Your learning streak
Loading your streak…
Your account
Loading your streak…
Guided lessons, practice questions and timed exam simulations for IT certifications.
Security exams ask how controls work together. Pick an attack, switch the defences on or off, and watch where it stops.
It stopped here Stopped by multi-factor sign-in. The stolen password is not enough. The sign-in still needs a second factor.
Each room teaches one idea in plain language, with an everyday example and an illustration you can open full screen. Questions come straight after the idea they test.
Home shows what to do next: a Daily Mission of up to ten questions, the reviews that are due, and your learning streak. You set the daily time that suits you.
Loading…
No certification is needed to begin. Lessons explain each term before using it, and you choose where to start.
No. Your readiness figure shows how much of the current question bank you last answered correctly. It is a study measure, not a prediction of your exam result.
Only if you ask. You can choose a time and get a notification, an email or both, and change or turn this off whenever you like.
Performance-based questions and more certification paths. Anything not ready is marked as coming soon.
No. LinkTheLayers is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by CompTIA, Cisco or Microsoft.
Answer a few questions about your goal and how you like to study, then create your account. It takes a few minutes, and you can change everything later.
Already have an account? Sign in
Work through guided rooms. Each one explains a term in plain language, shows an example, then checks you understood it.
Guided roomsChoose mixed rounds, one exam domain or your own mistakes. Every answer comes with feedback you can act on.
Question bankSit a timed exam with a server-side clock and feedback only after you submit. Performance-based questions are coming soon.
Timed examsAnswered questions come back after 1, 7, 21 and 60 days. A wrong answer comes back the next day.
Spaced reviewOur certification list will appear here shortly.
Other certifications are listed as coming soon until their lessons and questions are ready.
Guided lessons, practice questions and timed exam simulations for IT certifications. More career paths are on the way.
