CompTIA Cyber Security Analyst (CySA+)

Overview

  • CompTIA CySA+ is the only intermediate high-stakes cybersecurity analyst certification with both hands-on, performance-based questions and multiple-choice questions.
  • CySA+ focuses on the candidates ability to not only proactively capture, monitor, and respond to network traffic findings, but also emphasizes software and application security, automation, threat hunting, and IT regulatory compliance, which affects the daily work of security analysts.
  • CySA+ covers the most up-to-date core security analyst skills and upcoming job skills used by threat intelligence analysts, application security analysts, compliance analysts, incident responders/handlers, and threat hunters, bringing new techniques for combating threats inside and outside of the Security Operations Center (SOC).

What Skills Will You Learn?

Threat and Vulnerability Management

Utilize and apply proactive threat intelligence to support organizational security and perform vulnerability management activities

Software and Systems Security

Apply security solutions for infrastructure management and explain software & hardware assurance best practices

Compliance and Assessment

Apply security concepts in support of organizational risk mitigation and understand the importance of frameworks, policies, procedures, and controls

Security Operations and Monitoring

Analyze data as part of continuous security monitoring activities and implement configuration changes to existing controls to improve security

Incident Response

Apply the appropriate incident response procedure, analyze potential indicators of compromise, and utilize basic digital forensics techniques