• Classroom
  • Online, Instructor-Led
  • Online, Self-Paced
Course Description

CompTIA's CySA+ Certification is an intermediate-level certificate for IT professionals with previous experience of working in the field of IT security. The CompTIA CySA+ examination is designed for IT security analysts, vulnerability analysts, or threat intelligence analysts. The exam will certify that the successful candidate has the knowledge and skills required to configure and use threat detection tools, perform data analysis, and interpret the results to identify vulnerabilities, threats, and risks to an organization with the end goal of securing and protecting applications and systems within an organization.

Learning Objectives

CompTIA CySA+ applies behavioral analytics to networks to improve the overall state of security through identifying and combating malware and advanced persistent threats (APTs), resulting in an enhanced threat visibility across a broad attack surface. It will validate an IT professional' ability to proactively defend and continuously improve the security of an organization.

 

CySA+ will verify the successful candidate has the knowledge and skills required to:

  •   Leverage intelligence and threat detection techniques
  •   Analyze and interpret data
  •   Identify and address vulnerabilities
  •   Suggest preventative measures
  •   Effectively respond to and recover from incidents

Framework Connections

The materials within this course focus on the NICE Framework Task, Knowledge, and Skill statements identified within the indicated NICE Framework component(s):

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