CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+) is a certification for cyber professionals tasked with incident detection, prevention and response through continuous security monitoring. The course introduces tools and tactics to manage cybersecurity risks, identify various types of common threats, evaluate the organization’s security, collect and analyze cybersecurity intelligence, and handle incidents as they occur.
The CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+) certification verifies that successful candidates have the knowledge and skills required to detect and analyze indicators of malicious activity, understand threat intelligence and threat management, respond to attacks and vulnerabilities, perform incident response, and report and communicate related activity.
Learning Objectives
- Improve processes in security operations
- Differentiate between threat intelligence and threat hunting concepts
- Identify and analyze malicious activity using the appropriate tools and techniques
- Implement and analyze vulnerability assessments, prioritize vulnerabilities, and make recommendations
- Apply updated concepts of attack methodology frameworks
- Perform incident response activities
- Understand the incident management lifecycle
- Apply communication best practices in vulnerability management and incident response
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):