CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+)
CompTIA
CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+) is the premier certification for cyber professionals tasked with incident detection, prevention, and response through continuous security monitoring. It validates a tech professional's expertise in incident response and vulnerability management processes, emphasizing the critical communication skills necessary for effective security analysis and compliance.
Cost
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Format
Online
Skills developed through this program
- Enhance security operations processes, differentiate threat intelligence and threat hunting, and identify malicious activity using appropriate tools
- Conduct vulnerability assessments, prioritize vulnerabilities, and recommend effective mitigation strategies for vulnerability management
- Apply attack methodology frameworks, perform incident response, and understand the incident management lifecycle to handle security incidents effectively
- Utilize communication best practices to report on vulnerability management and incident response, providing stakeholders with actionable plans and meaningful metrics
Occupations this program prepares you for
Credentials this program stacks toward
No program pathways.
Detailed information about this program
Exam details Exam version: V3 Exam series code: CS0-003 Launch date: June 6, 2023 Number of questions: maximum of 85 questions, a mix of multiple-choice and performance-based questions Retirement: usually three years after launch (estimated 2026) Duration: 165 minutes Passing score: 750 (on a scale of 100-900) Languages: English, Japanese, Portuguese, and Spanish Recommended experience: Network+, Security+, or equivalent knowledge, with a minimum of 4 years of hands-on experience as an incident response analyst, security operations center (SOC) analyst, or equivalent experience DoD 8140 work roles: all source analyst, warning analyst, forensics analyst, cyber defense forensics analyst, cyber crime investigator, systems security analyst, cyber defense analyst, cyber defense incident responder, vulnerability assessment analyst, security control assessor
What you need to earn this credential
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Eligible funding programs
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Scholarships
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