The objectives for the new Security+, 2008 Objectives are now officially available on the CompTIA web site. They are planning on general availability of the exam in October 2008 and retirement of the 2003 objectives 2qtr of 2009. No word yet if a beta will be available.
This is a much needed update as the topics on the 2003 object list were quite dated. The big changes include currency for modern threats and the number of domains they use; increasing domains from 5 to 6.
Sadly, cryptography is still late being listed. Authors will use the same sequence when they write their books and many courses will be written to the books. As a result students will still get cryptography late rather than up front. I can’t really fault CompTIA for this order, I place the blame on course designers who don’t think about sequencing of material.
See ya’ around.