I Passed the CompTIA Security+ Certification in 9 Days
Summary
TLDRIn this informative video, the creator shares their experience of passing the CompTIA Security Plus exam after a nine-day study sprint using chat GPT. They provide a detailed breakdown of the study materials and techniques that helped them succeed on their first attempt, including practice tests from Exam Compass, Professor Messer and Udemy, and the use of Notion for note-taking. The video also covers how to effectively learn and understand cybersecurity terms and concepts, especially for those with limited time due to work or other commitments. The creator emphasizes the importance of understanding one's learning style and tailoring study methods accordingly, offering practical advice for others aspiring to achieve CompTIA certification.
Takeaways
- 🎓 The speaker recently graduated from George Mason University with a degree in Management Information Systems and has an entry-level background in cybersecurity from coursework and internships.
- 📚 The speaker studied for the CompTIA Security Plus exam for nine days, using a combination of resources and techniques tailored to their learning style.
- 🕒 The speaker had the luxury of dedicating 3-5 hours per day to studying due to not being currently employed, acknowledging that this may not be feasible for everyone.
- 📝 The speaker emphasizes the importance of understanding one's learning style and using resources that align with it, such as interactive learning over passive video watching or reading textbooks.
- 📖 The speaker used four main resources for studying: free practice tests from Exam Compass, practice exams from Professor Messer and Udemy, and the note-taking platform Notion.
- 🔍 The speaker utilized chat GPT as a study aid, particularly for getting explanations of unfamiliar terms and concepts, and customizing responses to relate specifically to the Security Plus exam.
- 📝 Notion was used for note-taking to track and rephrase terms and concepts that were unfamiliar, aiding in active learning and retention.
- 📊 The speaker took multiple practice tests and exams, focusing on understanding why questions were answered incorrectly and using explanations provided to correct misunderstandings.
- 🎥 For more complex topics or when chat GPT's explanations were not sufficient, the speaker turned to YouTube for additional clarification and examples.
- 💻 The speaker studied for the multiple-choice and performance-based question sections of the exam differently, using resources like CyberCraft for the latter.
- 🎯 The overall study strategy was to cover all CompTIA objectives thoroughly, ensuring a foundational understanding of terms and concepts rather than deep specialization.
Q & A
What certification did the speaker recently pass?
-The speaker recently passed the CompTIA Security Plus exam.
How many days did the speaker study for the CompTIA Security Plus exam before passing it?
-The speaker studied for nine days before passing the CompTIA Security Plus exam.
What is the speaker's educational background?
-The speaker graduated from George Mason University with a bachelor's degree in Management Information Systems.
What is the speaker's experience with cybersecurity prior to taking the Security Plus exam?
-The speaker has an entry-level background in cybersecurity due to some coursework during their degree and two summer internships in the field.
How many hours per day did the speaker dedicate to studying for the exam?
-The speaker dedicated three to five hours per day to studying for the exam.
What learning style does the speaker identify with?
-The speaker identifies with a hands-on approach to learning, being active and involved in the learning process.
What are the four main resources the speaker used to study for the Security Plus exam?
-The four main resources used were practice tests from Exam Compass, Professor Messer videos, Udemy practice exams, and Notion for note-taking.
How did the speaker use chat GPT in conjunction with study materials?
-The speaker used chat GPT to get easy-to-digest definitions and explanations of terms and concepts they were unfamiliar with while studying.
What is the purpose of Notion in the speaker's study routine?
-Notion was used as a note-taking platform to keep track of unfamiliar terms and concepts related to the Security Plus exam.
How many practice tests did the speaker take from Exam Compass?
-The speaker took 25 practice tests from Exam Compass.
What was the speaker's strategy for dealing with questions they got wrong on practice exams?
-The speaker made sure to understand all the acronyms and terms in the questions they got wrong and utilized explanations provided in the practice exams to learn from their mistakes.
How did the speaker prepare for the Performance-Based questions on the Security Plus exam?
-The speaker used the Cybercraft YouTube channel to understand and practice Performance-Based questions.
What was the speaker's final recommendation for those with limited time to study?
-The speaker recommended understanding one's own learning style and adapting the study techniques presented to fit individual needs and time constraints.
