On course completion, participants will be able to:
- Identify tools and techniques to use to perform an environmental reconnaissance of a target network or security system
- Collect, analyze, and interpret security data from multiple log and monitoring sources
- Use network host and web application vulnerability assessment tools and interpret the results to provide effective mitigation
- Understand and remediate identity management, authentication and access control issues
- Participate in a senior role within an incident response team and use forensic tools to identify the source of an attack
- Understand the use of frameworks, policies, and procedures and report on security architecture with recommendations for effective compensating controls
- Security Operations: Improve processes in security operations and differentiate between threat intelligence and threat hunting concepts; identify and analyze malicious activity using the appropriate tools and techniques
- Vulnerability Management: Implement and analyze vulnerability assessments, prioritize vulnerabilities and make recommendations on mitigating attacks and vulnerability response
- Incident Response and Management: Apply updated concepts of attack methodology frameworks, perform incident response activities and understand the incident management lifecycle
- Reporting and Communication: Apply communication best practices in vulnerability management and incident response as it relates to stakeholders, action plans, escalation and metrics
The CompTIA CySA+ certification offers several benefits, including:
- Career Advancement: It can unlock more advanced positions in cybersecurity.
- Marketability: Enhances your resume and appeal to potential employers.
- Skill Validation: Validates advanced cybersecurity skills and knowledge.
- Earning Potential: May lead to higher salaries in cybersecurity roles.
The CompTIA CySA+ certification is aimed at IT professionals who are working in roles such as:
- Security Analysts
- Security Operations Center (SOC) Analysts
- Incident Response Analysts
- Vulnerability Management Analysts
- Security Engineers
Recommended Experience:
- Network+, Security+, or equivalent knowledge.
- Minimum of 4 years of hands-on experience as an incident response analyst or security operations center (SOC) analyst, or equivalent experience
Here’s why this course is so crucial for you:
- The CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+) course provides knowledge and skills in identifying and preventing cyber threats and protecting an organization’s network and systems.
- The CySA+ certification is globally recognized and demonstrates a professional’s ability to implement and use threat detection and vulnerability management tools and understand and analyze data from security solutions.
- It is an in-demand skill as the field of cybersecurity continues to evolve and the need for professionals with cybersecurity skills increases.
- The CySA+ certification is vendor-neutral, making it valuable for professionals in various industries and organizations.
- Employers often require or prefer individuals with the CySA+ certification for cybersecurity roles such as security analyst, vulnerability analyst, and threat intelligence analyst.
- Incident Response Analyst
- Security Architect
- Cybersecurity Engineer
- Threat Hunter
- Cybersecurity Analyst
- Vulnerability Analyst Security
- Operations Center (SOC) Analyst
- Application Security Analyst
- Threat Intelligence Analyst
- Exam Codes: CS0-002 CS0-003
- Number of Questions: Maximum of 85 questions
- Type of Questions: Multiple choice and performance-based
- Length of Test: 165 minutes
- Passing Score: 750 (on a scale of 100-900).
- Languages: English, Japanese English, with Japanese, Portuguese, and Spanish to follow
Testing Provider: Pearson VUE
- Testing Centers
- Online Testing
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