Single voucher
£319 + VAT
£382.80 inc. VAT
- 1× exam attempt
- Voucher emailed within 24 hours
United Kingdom
CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) Exam Voucher for UK Candidates
The official SY0-701 exam voucher from a CompTIA Authorised Partner. Priced in your local currency, usually emailed within 24 hours of payment, and valid worldwide for 12 months or until CompTIA retires that exam version, if sooner.
Voucher + Retake Assurance
£423 + VAT
£507.60 inc. VAT
- 1× exam attempt
- 1× retake if you do not pass your first attempt
- Voucher emailed within 24 hours
Redeemable worldwide. Valid 12 months from the date of issue.
Email delivery within 24 hours · Voucher valid 12 months · Same official voucher as buying direct from CompTIA
CompTIA Authorised Partner
Two options to suit your readiness
Both options deliver the same official CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) voucher. The single user voucher gives one person one attempt at the SY0-701 exam. With the voucher with Retake Assurance, the same voucher also covers one retake of the same exam version if the first attempt does not pass.
CompTIA Security+ Voucher
£319 + VAT
£382.80 inc. VAT
- 1× exam attempt
- Email delivery within 24 hours
- Valid 12 months globally
- Book with Pearson VUE, enter the code at checkout, then sit at a test centre or via OnVUE
Includes a retake
Voucher + Retake Assurance
£423 + VAT
£507.60 inc. VAT
- 1× exam attempt
- 1× retake if you do not pass your first attempt
- Email delivery within 24 hours
- Valid 12 months globally
- Book with Pearson VUE, enter the code at checkout, then sit at a test centre or via OnVUE
CompTIA Security+ training bundles
Each bundle pairs CompTIA's official CertMaster training for SY0-701 with the exam voucher, and the voucher includes Retake Assurance.
Security+ Complete Bundle
£966 + VAT
£1,159.20 inc. VAT
- CertMaster Learn + Labs
- CertMaster Practice
- SY0-701 exam voucher with Retake Assurance
- Access keys and voucher code emailed within 24 hours
Redeem each CertMaster access key within 12 months of purchase; it then gives 12 months of access from the day you redeem it. The voucher and its retake are valid 12 months from issue, or until CompTIA retires SY0-701 on 11 June 2027, if sooner.
Buy Complete Bundle →Security+ Learn and Exam Bundle
£766 + VAT
£919.20 inc. VAT
- CertMaster Learn
- SY0-701 exam voucher with Retake Assurance
- Access key and voucher code emailed within 24 hours
Redeem the CertMaster access key within 12 months of purchase; it then gives 12 months of access from the day you redeem it. The voucher and its retake are valid 12 months from issue, or until CompTIA retires SY0-701 on 11 June 2027, if sooner.
Buy Learn and Exam →Security+ Practice and Exam Bundle
£503 + VAT
£603.60 inc. VAT
- CertMaster Practice
- SY0-701 exam voucher with Retake Assurance
- Access key and voucher code emailed within 24 hours
Redeem the CertMaster access key within 12 months of purchase; it then gives 12 months of access from the day you redeem it. The voucher and its retake are valid 12 months from issue, or until CompTIA retires SY0-701 on 11 June 2027, if sooner.
Buy Practice and Exam →Each bundle's exam voucher includes a retake: if you do not pass your first attempt, the same voucher covers one retake of the same exam version, within the voucher's 12 months and before CompTIA retires that exam version. The retake is included in the price.
Security+ V8 (SY0-801) is coming in November 2026
CompTIA has confirmed the next version of Security+. Until it launches, SY0-701 is the exam you book, and the two versions run side by side until SY0-701 retires.
