CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP) CAS-003 Cert Guide (Certification Guide) 2nd Edition

Good book with a lot of info that is useful for the exam and solid review questions at the end of every chapter. Sometimes it was difficult to read with some items being listed as "we spoke about this in ch. X", as other reviews stated but some items were repeated multiple times which helped on the exam. Solid book choice and definitely covers plenty of what you will see on the exam and would read again if needed.FYI, DO NOT only use this as your only study resource, the CASP exam is not easy and you must leverage your 10+ years of experience to pass the exam, at least I had to.

I've purchased and read a number of different IT certification books for different certification exams. I would rate the Abernathy CASP certification guide as the best when preparing for the CompTIA exam. If you are looking for a book that is readable from front to back; then this book is for you. It covers the majority of the topics on the exam in enough depth that with study and taking practice exams the average person can pass the exam. The publisher (Pearson IT) offers practice exams at no extra charge using the card in the back of the book. There is no 'silver bullet' when studying for and trying to pass the CompTIA exam. You'll need to use what you learned reading this book to investigate subject areas called out on the CompTIA exam objectives. If you are new to a particular topic (such as cloud or SDLC) you may have to use Google and find additional information about that topic. The CompTIA exam is written from the perspective of someone who works for / reports to a CISO. This book is written to educate people from that perspective. Remember that the book was originally printed when the exam was introduced. The exam is updated regularly but the topics covered are all still listed in the published objectives.

I am currently using this book to study for my CASP certification in the near future, so far the book is easy to read and breaks down information into topics and subtopics to quickly find what you need. I am only into chapter 3 so far but I like this book more than any other book I have or can find to study for the CASP by leaps and bounds.UPDATE: I pass my CASP on 9/27/18 but took older version due to more study materials, so don't know how good book is on current version. I suggest use other sources in addition to book.

The book is descent in information and layout. I purchased the additional features listed in the back. That is where the issues lay. I received a receipt, but did not get any information on downloading the PDF or extra exams. Pearsonitcertification deactivated their support phone number. The email support took 4 days to reply and pretty much blew me off by directing me to FAQ which provided no information on my specific issue.

So far so good with studying the book. I'm not finished as of this review. I've also purchased the CompTia CASP+ Study Guide for CAS-003 and taking a CASP+ class in a couple of months. I would recommend purchasing other study material in addition to this book to give yourself a well rounded knowledge base. But so far pretty happy with this purchase and the study guide.

Was looking forward to the practice testing software that the book boasts about literally at the end of every chapter. I follow all the steps to register on the pearson websites and then on the very last page of the book I'm informed that the eBook version of the book doesn't include the software.

Every chapter provide good detail into each category to which it belonged. The book is a great study help material.

Very easy read with great detail!