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Standardize your team on Security Essentials with a structured Linux Professional Institute training path — virtual labs, a blueprint-weighted practice exam, and team admin reporting included on every CBT Nuggets training subscription.

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Course
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Exam cost
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Practice exam
12
Core skills
IT operations team at help desk workstations with ticket queues and network diagrams
Difficulty
Difficulty: 1 of 5 (Easy)
Easy
Exam cost
$120
Courses on path
1
Official source
Vendor cert page
Exam code
  • 020-100

Exam datasheet

Exam length
60 minutes
Questions
40 questions
Passing score
500 (on a scale of 200-800)
Format
40 questions, completed within 60 minutes
Prerequisites
No prerequisites
Recommended experience
First course in IT security or basic competence in secure use of information technology
Recertification
Lifetime
Testing centerExam blueprint

Skills your team builds

Security ConceptsEncryptionDevice and Storage SecurityNetwork and Service SecurityIdentity and PrivacyRisk Assessment and ManagementEthical BehaviorCryptography and Public Key InfrastructureWeb EncryptionEmail EncryptionData Storage EncryptionPrivacy Protection

Training path

Your team's training path

One CBT Nuggets course covers the full Security Essentials path. Your team can start today and have admin reporting visible from day one.

  1. Start here · primary course

    LPI Security Essentials

    This Linux Professional Institute Security Essentials (020-100) training covers how to implement best practices in network security maintenance, identify vulnerabilities, and respond effectively to incidents in Linux-based IT infrastructures. You'll learn cybersecurity skills that apply in any environment, as well as techniques and tools that are particular to Linux environments. The LPI Security Essentials certification is an excellent start for a cybersecurity career, and this 020-100 exam prep will prepare you to earn it.

    James Conrad
    166 videos3 labsPractice exam22h
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Every certification includes

Expert-led video training
Virtual labs
Certification practice exams
Per-team completion reporting

Linux Professional Institute career ladder

Where Security Essentials sits in your team's Linux Professional Institute progression

The cert your team is on now, plus the levels above and below. Use this to map an engineer's next-step credential or to plan headcount coverage across tiers.

  1. Professional level

    3 certs

    DevOps Tools Engineer (Exam 701-200)

    701-200

    You are here

    LPIC-1

    101-500 & 102-500

    You are here

    LPIC-2

    201-450 & 202-450

    You are here

  2. Entry-level level

    2 certs

    Linux Essentials

    010-160

    You are here

    Security Essentials

    020-100

    You are here
Customer outcome

Make 020-100 a coverage number your auditor can quote

Security Essentials certified engineers are easy to count and easy to prove. CBT Nuggets bundles the prep into a single team playlist so leadership sees who's on the path, who finished, and who's exam-ready — without spreadsheets.

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1 path
from foundation to credential — assigned and tracked as one playlist

Coverage proof

Make 020-100 a number on your team capability sheet, not a single engineer’s certificate.

Standardizing your team on 020-100 gives leadership and auditors a coverage number they can quote — and gives Linux Professional Institute incident response a baseline of capability you can predict instead of hoping for.

Credential: Security Essentials

Exam
  • 020-100

Frequently asked questions about Security Essentials training

Common questions IT directors ask when evaluating Security Essentials training for their team.

How does Security Essentials fit into our internal compliance and governance program?

Team reporting in CBT Nuggets documents assigned training, completion, and certification coverage for internal governance or external audit conversations. Pair the Security Essentials path with your auditor's control crosswalk for the formal compliance mapping your specific framework requires.

What's the ROI of certifying our team on Security Essentials?

IT Directors typically frame Security Essentials ROI in operational terms — faster troubleshooting, defensible role coverage, predictable onboarding velocity, and audit-ready training documentation. The metrics that matter aren't seat-time or completion percentages; they're mean time to resolve, time-to-productivity for new Linux Professional Institute hires, and certification coverage by role.

How does CBT Nuggets Security Essentials training compare to Pluralsight, LinkedIn Learning, or Udemy Business?

CBT Nuggets Security Essentials courses are built by named expert trainers (not crowd-sourced contributors), include hands-on virtual labs in many courses, and include certification practice exams mapped to the vendor's published exam objectives. Team admin reporting tracks assignment, completion, and exam-readiness per engineer — the surface managers actually use to manage team training programs. See /compare for the full feature comparison.

How do I assign and track Security Essentials training for my team?

From the admin console, managers create a training playlist (one or more courses on the Security Essentials path), assign it to specific engineers or role groups, and track completion + practice-exam scores per learner. Team-wide reporting rolls up to a single dashboard you can export for monthly leadership reviews or quarterly compliance reporting. No spreadsheet, no per-engineer license fiddling.

How long does it take to certify a team on Security Essentials?

Depends on the cert and the team's starting baseline. Entry-level Linux Professional Institute certs typically run 4–6 weeks per engineer from a cold start; associate-level certs run 8–12 weeks; professional/expert tracks can run 3–6 months. Most teams budget the full quarter for any associate-level certification so engineers have time to actually apply the lab work before the exam.

What if Linux Professional Institute updates the Security Essentials exam objectives?

CBT Nuggets updates Linux Professional Institute course content as exam objectives refresh — typically within weeks of the vendor's release. When Linux Professional Institute restructures or renames a track (a common pattern), the assigned training paths stay aligned with the same team training plan; managers don't have to rebuild the playlist from scratch. The training stays current without anyone losing their certification status mid-stream.

Ready to Security Essentials-certify your team?

Build Security Essentials capability across your team

See how CBT Nuggets helps IT Directors plan and track Security Essentials training across the team — labs, practice exams, and reporting included.

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