Available now
Security+ V7 (SY0-701)
- Launched 7 November 2023
- Retires 11 June 2027 in English, and 13 August 2027 in Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish and Thai
- The version to sit if you are studying from SY0-701 material
Coming November 2026
Security+ V8 (SY0-801)
- Expected on or around 17 November 2026, in English
- Same format: up to 90 questions in 90 minutes, pass mark 750 out of 900
- New objective on threats and vulnerabilities in AI usage; governance drops from 20% to 14% of the exam
Buying now? Plan to sit SY0-701, and any retake, within your voucher's 12 months and before it retires on 11 June 2027.
For the dates, the domain weight changes and how to choose, read SY0-701 vs SY0-801: which exam to sit.
Who Security+ is for
Who Security+ is for
- IT and cybersecurity professionals with one to three years of experience seeking the foundational cybersecurity credential.
- Network and system administrators moving into security-focused roles.
- Career changers from IT into cybersecurity who want a recognised, vendor-neutral starting point.
- Candidates preparing for ISO 27001 Lead Implementer or Lead Auditor. Security+ provides the operational security foundation.
Skills you will demonstrate
Skills you will demonstrate
- Identify various types of threats, attacks, and vulnerabilities, including malware, social engineering, and application attacks.
- Use security technologies and tools such as firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and endpoint security to protect systems.
- Design secure network architectures, implement secure systems, and apply secure protocols.
- Manage identity and access concepts including authentication, authorisation, and accounting to ensure secure access control.
- Assess and manage risk through risk analysis, mitigation strategies, and business continuity planning.
- Apply cryptography concepts including encryption algorithms, public key infrastructure (PKI), and digital signatures.
- Implement compliance and operational security measures including security policies, procedures, and best practices.
What is CompTIA Security+?
CompTIA Security+ is a globally recognised foundational cybersecurity certification. It validates the core skills required for any cybersecurity role across threats and vulnerabilities, security architecture, security operations, and governance, risk, and compliance. The current version of the exam is SY0-701, released by CompTIA in November 2023.
Security+ is the most widely held cybersecurity certification worldwide. It is approved by the U.S. Department of Defense under the DoD 8140 framework (which superseded DoD 8570.01-M) for a range of cyber workforce roles. Full details are on the official CompTIA Security+ certification page.
Official exam information (SY0-701)
All facts below come straight from the CompTIA Security+ SY0-701 exam objectives.
90
Max questions
90 min
Duration
750 / 900
Passing score
3 years
Certification validity
2 types
Multiple-choice and performance-based
7 languages
Available exam languages
Exam domains
The SY0-701 exam covers five domains, weighted as follows. Click any domain to see the official topic breakdown.
Domain Exam weight
General Security Concepts 12%
- Security controls: comparing technical, preventive, managerial, deterrent, operational, detective, physical, corrective, compensating, and directive controls.
- Fundamental concepts: summarising confidentiality, integrity, and availability (CIA); non-repudiation; authentication, authorisation, and accounting (AAA); zero trust; and deception / disruption technology.
- Change management: explaining business processes, technical implications, documentation, and version control.
- Cryptographic solutions: using public key infrastructure (PKI), encryption, obfuscation, hashing, digital signatures, and blockchain.
Threats, Vulnerabilities, and Mitigations 22%
- Threat actors and motivations: comparing nation-states, unskilled attackers, hacktivists, insider threats, organised crime, shadow IT; motivations like data exfiltration, espionage, and financial gain.
- Threat vectors and attack surfaces: message-based, unsecure networks, social engineering, file-based, voice call, supply chain, and vulnerable software vectors.
- Vulnerabilities: application, hardware, mobile device, virtualisation, operating system (OS), cloud-specific, web-based, and supply chain vulnerabilities.
- Malicious activity: analysing malware, password, application, physical, network, and cryptographic attacks.
- Mitigation techniques: segmentation, access control, configuration enforcement, hardening, isolation, and patching.
Security Architecture 18%
- Architecture models: comparing on-premises, cloud, virtualisation, Internet of Things (IoT), industrial control systems (ICS), and infrastructure as code (IaC).
- Enterprise infrastructure: applying security principles to infrastructure considerations, control selection, and secure communication / access.
