CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701), TotalSims
$75.00
Online interactive simulations designed to help you learn technical concepts and practice answering CompTIA’s Security+ performance-based questions. Includes SY0-701 simulations.
$75.00
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CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) TotalSims Simulation Labs
Product Overview
Performance-based questions are where Security+ candidates lose marks. So prepare for the CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) exam with 135 TotalSims simulation elements that mirror them directly.
Each simulation teaches a concept, then puts you in a guided lab to do the task yourself. Challenges then remove the guidance, exactly as the exam does. As a result, you practise the skill and assess your knowledge in one place.
Get certified the best way, the TotalSims way.
- Applies to the current CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) exam
- Includes 135 performance-based simulation elements across 102 lab topics
- Covers 14 chapters mapped to all five SY0-701 exam domains
- Four learning tools: Show!, Click!, Type!, and Challenge!
- Single-user one-year license
- Windows, macOS, Chrome OS, or Linux (iOS and Android not supported)
Certification Alignment
These simulations map to all five official CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) exam domains. The exam breaks down as follows.
- General Security Concepts (12%) — security controls, cryptography fundamentals, and change management
- Threats, Vulnerabilities, and Mitigations (22%) — threat actors, attack types, and mitigation techniques
- Security Architecture (18%) — secure network, cloud, and application design, plus data protection
- Security Operations (28%) — hardening, monitoring, identity management, and incident response
- Security Program Management and Oversight (20%) — governance, risk, compliance, and audits
Security Operations is the heaviest domain, and it is the hardest to learn from reading alone. Therefore hands-on practice targets exactly where the marks are.
Career Impact
Employers hire security staff who can configure and investigate, not just define terms. Therefore lab experience carries real weight alongside the certificate.
- Prepares you for roles such as Security Analyst, SOC Analyst, and Security Engineer
- Also suits Systems Administrators and Network Administrators moving into security
- Builds direct practice for the performance-based questions on the SY0-701 exam
- Gives you hands-on experience with identity, hardening, and incident response before your first security role
Learning Outcomes
By the end of these labs, you can do the following.
- Apply risk management concepts, including assessments, controls, and data handling.
- Configure identity and access management, including authentication and account controls.
- Use the tools of the trade to investigate systems and network traffic.
- Harden individual systems, wireless networks, and the basic LAN.
- Secure virtual, cloud, dedicated, and mobile environments.
- Configure secure protocols and assess applications for common weaknesses.
- Apply governance practices and work through incident response procedures.
Prerequisites
Basic familiarity with computers and networking helps, but no prior Security+ study is required. Each simulation opens with a short guided walkthrough before it challenges you to apply the skill.
TotalSims works well as a hands-on companion to a full course such as TotalVideo, or alongside a study guide. Equally, you can use it for focused practice on weak topics. You do need a Windows, macOS, Chrome OS, or Linux computer, because iOS and Android are not supported.
TotalSims Features
TotalSims for the CompTIA Security+ certification exam is presented through four learning tools. Together they prepare you for CompTIA’s performance-based exam questions.
- Show! — operating system and application training demonstrations
- Click! — interactive graphical exercises
- Type! — interactive command-line exercises
- Challenge! — interactive configuration and identification exercises that mimic performance-based exam questions
Try a sample Security+ TotalSim live on the Training Hub
Course Outline
These simulations run 14 chapters and 102 lab topics, holding 135 individual simulation elements. Together, they cover all five SY0-701 exam domains. The chapters below appear in five groups.
Risk, Cryptography, and Physical Security
First, you practise the risk work that frames every security decision. Then you cover cryptography foundations and physical security controls.
Chapter 1: Risk Management — 18 lab topics
- Installing a Hypervisor
- Identify the CIA Model
- Creating a Virtual Machine
- Threat Actors
- Threats
- Threat Intelligence Sources
- Functional Controls Compensation
- Functional Controls Detective
- Functional Controls Deterrent
- Functional Controls Preventative
- Functional Controls Recovery
- Security Controls
- Vulnerabilities
- Risk Analysis
- Risk Assessment Method
- Use Disk Scrubber to Wipe a Disk
- Explore Shodan
- Key Term Challenge 2
Chapter 2: Foundations of Cryptography — 1 lab topic
- Hash Types
Chapter 3: Physical Security — 3 lab topics
- Physical Security Measures
- Enforcing Passwords
- Key Term Challenge 1
Identity, Tools, and System Hardening
Next, you control who gets in and what they can do. These labs cover identity and access management, the tools of the trade, and hardening individual systems.
