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Study duration (Months)
Skillsoft LMS access
Industry partner: CompTIA
Certified by Optimi CollegeCourse code: C01072
This course is intended for:
Cyber professionals tasked with incident detection, prevention and response through continuous security monitoring. CompTIA CySA+ forms part of the CompTIA Cybersecurity Career Pathway.
You will learn the following skills:
- Security Operations: Improve processes in security operations and differentiate between threat intelligence and threat hunting concepts; identify and analyze malicious activity using the appropriate tools and techniques.
- Vulnerability Management: Implement and analyze vulnerability assessments, prioritize vulnerabilities and make recommendations on mitigating attacks and vulnerability response.
- Incident Response and Management: Apply updated concepts of attack methodology frameworks, perform incident response activities and understand the incident management lifecycle.
- Reporting and Communication: Apply communication best practices in vulnerability management and incident response as it relates to stakeholders, action plans, escalation and metrics.
Possible career options include:
- Incident Response Analyst
- Security Architect
- Cybersecurity Engineer
- Threat Hunter
- Cybersecurity Analyst
- Vulnerability Analyst
- Security Operations Center (SOC) Analyst
- Application Security Analyst
- Threat Intelligence Analyst
Modules and topics covered:
CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst+ CS0-003
CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst+ CS0-003: Network Security Concepts
CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst+ CS0-003: Managing Network Settings
CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst+ CS0-003: Cloud Computing & Cybersecurity
CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst+ CS0-003: Virtualization & Container Security
CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst+ CS0-003: Data Security Standards
CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst+ CS0-003: Threat Intelligence
CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst+ CS0-003: Managing Risk
CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst+ CS0-003: Business Continuity
CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst+ CS0-003: OS Process Management
CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst+ CS0-003: Authentication
CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst+ CS0-003: Authorization
CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst+ CS0-003: Cryptography
CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst+ CS0-003: Public Key Infrastructure
CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst+ CS0-003: Firewalls & Intrusion Detection
CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst+ CS0-003: Hardening Techniques
CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst+ CS0-003: Malware
CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst+ CS0-003: Malicious Techniques & Procedures
CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst+ CS0-003: Analyzing Malicious Activity
CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst+ CS0-003: Vulnerability & Penetration Testing
CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst+ CS0-003: Secure Coding & Digital Forensics
CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst+ CS0-003: Logging & Monitoring
CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst+ CS0-003: Security & Network Monitoring