- Data protection: comparing data types, securing methods, general considerations, and classifications.
- Resilience and recovery: high availability, site considerations, testing, power, platform diversity, backups, and continuity of operations.
Security Operations 28%
- Computing resources: secure baselines, mobile solutions, hardening, wireless security, application security, sandboxing, and monitoring.
- Asset management: acquisition, disposal, assignment, and monitoring / tracking of hardware, software, and data assets.
- Vulnerability management: identifying, analysing, remediating, validating, and reporting vulnerabilities.
- Alerting and monitoring: monitoring tools and computing resource activities.
- Enterprise security: firewalls, IDS / IPS, DNS filtering, DLP, NAC, and EDR / XDR (endpoint and extended detection and response).
- Identity and access management: provisioning, SSO, MFA, and privileged access tools.
- Automation and orchestration: automation use cases, scripting benefits, and considerations.
- Incident response: processes, training, testing, root cause analysis, threat hunting, and digital forensics.
- Data sources: using log data and other sources to support investigations.
Security Program Management and Oversight 20%
- Security governance: guidelines, policies, standards, procedures, external considerations, monitoring, governance structures, and roles / responsibilities.
- Risk management: risk identification, assessment, analysis, register, tolerance, appetite, strategies, reporting, and business impact analysis (BIA).
- Third-party risk: vendor assessment, selection, agreements, monitoring, questionnaires, and rules of engagement.
- Security compliance: compliance reporting, consequences of non-compliance, monitoring, and privacy.
- Audits and assessments: attestation, internal / external audits, and penetration testing.
- Security awareness: phishing training, anomalous behaviour recognition, user guidance, reporting, and monitoring.
Source: CompTIA Security+ official certification page. Refer to CompTIA for the most current exam objectives PDF.
What you get when you buy from us
- A fixed price in pounds. You pay the price shown, with no conversion at checkout, plus 20% UK VAT for UK buyers.
- A receipt with every purchase. Suitable for employer or business reimbursement, with the VAT shown on it. A UK business that enters a valid VAT number at checkout is not charged VAT.
- Voucher emailed within 24 hours. Wherever you are, the code is issued from the CompTIA partner portal and emailed to you.
- Redeemable worldwide. Sit the exam at any Pearson VUE testing centre globally or via OnVUE online proctoring.
- 12-month validity. Schedule and sit the SY0-701 exam any time within 12 months of issue. CompTIA's exam retirement dates take precedence over voucher expiry, so sit SY0-701, and any retake, before CompTIA retires it.
- A real person to email. Our team answers on Melbourne time, usually within one business hour.
Sold by Mindset Cyber PTY LTD (Australia), an Official CompTIA Authorised Partner. The voucher is CompTIA's own and is identical to one bought from the CompTIA Store. Questions: contact us.
Where to buy a Security+ voucher
The voucher code is the same wherever you buy it. Only the price and the service around it change.
- The CompTIA Store (buying direct). CompTIA sets its own prices and can change them, so check the current figure on the CompTIA Store if you want to compare.
- Mindset Cyber (CompTIA Authorised Partner). £319 + VAT (£382.80 inc. VAT) for the single voucher, or £423 + VAT (£507.60 inc. VAT) with Retake Assurance. A fixed price in your own currency, with no conversion at checkout. It is the same official voucher code either way.
- Unauthorised resellers. Cheaper listings exist. The risk is that the code is grey-market or expired, and CompTIA will not help you if it fails at Pearson VUE. Only an Authorised Partner code is generated against a real partner account.
We are an Authorised Partner, so the code you get from us is the one CompTIA would have issued you itself.
Why buy your CompTIA Security+ voucher from Mindset Cyber
- CompTIA Authorised Partner. Voucher codes generated direct via the official CompTIA partner programme. Same official voucher as buying direct from CompTIA.
- You are charged what you see. A fixed price in your own currency, set by us, not converted by your card issuer at checkout.