Outlines
📚 Study Techniques for CompTIA Security Plus Certification
The speaker shares their experience of passing the CompTIA Security Plus exam after a nine-day study period using chat GPT. They provide a background of their education in management information systems and previous internships in cybersecurity, which laid the groundwork for their certification preparation. The speaker emphasizes the importance of understanding one's learning style and mentions their preference for a hands-on approach over passive video watching or textbook reading. They introduce the resources they used, such as free practice tests from Exam Compass, and the use of chat GPT as a study aid, which will be detailed further in the video.
🔍 Utilizing Chat GPT and Practice Tests for Effective Learning
In this paragraph, the speaker describes their study process in detail. They used 25 free practice tests from Exam Compass and incorporated chat GPT to gain a deeper understanding of unfamiliar terms and concepts. The speaker would take notes on terms they were not familiar with using Notion, rephrasing the information provided by chat GPT to enhance retention. They also mention using practice exams from Professor Messer and Udemy to diversify their question pool and prepare for the exam's format. The speaker stresses the importance of understanding why they got questions wrong and using multiple resources for clarification, including YouTube for visual explanations.
🖥️ Mastering Performance-Based Questions with CyberCraft
The speaker discusses their method for studying Performance-Based questions (PBQs), a unique and challenging part of the CompTIA Security Plus exam. They recommend the CyberCraft YouTube channel, which provides explanations and walkthroughs of PBQs similar to those on the actual exam. By watching these videos, the speaker gained an understanding of how to approach these questions, which was instrumental in their preparation. They also mention utilizing the PBQs available in their practice exams to further prepare for the exam's application-based scenarios.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡CompTIA Security Plus
💡Study Techniques
💡Chat GPT
💡Management Information Systems
💡Cybersecurity Internships
💡Exam Compass
💡Professor Messer
💡Notion
💡Performance-Based Questions (PBQs)
💡CyberCraft
Highlights
The speaker passed the CompTIA Security Plus exam after studying for nine days using chat GPT.
The speaker graduated from George Mason University with a bachelor's degree in management information systems.
The speaker had entry-level knowledge in cybersecurity from coursework and two summer internships.
The speaker studied for three to five hours per day due to having ample free time before starting a job.
Understanding one's learning style is crucial before beginning to study for the Security Plus.
The speaker prefers a hands-on approach to learning rather than watching videos or reading textbooks.
Four main resources were used for studying: Exam Compass practice tests, chat GPT, Professor Messer and Udemy practice exams, and Notion for note-taking.
Exam Compass offers 25 free practice tests covering different objectives of the Security Plus.
Chat GPT was used alongside practice tests to explain unfamiliar terms and concepts.
Notion was used to take notes on unfamiliar terms, rephrasing them to aid memory.
The speaker emphasizes the importance of understanding why practice questions are answered incorrectly.
YouTube was used as an additional resource for visual explanations of terms.
Cybercraft's YouTube channel was recommended for studying Performance Based questions.
The speaker covered the entire CompTIA objectives and passed the exam on the first try.
Study techniques should be adapted to individual learning styles and schedules.
The speaker will be sharing more content related to cybersecurity as they start their job in August.
Transcripts
yo what is up YouTube Welcome Back to
the channel so I just passed the CompTIA
Security Plus exam about two days ago
after studying for nine days using chat
GPT and in this video I'm going to give
you guys a complete breakdown of exactly
what materials I used to pass the exam
on my first try and also go over my
study techniques and I'll walk you guys
through exactly what I did to ingrain
the material into my head before taking
the exam now before we get into the
video I want to give you guys some
background about myself and some context
I actually graduated recently from
George Mason University with a
bachelor's degree in management
information systems which is sort of
like a mix of business and I.T while I
was studying and getting this degree
some of the coursework involved cyber
security and I.T related content so I do
have some background in terms of uh
cyber security but only at an entry
level uh sort of level I also do have
two internships summer internships
involving cyber security as well so
those definitely help me out as well in
terms of preparing for the Security Plus
exam and sort of having a initial
background but I didn't have any sort of
intermediate or advanced level
background knowledge involving cyber
security one other important piece of
information I want to include is the
fact that right now I'm pretty much just
waiting to start my job in about a month
from now so I have a lot of time for
myself a lot of time to allocate towards
studying for different certifications so
I was able to study for about three to
five hours per day and I know that's
probably not realistic for a lot of you
guys who are working part-time or
full-time jobs or studying in school so
for me I was able to do it in nine days
but I know for you guys if you have
other commitments you probably have to
add up a couple more days or maybe a
