CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+) is the premier certification for cyber professionals tasked with incident detection, prevention, and response through continuous security monitoring. It validates a tech professional’s expertise in incident response and vulnerability management processes, emphasizing the critical communication skills necessary for effective security analysis and compliance.

• Enhance security operations processes, differentiate threat intelligence and threat hunting, and identify malicious activity using appropriate tools.

• Conduct vulnerability assessments, prioritize vulnerabilities, and recommend effective mitigation strategies for vulnerability management.

• Apply attack methodology frameworks, perform incident response, and understand the incident management lifecycle to handle security incidents effectively.

• Utilize communication best practices to report on vulnerability management and incident response, providing stakeholders with actionable plans and meaningful metrics.

Upon completion of this course the candidate has the knowledge and skills required to:

• Detect and analyze indicators of malicious activity
• Understand threat hunting and threat intelligence concepts
• Use appropriate tools and methods to manage, prioritize and respond to attacks and vulnerabilities
• Perform incident response processes
• Understand reporting and communication concepts related to vulnerability management and incident response activities

• Security Analyst
• Security Operations Center (SOC) Analyst
• Incident Response Analyst
• Vulnerability Management Analyst
• Security Engineer

Exam Code: CS0-003 (CySA+)

Duration: 165 minutes

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