- PECB Titanium Partner. The same Mindset Cyber operations team that delivers our PECB ISO 27001 and ISO 42001 training.
- Email delivery within 24 hours. Your voucher code is emailed to you within 24 hours of payment.
- Optional Retake Assurance. For first-time candidates who want a safety net on a single voucher purchase.
Career path after Security+
Where Security+ takes you
Once you hold Security+, the natural next step for AI-era security work is the CompTIA SecAI+ (CY0-001) AI security certification, CompTIA's expansion certification for securing AI systems.
CompTIA lists Security+ as the foundation for the following DoD 8140 work roles (the standard the US Department of Defense uses to map cyber jobs to certifications):
- Cyber defence analyst
- Incident responder
- Vulnerability analyst
- Security control assessor
- System administrator
- Network specialist
- Systems planner
- IT project manager
- Information security manager
- Secure software assessor
Common next steps
Where to go after Security+
- CompTIA CySA+: defensive cybersecurity analyst skills (threat hunting, SOC operations, incident response).
- CompTIA PenTest+: offensive security, hands-on penetration testing methodology.
- CompTIA SecurityX: advanced security architecture and engineering for senior roles.
- PECB ISO 27001 Lead Implementer or Lead Auditor: the standards-and-audit layer that complements Security+ for GRC and compliance careers.
How it works
- Buy your voucher above using the secure Stripe checkout.
- Your voucher code is emailed to you within 24 hours.
- Sign in to CompTIA Central and launch exam scheduling with Pearson VUE. Choose a testing centre, or OnVUE online proctoring from home.
- At the Review and Pay step, choose to pay with an exam voucher and enter your code. It covers the exam fee.
- Sit the exam and get your result the same day.
What is included
- Voucher generated direct via the CompTIA Authorised Partner programme. Identical to a voucher bought from the CompTIA Store.
- Valid 12 months from the date of issue.
- Book your exam through CompTIA Central / Pearson VUE and apply the code at checkout. Sit the exam at any Pearson VUE testing centre globally, or via OnVUE online proctoring.
- Email support from our team, usually answered within one business hour (Melbourne time).
- The Retake Assurance option at £423 + VAT (£507.60 inc. VAT) includes a retake: if you do not pass your first attempt, the same voucher covers one retake of the same exam version, within the voucher's 12 months and before CompTIA retires that exam version.
Preparing for the exam?
Study before you sit. Each guide is published in full on this site.
- Free CompTIA Security+ practice test (SY0-701): 25 domain-weighted questions with a full explanation for every answer, plus 2 PBQ walkthroughs.
- CompTIA Security+ study guide (SY0-701): the 6 to 8 week study plan, resources, and exam-day checklist.
- CompTIA Security+ exam format breakdown (SY0-701): domain weights, question types, and time budget.
- Security+ vs ISO 27001 Lead Implementer: which credential fits your career path.
Frequently asked questions
How much is a CompTIA Security+ exam voucher?
£319 + VAT (£382.80 inc. VAT) for a single SY0-701 voucher, or £423 + VAT (£507.60 inc. VAT) for the voucher with Retake Assurance. UK buyers are charged 20% UK VAT at checkout.
Do you charge UK VAT?
Yes. UK buyers are charged 20% UK VAT at checkout, on top of the price shown, and the VAT is shown on the receipt. A UK business that enters a valid VAT number at checkout is not charged VAT. The receipt is suitable for employer or business reimbursement.
Is this an official CompTIA voucher?
Yes. Mindset Cyber is a CompTIA Authorised Partner. The voucher code we deliver is generated by CompTIA and is identical to one bought direct from the CompTIA Store.
How quickly will I receive the voucher?
Within 24 hours of successful payment. The voucher code is emailed to the address you provide at checkout. We pull each code from the CompTIA partner portal on demand and confirm it to you by email.
How long is the voucher valid?
