or application of concepts beyond basic multiple choice, such as working from a video, sorting attacks, filling rule lists, or drag-and-drop into network diagrams.\"},{\"question\":\"How can the number of questions and scoring be affected in SY0-401?\",\"answer\":\"The exam targets up to 90 questions and 90 minutes, but the 90-question maximum occurs only with exclusively multiple-choice questions. 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