I failed the Security Plus Exam  

Hello! I failed by 1st Sec+ exam 4 weeks ago with score of 703! Today, I scored 753!! I studied and re-sitted a class at my IT boot camp and it made the miracle happen!! Keep studying those acronyms, PBQs. dont give up and keep learning folks!! Woo hoo!

What a fanastic story, Freda! Thank you for inspiring other IT Pros (and *future* IT Pros) to give it another try. ❤

Failing any IT exam is never a failure. You’re a far better IT professional because you gain valuable knowledge just from all the studying. No one can ever take that away from you. We must always remind ourselves that failing is only when you give up. Anything else is just a learning experience and helping build your foundation for the future.

Thank you for sharing. Please don't let it get you down. Try and try again. It will happen. Stay strong!

What a great video, ppl always share the highs but not so much the lows. It's always a learning curve and the trick is to never give up! Congrats on passing both certs. I'm taking 701 at the end of the month!

Thank you ever so much for sharing this experience, Freda! I believe that your doing this speaks volumes about your attitude and professionalism 👏

I failed my Sec+ yesterday. 601 to be exact. It was tough but we’ll pass!!! I scored 722

Hey Guys, three weeks ago I dropped the Sec + writing only a 723. A couple of days ago I retried and guess what? I wrote a 762! Just goes to show you...All you need to do is hang in there and don't give up. The old guys used to say, "I may give out...but I will never give up!" I just went back in with heavy practice on those PBQs. You need to be comfortable with those. Go through the objectives and identify and eliminate all weaknesses. You can do it!

I'm doing this whole process backwards... I've been doing IT support for like 15 years, and I never worried about certs because I support small businesses and work for myself. I'm looking to get into pentesting and decided to start with the basics and work my way up. I did the google and ibm cybersecurity certs, and then the isc2 cc, and now I'm looking into doing the sec+ which is why your video came up I assume. I took some practice tests for the sec+ and I'm averaging around 60-80%.. I get stumped on the stuff I don't use, like obscure attack methods and cryptology terms. And to be honest, I'm very rusty on python and sql. I'm watching the professor messer videos this week and then I'll schedule the exam. So even if you start from a place of experience, it's still helpful to study!

Thank you for sharing!! I need to see this side of taking the exam. I do not test well at all. I’m nowhere near taking it, but I need this kind of honesty in my life. Soooo thank you!

Failing exams is a part of getting certified

Dropped my first try as well 723. I immediately got back on the horse. I’m putting in a lot of PBQ practice. Doing more labs and making sure that I understand all the acronyms! Not just being familiar. I’ll let you know how I do on the first! Don’t give up.

I failed at 714. I was surprised at the type of questions that were asked. A lot of questions were not like I have been practicing with practice exams.

I am horrible with exams. I know the material but I am always undone by nervousness. Even when I was younger, my own tendency toward perfectionism would it is an inspiration to hear from someone who did not pass on their first attempt dance from someone who did. That just shows you 50 exams are hard for a reason. The people who made up the exam want it to be short and it was taking it was serious new what would be expected of them in a job. I watched your video all the way through and I don't think I missed the fact that you did take the test again and pass congratulations! That goes to prove that we all are not perfect on the first sometimes it's just best to get the experience first so that the next time you go in, you are ready and better prepared

I am preparing for this exam,i am CCNA,CCNA Security,LPI and LPIC certified, and i must say this certification requires a lot of memorisation. I am curious, how much we can remember after 6 months or one year, from this study guide ? On a daily job we will not be asked what are the reliability factors, but how to setup a firewall against current and future threats and attacks. 90% of this exam is just theory,and Comptia should change it to a more hands on.

If you fail when you get it for FREE is fine. The problem is if you are unemployed, pay for the thing and then fail. That would be really frustrating! That's why I'm not sure when I'm going to take it as I've been unemployed for quite some time and cannot imagine losing this amount of money.

Simulations are the heaviest in terms of points. If you can ace the simulations, you should be able to pass.

Tough exam. You are right on the 50/50. Questions are worded to confuse you.

Thank you for sharing your story. I'm looking to take the CySA+ cs0-003 exam, any advise would be greatly appreciated. Thanks again.

Thanks for sharing sis!

Don’t give up. I failed cysa+ and passed on the second try in October

keep going Girl!

Do you guys suggest taking the network plus before the security plus?

I failed mine yesterday, I got 717. But I’m not giving up. I’m booking for the 1st of March.

Looking to take the test soon, in March

Congratulations, you failed a test that a ton of other people have failed too, including me. I took the 301 test and failed, but later passed. I've been a software engineer since 1984 and the Sec+ exam is for system administrators, but the US Government mandated all us software engineers to get this certification. After I failed, I bought the "CompTIA Security+ Get Certified Get Ahead" book by Darril Gibson and memorized all the acronyms, terminologies, and lists, then passed the test with the minimum of 750. How the heck can I get exactly 750? That's like taking a multiple choice test and getting 100% wrong. And why are there questions on the test that are specially put there, that you aren't supposed to know? That test and knowledge is totally useless to me and I never needed that information as a software engineer. Still don't. But I continue to maintain my certification to meet the Government requirement.

All I see is Sec+ acronyms in my sleep lol. I take the exam next Fri. We got this!!!

Can you provide the udemy professor name again and was the lesson more focused on pbq ? Thank you 😊

how much is the exam?

Don’t be sad I failed network plus got 700😅

Keep working and try again

Seems just memory certification with nothing practical