Exam Tips: CompTIA CySA+ (CS0-002)
45mIntermediate2020-04-07
Authors

Mike Chapple
Teaching Professor at the University of Notre Dame
Course details
The CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+) certification demonstrates to potential employers that you know how to tackle cybersecurity threats using a behavioral analytics-based approach. This course—the first in the CySA+ Cert Prep series—kickstarts your preparation for the newly revised exam (CS0-002). It reviews the five domains of the CySA+ exam at a high level and provides exam tips, question samples, and resources for learning more. Instructor Mike Chapple also explains the benefits of certification and the careers that CySA+ certified professionals may pursue in information security.
Topics include:
- Careers in information security
- The five CySA+ domains
- CySA+ question types
- Study resources
- Practice tests
Topics include:
- Careers in information security
- The five CySA+ domains
- CySA+ question types
- Study resources
- Practice tests
Skills covered
Incident ResponseCybersecurityCert Prep
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - About the CySA+ exam
1. Exploring the CySA+ Domains
- 02 - Careers in information security
- 03 - Value of certification
- 04 - Stackable certifications
2. Exploring the CySA+ Domains
- 05 - Threat and vulnerability management
- 06 - Software and systems security
- 07 - Security operations and monitoring
- 08 - Incident response
- 09 - Compliance and assessment
3. Inside the CySA+ Exam
- 10 - The CySA+ exam
- 11 - CySA+ exam environment
- 12 - CySA+ question types
- 13 - Passing the CySA+ exam
4. Preparing for the CySA+ Exam
- 14 - Study resources
- 15 - Exam tips
- 16 - Practice tests
Conclusion
- 17 - Continuing education requirements
- 18 - Next steps
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