CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+) Certification Exam Crack

CompTIA has a good reputation in the industry; its certifications are considered valuable and enhance employability. The intermediate-level CySA+ demonstrates incident responders have the knowledge to interpret logs to discern if security incidents represent real threats, and it ensures a fundamental understanding of network and cybersecurity principles. The certification also showcases the holder’s ability to create incident response reports. CompTIA updated the exam in 2024 to include cloud technologies and web applications.

CySA+ aims to ensure candidates have the skills to detect malicious incidents, understand threat intelligence and threat management, respond to cybersecurity incidents, conduct incident response attacks and create post-incident reports.

The exam is split into the following four domains:

1. Security Operations (33%). Candidates demonstrate knowledge of system and network architecture, such as logs, file structures, system processes, cloud vs. hybrid vs. on-premises architecture, zero trust, encryption, data protection, and identity and access management.
2. Vulnerability Management (30%). Candidates implement vulnerability management for asset discovery, critical infrastructure, and industry frameworks. For a given scenario, they need to handle scanning methods, analyze output from different tools, determine vulnerability prioritization, and recommend how to mitigate different exploits.
3. Incident Response and Management (20%). Candidates demonstrate knowledge of attack methodology frameworks, such as cyber kill chains, Mitre ATT&CK and OWASP. Candidates receive a scenario and perform incident response methods, explaining how to handle the incident management lifecycle.
4. Reporting and Communication (17%). Candidates cover how to create an incident response report and communicate an event to legal, customers, media, and law enforcement.
5. CompTIA recommends candidates have four years of professional incident response or security operations center analyst experience, as well as Network+ or Security+ certification.