couple weeks on to your study time using
these techniques so with that being said
let's go ahead and talk about the
resources that I use to study for the
Security Plus so one thing I think
that's really important to consider
before beginning to study for the
Security Plus is understanding your
learning style and the way you learn the
best so for me personally in terms of
studying for a test or even a
certification like this I'm not someone
who can just sit in front of a computer
and just watch videos
for the entire three to five hours so I
can't just sit down and watch Professor
Messer videos I know a lot of other
YouTubers recommend those videos I
personally only watched a couple of them
I'm also someone who can't really sit
down and read a textbook from beginning
to end I know some of you guys are
superhuman or just enjoy reading or like
reading and I just can't do that I'm
more of someone who has a Hands-On
approach to learning who likes to get
involved and really active in terms of
my learning that's I think the best way
for me to retain and learn information
so once I fully understood my learning
style I was able to pinpoint different
resources that would work best for me so
I use four main resources and I'll leave
them in the description below as well so
you can check it out but the first one
is going to be practice tests from exam
Compass it's 25 completely free practice
tests that go over a different
objectives about the Security Plus and I
also use chat gbt in conjunction with
this resource and I'll show you guys
exactly how I did that later on in the
video number two is going to be practice
exams from Professor Messer and udemy
and I'll talk about a little bit later
on in the video how I use these exams to
help me pass and number four is going to
be notion which is pretty much a
note-taking platform that I use to
pretty much keep track of all the
different terms that was not familiar
with with that being said though guys
let's go ahead and hop into my computer
right now and see exactly how I studied
for the Security Plus exam alright you
guys welcome to the inside of my
computer so right now I have
um pretty much
uh the exam Compass practice test pulled
up right here I'll leave a link in the
description for these practice tests so
you guys can follow along or use them in
the future as well I have Chan gbt
pulled up that I use to um uh as a
resource to study throughout the entire
exam and I'll show you guys exactly how
I did it and my technique uh right now
so I have a notion document pulled up
right here for my Security Plus notes
and pretty much
what I did in terms of these notes is
that I would take notes on any sort of
uh term or methodology or sort of a
framework that I was not familiar with I
would pretty much just write the thing
down and reword uh what chat gbt gives
me so I actually had a prompt right here
that would enter into chat gbt so it
pretty much says I'm currently studying
to get my Security Plus exam
certification I want you to act as a
tutor
um
and pretty much to explain the general
overview of the term that I type in and
also how how it might relate to the
Security Plus exam so I'll pretty much
do this right here I would copy this
prompt right here
type it in here
um and get the confirmation uh for Chen
gbt saying that it's ready to go pretty
much
um and let's just go ahead and take
practice test one so whenever there is a
term or an idea or an acronym that I had
no idea what it meant I would stop where
I was going let's say I don't know what
fishing is I would copy phishing
and I would paste that right over here
actually it would be I would have a
practice exam right over here in chadbt
right here
I would copy that in there
uh paste and fishing and Chachi BT will
pretty much give me a
a really easy to digest uh definition of
fishing but the reason why I enjoy using
Chachi BT over just doing a basic Google
search is because first of all chegebt
does a great job at giving you the
answer right then and there sometimes
with Google you have to sort of um kind
of dig for your answer which is kind of
annoying sometimes I think it's just
more efficient for me and for my
studying technique but also you can sort
of customize your response as well so in
this case we added in the prompt to give
an example of how it relates to Security
Plus Concepts so this is definitely more
effective in terms of helping me study
for the Security Plus specifically so in
this case right here you can see it
gives us a whole paragraph exactly what
phishing is and also different sort of
ideas that we may need to know for the
Security Plus exam now for each of these
different uh terms
that you'll find throughout these
practice tests and also your practice
exams you don't need to know these terms
from you know a really deep and advanced
level you just need to know the basics
of you know what for example fishing is
you just need to know exactly what it
does how it works
um and that's pretty much how to
identify it maybe and that's pretty much
all you need to really know
um the the Security Plus itself the
certification goes really wide but
doesn't really go deep deep down so you
just now have a basic foundational
knowledge of exactly what these
different terms mean and how they work
so that is pretty much how I'd use it
um
uh since I don't know what fishing is in
this case I would go to my notion
documents right here I would just type
in
um fishing
and then I would read the definition
that uh
PT gives me and I would rephrase it in
my own terms in my notion document that
way I'm able to actively understand
exactly what I'm typing and it helps out
with the memory as well so you remember
what's going on for the actual exam so
that is pretty much how I used
um Chachi BT in conjunction with uh