12 months from the date of issue, but CompTIA's exam retirement date takes precedence. SY0-701 retires on 11 June 2027, so schedule and sit it, and any retake, within the 12 months and before that date, in person or via online proctoring.
Can I take the exam online?
Yes. Schedule the exam through Pearson VUE and choose OnVUE online proctoring, paying with your exam voucher at the Review and Pay step. You can also sit the exam in person at any Pearson VUE testing centre globally.
What if I fail the exam?
If you bought the Voucher + Retake Assurance option at £423 + VAT (£507.60 inc. VAT), the retake is included in that price: the same voucher covers one retake of the same exam version within the voucher's 12 months and before SY0-701 retires on 11 June 2027, and you book the retake with the same voucher code. If you bought the single voucher and need to retake, you will need to purchase another voucher. We recommend the Retake Assurance option for first-time candidates.
What is the difference between Security+ and other CompTIA certs?
Security+ is the foundational cybersecurity certification from CompTIA. It sits between A+/Network+ (IT entry) and CySA+/PenTest+ (cybersecurity specialisations).
Where can I sit the exam?
Anywhere. You book through Pearson VUE and apply the voucher code at checkout, then sit the exam at any Pearson VUE testing centre globally, or via OnVUE online proctoring from anywhere with a stable internet connection.
What is the difference between the Single User and Retake Assurance options?
The Single User voucher gives one person one attempt at the SY0-701 exam for £319 + VAT (£382.80 inc. VAT). The Retake Assurance option at £423 + VAT (£507.60 inc. VAT) is one voucher that also covers one retake of the same exam version if your first attempt does not pass, used within the voucher's 12 months and before CompTIA retires that exam version. If you pass on the first try, the retake is simply not used. The retake is included in the Retake Assurance price: the price difference pays for that safety net only.
Do you offer Security+ training, or just the voucher?
We sell the SY0-701 exam voucher on its own, and CompTIA's official CertMaster training for SY0-701 in the CompTIA training bundles on this page, each with an exam voucher that includes Retake Assurance. We do not run our own Security+ classes, and a voucher on its own pays for the exam only. For exam preparation we recommend a structured study path: the official CompTIA CertMaster Learn, a free Security+ video course, and timed practice questions through any reputable provider. If you are also pursuing the ISO 27001 Lead Auditor or Lead Implementer track for compliance roles, see our PECB course range.
What is in a Security+ training bundle, and how is it delivered and redeemed?
Each bundle pairs CompTIA's official CertMaster training for SY0-701 with an SY0-701 exam voucher that includes Retake Assurance. The Complete Bundle has CertMaster Learn + Labs and CertMaster Practice, the Learn and Exam Bundle has CertMaster Learn, and the Practice and Exam Bundle has CertMaster Practice. We email your CertMaster access keys and your exam voucher code within 24 hours of payment. You redeem each access key at CompTIA (login.comptia.org) within 12 months of purchase, and it then gives 12 months of access from the day you redeem it. You book the exam with the voucher code through CompTIA Central and Pearson VUE, as with any CompTIA voucher. The voucher and its retake are valid 12 months from issue, or until CompTIA retires SY0-701, if sooner: SY0-701 retires on 11 June 2027, so plan to sit the exam, and any retake, before then. If your first attempt does not pass, the same voucher covers one retake of the same exam version, and the retake is included in the price.
How does Security+ compare to ISO 27001 Lead Auditor?
Security+ validates foundational, vendor-neutral cybersecurity skills across threats, architecture, operations, and governance. ISO 27001 Lead Auditor validates the ability to plan and conduct ISMS audits against the ISO 27001 standard. They cover different problem spaces: Security+ is the operational security foundation, ISO 27001 LA is the audit and compliance layer. Many cybersecurity careers hold both. See our PECB ISO 27001 Lead Auditor course for the audit pathway. For the implementer-side comparison, see our Security+ vs ISO 27001 Lead Implementer guide.