Chapter 4: Identity and Access Management — 17 lab topics
- Multifactor Authentication
- Authentication Factors
- Identification Methods
- Authorizing Permissions
- Authorization
- Managing Credentials
- Access Control Schemes
- Discretionary Access Control
- Manage Accounts
- MS-CHAPv2
- Protocol
- Kerberos Processes
- Using a Single Sign-On (SSO)
- Identity Federation
- Elements of Security
- Key Term Challenge 1
- Key Term Challenge 2
Chapter 5: Tools of the Trade — 5 lab topics
- Touring the CLI
- Shells
- Using Zenmap
- Using Wireshark to Analyze Traffic
- Key Term Challenge 2
Chapter 6: Securing Individual Systems — 6 lab topics
- Malware Types
- Common Attacks
- RAID Arrays
- Securing Hardware
- Securing Endpoints
- Key Term Challenge 1
Network, Wireless, and Cloud Security
After that, you defend real infrastructure. You work through the LAN, wireless networks, and virtual and cloud environments.
Chapter 7: The Basic LAN — 12 lab topics
- Symmetric Encryption Methods
- Viewing Certificates
- Touring Certificates
- Exporting Certificates
- Host Threat
- OSI Layers
- Layer 2 Attacks
- Creating Firewall Rules
- Key Term Challenge 1
- Key Term Challenge 2
- Key Term Challenge 1
- Key Term Challenge 2
Chapter 8: Securing Wireless LANs — 5 lab topics
- Wireless Encryption Standards
- Wireless Coverage
- Wireless Hardening
- Key Term Challenge 1
- Key Term Challenge 2
Chapter 9: Securing Virtual and Cloud Environments — 8 lab topics
- Application Containers
- Virtual Machine Vulnerabilities
- Enable VM Encryption
- Cloud Service Models
- Cloud Ownership
- Securing the Cloud
- Key Term Challenge 1
- Key Term Challenge 2
Dedicated Systems, Applications, and Testing
Some systems bring risks of their own. Therefore these labs cover dedicated and mobile systems, secure protocols and applications, and infrastructure testing.
Chapter 10: Securing Dedicated and Mobile Systems — 6 lab topics
- IoT Exploits
- Exploring Mobile Connectivity
- Communication Technologies
- Secure Your Phone
- Key Term Challenge 1
- Key Term Challenge 2
Chapter 11: Secure Protocols and Applications — 7 lab topics
- Secure Internet Protocols
- SFTP Packet Capture
- Secure a Web Server
- Secure Web and Email Protocols
- Software Development Life Cycle
- Key Term Challenge 1
- Key Term Challenge 2
Chapter 12: Testing Infrastructure — 5 lab topics
- Physical Social Engineering
- Social Engineering Attacks
- Forging a Website
- Identify a Phishing Email
- Key Term Challenge 1
Business Security and Incident Response
Finally, you step back to the business view. The labs close with business security impact and dealing with incidents.
Chapter 13: Business Security Impact — 4 lab topics
- Product Reliability
- Personnel Policies
- Defense in Depth
- Key Term Challenge 1
Chapter 14: Dealing with Incidents — 5 lab topics
- IRP Life Cycle
- Backup Media Types
- Analyze Disk Images
- Explore Backup Settings
- Key Term Challenge 1
Frequently Asked Questions
What is included in the CompTIA Security+ TotalSims product?
This product includes 135 hands-on simulation elements across 102 lab topics and 14 chapters, aligned to the CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) exam objectives. Each topic combines a guided demonstration with interactive practice. All content lives in the Total Seminars Training Hub.
How long do I have access?
You have one year of access from the date of purchase.
What devices can I use?
Windows, macOS, Chrome OS, or Linux (iOS and Android not supported). So you need a laptop or desktop rather than a phone or tablet.
Is this aligned to the latest CompTIA Security+ exam version?
Yes. These simulations align to the current SY0-701 exam objectives and cover all five official domains.
How do TotalSims help with performance-based questions?
Challenge! exercises mimic the format directly. Rather than recalling an answer, you configure or identify something in a simulated environment, just as the exam requires.
Do I need a video course or book as well?
No, though they work well together. TotalSims teaches each concept with a short demonstration first, so you can also use it as standalone practice on weak topics.
Can I use this for classroom or multi-user training?
Single-user licenses cover individual use only. Therefore, they are not valid for classroom instruction. For volume licensing, call 877-687-2768 for discounted multi-user pricing.
What happens after I purchase?
You’ll receive an order confirmation email immediately. A second email then arrives with your Total Seminars Training Hub login. Most customers get access within minutes. If nothing arrives within 30 minutes, check your spam folder or contact support@totalsem.com.
Educators
Please call 877-687-2768 for discounted multi-user pricing. Single-user licenses are not valid for classroom use.
Order Process
After completing your purchase, you will receive:
- E-mail message confirming the order
- A second email with your login credentials for the Total Seminars Training Hub. You have one year of access from the date of purchase. Log in at hub.totalsem.com on any supported computer. If nothing arrives within 30 minutes, check your spam folder or contact support@totalsem.com.