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Accessing the online practice resources

Your copy of CompTIA Security+ SY0-701 Certification Guide comes with free online practice resources. Use these to hone your exam readiness even further by attempting practice questions on the companion website. The website is user-friendly and can be accessed from mobile, desktop, and tablet devices. It also includes interactive timers for an exam-like experience. Figure 29.1 shows a screenshot of how the website looks on desktop devices:

Figure 29.1: Online practice resources on a desktop device

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Practice Resources – A Quick Tour

This book will equip you with all the knowledge necessary to clear the exam. As important as learning the key concepts is, your chances of passing the exam are much higher if you apply and practice what you learn in the book. This is where the online practice resources come in. With interactive mock exams and flashcards, you can practice everything you learned in the book on the go. Here’s a quick walkthrough of what you get.

A Clean, Simple Cert Practice Experience

You get a clean, simple user interface that works on all modern devices, including your phone and tablet. All the features work on all devices, provided you have a working internet connection. From the Dashboard (Figure 29.8), you can access all the practice resources that come with this book with just a click.

Figure 29.8: Dashboard interface on a desktop device

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Ian Neil

Ian Neil is one of the world's top trainers of Security+. He is able to break down information into manageable chunks so that people with no background knowledge can gain the skills required to become certified. He has recently worked for the US Army in Europe and designed a Security+ course that catered to people from all backgrounds (not just IT professionals), with an extremely successful pass rate. He is an MCT, MCSE, A+, Network+, Security+, CASP, and RESILIA practitioner that has worked with high-end training providers over the past 23 years and was one of the first technical trainers to train Microsoft internal staff when they opened their Bucharest Office in 2006.
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