these practice tests so I took all these
25 different 26 sorry different practice
tests and did the exact same thing for
every single term or acronym that I
wasn't familiar with and then after that
I went ahead and took the two different
practice exams oh sorry uh yeah from
from Professor Messer and uh udemy and
I'll leave links to those practice tests
in the description below uh but the main
reason why I like to take different
practice exams uh from different
providers is just because you have a
more diverse uh pool of questions
um personally for me in my opinion I
think Professor Master practice exams
were the most similar to the actual exam
but I think it's just important to take
a lot of practice exams I took about
four I failed a couple of them and then
once you start to get about maybe 70 80
percent that's when you're sort of more
likely to actually pass the uh the exam
itself once you feel comfortable and
confident and you're sort of getting
about 70 80 percent
um that's when I felt comfortable taking
the exam and I passed out on the first
try so once you take these practice
tests and these practice exams if you
get any of these questions wrong make
sure you guys understand all the
acronyms all the terms that are in there
exactly understand why you got the
question wrong in the first place I know
in the practice exams I will suggest the
professor master and the udemy exams
they have explanations there for you if
you do get them wrong so make sure you
guys utilize that and understand exactly
why you got these questions wrong so in
addition to that let's say you use the
same exact study technique with chat gbt
and you copy and paste in a term that
you're not familiar with but even after
Chachi BT's explanation of what it means
you're still sort of unsure or unclear
of exactly how it works or what it means
once that happened to me I went ahead
and just searched up that term on
YouTube and I was able to get a good
video explanation of exactly how that
term works in the real world so don't be
afraid to use multiple resources like
chechi BT YouTube and Google to make
sure you guys have a good understanding
of exactly what these terms and acronyms
really mean and how they work that is
pretty much how I study for them
multiple choice portions of the exam but
one other thing I want to touch on is
the Performance Based questions and how
I study for those so let's go ahead and
hop into my computer right now and this
is the pretty much the channel That I
use to study for my Security Plus
Performance Based questions it's the
channel is called cybercraft
um and it's just this guy pretty much
giving you a really good explanation of
exactly uh how these Performance Based
questions work and really giving you a
walk through of each of these questions
so for example I watched this entire
video right here
and he pretty much just goes through a
question that is exactly or very similar
to the performance-based questions that
the actual exam contains obviously
you'll have different questions but
um the way he walks you through it and
he talks about it and explains it is
really helpful
um and he'll go over multiple different
performance-based questions that you
guys would be uh I think you would find
really helpful and he has multiple
different videos of different
Performance Based questions so make sure
you guys utilize this Resource as a way
to study free performance-based
questions and you also have a lot of
different performance-based questions on
your practice exams as well
um so that is pretty much how I studied
for the pbqs for the Security Plus so
that is pretty much my study techniques
and the research that I use to study for
Security Plus within a nine days I
studied and used these different
techniques for about three to five hours
per day and I went over the entire
CompTIA objectives and covered
everything and that is pretty much how I
got it done and was able to pass on my
first try one thing I will say though if
you're working a part-time job full-time
job or you just don't have three to five
hours to allocate every day uh study for
the exam you definitely definitely don't
have to that was just something I did
because I had a lot of free time and I
was willing to sacrifice
um for a nine day period just to get it
done um but you can definitely do this
and spread it out over over a uh a
longer period of time is to make it more
manageable and more uh sort of easy to
digest but overall
sort of the concepts you guys can carry
on as well this is definitely not
something where it's set in stone you
can definitely take different techniques
um and really implement it into your own
uh study routine I know a lot of people
including uh people that I know who
really work and study in a way where
they can really just sit down and read a
textbook and really get it done that way
or they can sit down and watch YouTube
videos uh like the Professor Messer
videos and you can also do that as well
um just really understand exactly how
your learning style is and sort of take
these different techniques that you see
from different YouTube videos but this
is pretty much what worked for me and
how I was able to pass the exam in nine
days if this video helped you guys out
and provided value to you guys make sure
to like the video and subscribe to the
channel for more content so I'm starting
my job in August as a cyber security
associate so I'll have a lot of content
for you guys later on uh regarding my
career in cyber security in general so
make sure you guys stay tuned And
subscribe and join the family but that
being said though guys thank you guys so
much for watching I hope you guys passed
the exam am on your first try best of
luck I'll catch you guys in the next
video peace
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