Concerns for the security breach have reached the corporate boardrooms. There has been a growing demand for security professionals who can understand the information security and its implications. Requirements for those who can understand and troubleshoot problems related to information security have increased over the past few years. This means more and more certified professionals certified in the relevant field have been in demand.

Network and security specialist with a few years of industry experience prefer to go in for vendor neutral CompTIA’s Security+ certification. The SY0-101 exam code for the certification was introduced in December 2002. It is a first step towards more advanced certifications such as CISSP, SSCP, ISC2 and SANS GIAC. The certification exam consists of 100 questions to be completed in 90 minutes. It is multiple choice question paper in English language. The certification questions are grouped into categories in the follow proportions: