Gain career-ready IT knowledge and skills! Potential funding with eligibility.
Take the next step in your IT career with the CompTIA Network+ and Security+ certification bundle. This program provides a strong foundation in both networking and cybersecurity, helping you gain marketable and in-demand IT skills.
Through the Network+ course, you’ll learn how to design, build, and maintain modern networks, covering hardware, protocols, cloud computing, wireless transmission, and troubleshooting. The Security+ course builds on that foundation by teaching you how to identify and mitigate risks, manage access and identities, and protect systems against emerging threats.
By the end, you’ll have the skills to keep networks running smoothly and securely, along with exam vouchers to sit for both the CompTIA Network+ and Security+ certification exams.
What You'll Learn
- Compare common network types, topologies, and architectures
- The characteristics and uses of networking hardware and tools
- How to install and configure wired and wireless networks
- TCP/IP functionality and protocols
- IP addressing concepts, including subnetting and VLANs
- Cloud computing, virtualization, and remote access systems and methods
- Tools and practices for monitoring network performance and health
- Network safety and security threats and how to mitigate them
- How to troubleshoot and recover from network problems
- The purposes of network policies and documentation
- Fundamental concepts of computer security
- Cybersecurity threats, vulnerabilities, and assessments
- Incident preparations, response, and risk management
Course FAQs
There are a variety of jobs in cybersecurity available. Possible positions include junior penetration tester, systems administrator, network administrator, security administrator, and cybersecurity specialist. The average salaries for these roles range from entry-level roles at $70,000 to more experienced professionals at $111,052, according to top reporting sites like PayScale, Salary.com, and ZipRecruiter.
The average CompTIA Network+ salary is $73,938 annually as of November 2024, according to ZipRecruiter, which equates to approximately $36.00 an hour.
Based on data from Infosec, data from three of the top job demand sites (Payscale, Salary.com, and Glassdoor) indicate that the average salary for Network+ holders ranges from $75,000 to $79,234, with a rough estimate of around $77,078. This annual salary represents a positive trend compared to the previous average of $72,430, indicating a strong demand for network professionals with this certification.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics also gives percentiles that show the highest and lowest salaries for that job title, according to CompTIA:
- Network administrator - $95,360
- Network support specialist - $ 71,530
- Network system analyst - $103,800
The CompTIA Network+ exam voucher price is $358.00. With your enrollment in this course, you will receive an exam voucher for the CompTIA Network+ certification exam.
After obtaining your CompTIA Network+ certification, you are qualified for jobs such as a network administrator, IT consultant, network field engineer, computer technician, help desk technician, system engineer, network support specialist, and network analyst.
CompTIA Network+ is a vendor-neutral, entry-level certification widely recognized by the information technology (IT) industry. Achieving this certification prepares technicians to work in IT infrastructure by providing key networking knowledge and skills.
According to CompTIA, those who earn the Network+ certification demonstrate they possess network troubleshooting, network cabling, configuration, subnetting, and network operation skills. Furthermore, they understand emerging technologies, such as those related to virtualization and the cloud.
CompTIA Network+ is vendor-neutral, which means that it prepares IT pros to work with various networks, not just one vendor solution. The Network+ credential is also the only IT certification on the market that encompasses both wired and wireless networks.
The skills obtained from studying for and passing the exam will help you understand networking concepts like network protocols, passive optical networks, network attenuation, network address translation, and ad hoc networks—which will appeal to hiring managers, prepare you for an entry-level IT position with a competitive wage, and boost your resume by earning this certification.
Most of the jobs that IT professionals with a CompTIA Security+ certification would hold fall under the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) category of network and computer systems administrators. The BLS reports that jobs in this category earn a median annual salary of $80,600.
CompTIA Security+ is typically the first certification that an IT professional should earn and will provide you with a career boost into intermediate-level cybersecurity roles. It is a certification that is required by many organizations as evidence of your core knowledge and skills in the field of cybersecurity.
Yes, upon completion of this course you will be prepared to sit for the CompTIA Network+ and CompTIA Security+ exams.
This course is open enrollment, so you can register and start the course as soon as you are ready, if you are paying for the course yourself or through your employer. Access to your course can take 24-48 business hours.
If you are using WIOA funding to pay for this course, you will need to complete the ARIZONA@WORK funding process before starting the course.
After you register, you will receive 9 months to complete the course. The time allotted for completion has been calculated based on the number of course hours.
The time allotted for course completion has been calculated based on the number of course hours. However, if you are unable to complete the course, contact the student advising team to see what options you may have available to work out a suitable completion date. Please note that an extension fee may be charged.
Our courses are designed to accommodate various learning preferences. Depending on the course structure, you may get different forms of support. Self-paced courses are designed to be user-friendly and independent, minimizing the need for external support. In courses with instructors, our direct platform support feature includes opportunities for questions, discussions, and remediation, with email and phone support available for select courses. Our student advising team is available to guide you on program requirements and administrative requests, but they do not provide assistance with course content. Our goal is to provide you with the necessary support for success, whether it's through self-paced exploration, direct communication, or guidance from our advising team.
Upon successfully passing the final exam, you will be awarded a certificate of completion from the school or organization that you registered through. In addition, you will receive exam vouchers to take the CompTIA Network+ and CompTIA Security+ exams after successful completion of the course and financial obligation.
This course will provide you with the skills you need to obtain an entry-level position in most cases. Potential students should always do research on the job market in their area before registering.
This course is eligible for Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) funding through ARIZONA@WORK. To be eligible for WIOA funding, participants must be 18 or older, eligible to work in the United States, and meet income eligibility requirements, or must be unemployed, dislocated, or furloughed from work. To determine if you are eligible, please contact ARIZONA@WORK:
Funding is subject to availability.