CompTIA CySA+ Certification (CS0-003)

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Overview

The CompTIA CySA+ certification is an internationally recognized credential that validates the skills required to proactively capture, monitor, and respond to threats on a network. This comprehensive course prepares you for the CompTIA CySA+ (CS0-003) exam, covering essential skills in security analytics, intrusion detection, and incident response. You will learn how to configure and use threat detection tools, perform data analysis, interpret the results to identify vulnerabilities, threats, and risks, and ultimately secure and protect applications and systems within an organization. The CompTIA CySA+ certification proves your ability to leverage intelligence and threat detection techniques to improve an organization’s overall security posture.  

 

What Will I Learn?

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Apply environmental reconnaissance techniques.
  • Analyze the results of network reconnaissance.
  • Recommend and implement the appropriate response and countermeasure.
  • Explain the importance of policies, processes, and procedures for incident response.
  • Utilize data sources to support an investigation.
  • Apply mitigation techniques or controls to secure an environment.
  • Utilize frameworks, policies, procedures, and controls to minimize risk in the environment.
  • Explain the importance of proactive threat intelligence.
  • Utilize threat intelligence to proactively strengthen defenses.
  • Analyze data as part of a security monitoring program.
  • Explain the purpose of log review for effective security monitoring.
  • Analyze and interpret output from security technologies.
  • Implement configuration changes to existing controls to improve security.
  • Explain the importance of communication during the incident response process.
  • Summarize the incident recovery and post-incident response process.

Target Audience

This course is ideal for:

  • IT security professionals seeking to advance their careers in cybersecurity analysis.
  • Individuals aiming to specialize in threat intelligence, incident response, or security operations.
  • Security analysts, threat intelligence analysts, incident responders, compliance analysts, and security engineers.
  • Network and system administrators who want to enhance their security skills.
  • Anyone who wants to earn the globally recognized CompTIA CySA+ certification.
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What Will You Learn?

  • What Will I Learn?
  • By the end of this course, you will be able to:
  • Apply environmental reconnaissance techniques.
  • Analyze the results of network reconnaissance.
  • Recommend and implement the appropriate response and countermeasure.
  • Explain the importance of policies, processes, and procedures for incident response.
  • Utilize data sources to support an investigation.
  • Apply mitigation techniques or controls to secure an environment.
  • Utilize frameworks, policies, procedures, and controls to minimize risk in the environment.
  • Explain the importance of proactive threat intelligence.
  • Utilize threat intelligence to proactively strengthen defenses.
  • Analyze data as part of a security monitoring program.
  • Explain the purpose of log review for effective security monitoring.
  • Analyze and interpret output from security technologies.
  • Implement configuration changes to existing controls to improve security.
  • Explain the importance of communication during the incident response process.
  • Summarize the incident recovery and post-incident response process.

Course Content

Topic 1: Threat and Vulnerability Management (22%)
Explain the importance of threat data and intelligence, utilize threat intelligence to support organizational security, perform vulnerability management activities, analyze the output of vulnerability scans, and implement controls to mitigate attacks and software vulnerabilities.

  • Lesson 1.1: Explain the importance of threat data and intelligence.
  • Lesson 1.2: Given a scenario, utilize threat intelligence to support organizational security.
  • Lesson 1.3: Explain the importance of vulnerability management activities.
  • Lesson 1.4: Given a scenario, analyze the output of a vulnerability scan.
  • Lesson 1.5: Explain common attacks and vulnerabilities against specialized systems.
  • Lesson 1.6: Given a scenario, implement controls to mitigate attacks and software vulnerabilities.

Topic 2: Software and Systems Security (18%)
Explain the importance of software assurance best practices, apply security concepts to ensure secure systems administration, and implement secure configuration settings.

Topic 3: Security Operations and Monitoring (25%)
Analyze data as part of a security monitoring program, explain the purpose of log review for effective security monitoring, analyze and interpret output from security technologies, and implement configuration changes to existing controls to improve security.

Topic 4: Incident Response (22%)
Explain the importance of policies, processes, and procedures for incident response, utilize data sources to support an investigation, apply mitigation techniques or controls to secure an environment, and explain the key aspects of digital forensics.

Topic 5: Compliance and Assessment (13%)
Explain the importance of applicable regulations, standards, or frameworks that impact organizational security posture, explain the importance of policies to organizational security, and summarize risk management processes and concepts.

Final Quizzes:
Quiz: CompTIA CySA+ Practice Exam 1 (CS0-003) Quiz: CompTIA CySA+ Practice Exam 2 (CS0-003) Quiz: CompTIA CySA+ Practice Exam 3 (CS0-003)

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