Course description
CASP+ is the only hands-on, performance-based certification for practitioners — not managers — at the advanced skill level of cybersecurity.
CompTIA offers everything you need to get you ready for your CySA+ certification exam.
Required knowledge
Students should have at least two years’ experience in IT network security plus:
- The ability to recognize information security vulnerabilities and threats in the context of risk management.
- Foundation-level operational skills with common operating systems
- Foundational knowledge of the concepts and framework of common desktop and network security safeguards
- Foundation-level understanding of some of common networking concepts
- Foundational knowledge of major TCP/IP networking protocols
Target audience
This course has been created for cybersecurity practitioners who perform job functions related to protecting information systems by ensuring their availability, integrity, authentication, confidentiality, and non-repudiation.
- Security Architect
- Technical Lead Analyst
- Application Security Engineer
- Security Engineer
Course content
Module 1:
- Assessing Information Security Risk
- Analyzing Reconnaissance Threats to Computing and Network Environments
- Analyzing Attacks on Computing and Networking Environments
- Analyzing Post-Attack Techniques
- Managing Vulnerabilities in the Organization
- Collecting Cybersecurity Intelligence
- Analyzing Log Data
- Performing Active Asset and Network Analysis
- Responding to Cybersecurity Incidents
- Investigating Cybersecurity Incidents
- Addressing Security Architecture Issues
Module 2:
- Explaining the Importance of Security Controls and Security Intelligence
- Utilizing Threat Data and Intelligence
- Analyzing Security Monitoring Data
- Collecting and Querying Security Monitoring Data
- Utilizing Digital Forensics and Indicator Analysis Techniques
- Applying Incident Response Procedures
- Applying Risk Mitigation and Security Frameworks
- Performing Vulnerability Management
- Applying Security Solutions for Infrastructure Management
- Understanding Data Privacy and Protection
- Applying Security Solutions for Software Assurance
- Applying Security Solutions for Cloud and Automation
e-Learning / self-study
You will get access to the CompTIA CertMaster Learn online platform for 1 year.
- Lessons cover all exam objectives with integrated videos
- Hundreds of practice questions test your knowledge
- Performance-based questions apply what you’ve learned in a scenario
- Flashcards ensure you know the terminology and acronyms required for the exam
- The Learning Plan keeps you on track with your studies
Certification
The exam fee is not included in the price of the course.
Materials
The Official CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+) Student Guide
Objectives
This course focuses on the knowledge, ability, and skills necessary to provide for the defense of those information systems in a cybersecurity context, including protection, detection, analysis, investigation, and response processes. In addition, the course ensures that all members of an IT team—everyone from help desk staff to the Chief Information Officer—understand their role in these security processes.
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