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| Vulnerability Assessment & Scanning | 30% | Critical | Don't sleep on nmap flag combinations and vulnerability scoring mechanics—this catches people off-guard if you only memorize tool names instead of output interpretation. |
| Incident Handling & Logging | 25% | High | Easy marks once you master log parsing, event correlation, and basic SIEM alert triage. Practice the common log signatures until it's second nature. |
| Network Security & Firewall Architecture | 20% | High | Speed is everything here. Knock out rule-base logic and packet flow drills early so you don't burn precious time second-guessing ACL evaluations during the test. |
| Endpoint Hardening & Access Control | 15% | Medium | Focus heavily on principle of least privilege and basic OS hardening; you won't need expert-level administrative scripting, but you need clean conceptual clarity. |
| Cryptography & Compliance Basics | 10% | Medium | Straightforward definitions on hashing, symmetric/asymmetric encryption, and standard frameworks. Grab these easy points by reviewing our cheat sheets right before exam day. |
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