CompTIA CySA+ CS0-003 Training - OEM Certkit

The CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+) course is the only intermediate high-stakes cybersecurity analyst with intrusion detection and response. The behavioral analytics skills covered by the CompTIA CySA+ certification identify and combat malware and advanced persistent threats (APTs), resulting in better threat visibility across a broad attack surface by focusing on network behavior, including an organization's interior network.

Prerequisites:
To get the most out of the CompTIA CySA+ course and be able to prepare for your exam you should have successfully earned the CompTIA Network+ and CompTIA Security+ certification or have equivalent knowledge.

Course outcome:

• 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

Who should attend:
This course is designed primarily for cybersecurity practitioners who perform job functions related to protecting information systems by ensuring their availability, integrity, authentication, confidentiality, and non-repudiation. This course focuses on the knowledge, ability, and skills necessary to provide for the defense of those information systems in a cybersecurity context, including protection, detection, analysis, investigation, and response processes.

Course outcome:

• Understand types and characteristics of data
• Compare and contrast different data structures, formats, and markup languages
• Explain data integration and collection methods
• Execute different data manipulation techniques
• Explain common techniques for data manipulation and optimization
• Apply descriptive statistical methods
• Describe key analysis techniques
• Understand the use of different statistical methods
• Use the appropriate type of visualization
• Express business requirements in a report format
• Apply quality control to data
• Explain master data management concepts
• Identify common data analytics tools

Who should attend:
Analytics professionals responsible for collecting and analyzing data in order to provide an accurate picture of business operations or performance for a company. The analyst may specialize in a core business function such as marketing and sales, finance and accounting, HR, or operations or may be aspiring to a more general data analyst role. Roles for which this course would be ideal are: Data Analysts, Report Analysts, Business Intelligence Analysts, Market Research Analysts or Operations Analysts.

CertKit content:

E-learning courses:

CS0-003 - CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst+: Network Security Concepts

Course: 1 Hour, 30 Minutes

• Course Overview
• The Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Model
• Network Switching and Network Access Control
• The TCP/IP Protocol Suite
• IP Addressing
• Network Routing
• Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Security
• Domain Name System (DNS) Security
• Wi-Fi Authentication Methods
• Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)
• IP Security (IPsec)
• Network Time Protocol
• Configuring Network Time Synchronization in Linux
• Course Summary

CS0-003 - CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst+: Managing Network Settings

Course: 59 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Creating an On-premises Virtual Network
• Creating a Cloud-based Virtual Network
• Managing Linux IP Addressing
• Managing Windows IP Addressing
• Managing Cloud IP Addressing
• Managing Cloud Route Tables
• Implementing DNS and DHCP Security
• Hardening a Wi-Fi Router
• Configuring IPsec in Windows
• Course Summary

CS0-003 - CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst+: Cloud Computing & Cybersecurity

Course: 1 Hour, 11 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Cloud Computing Deployment Models
• Cloud Computing Service Models
• Cloud Computing Security Solutions
• Deploying a Cloud-based Linux Virtual Machine
• Deploying a Cloud-based Windows Virtual Machine
• Deploying a Cloud-based Web Application
• Working with Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM)
• Configuring Microsoft Azure Managed Identities
• Content Delivery Networks (CDNs)
• Enabling a Web App CDN
• Course Summary

CS0-003 - CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst+: Virtualization & Container Security

Course: 37 Minutes

• Course Overview
• OS, Application, and Desktop Virtualization
• Configuring a Microsoft Hyper-V Hypervisor
• Application Containers
• Installing Docker on Linux
• Installing Docker on Windows
• Course Summary

CS0-003 - CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst+: Data Security Standards

Course: 1 Hour, 4 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Physical Security
• Personally Identifiable Information (PII)
• Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
• General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
• Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)
• Classifying Data Using Amazon Macie
• Configuring Data Classification with File Server Resource Manager
• Identifying the Importance of SLOs and SLAs
• Course Summary

CS0-003 - CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst+: Threat Intelligence

Course: 1 Hour, 9 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Threat Intelligence Sources
• Viewing Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs)
• Using MITRE ATT&CK
• OWASP Top 10
• Advanced Persistent Threat (APT)
• ISO/IEC Standards
• Downloading and Analyzing CIS Documentation
• Using the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)
• Organizational Security Policies
• Organizational Culture and Security
• Course Summary

CS0-003 - CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst+: Managing Risk

Course: 1 Hour, 19 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Risk Management
• Risk Assessments
• Risk Acceptance
• Risk Avoidance
• Risk Transfer
• Risk Reduction
• Annual Loss Expectancy (ALE)
• Security Control Types
• Configuration Management
• Establish Security Baselines
• Enabling Cloud Storage Replication
• Backing Up to the Cloud
• Course Summary

CS0-003 - CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst+: Business Continuity

Course: 1 Hour, 9 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Business Continuity and Business Impact Analysis (BIA)
• Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP)
• Incident Response Plan (IRP)
• Incident Escalation
• Incident Eradication
• Incident Containment
• Post-incident Lessons Learned
• The Cyber Attack Kill Chain
• The Diamond Model of Intrusion Analysis
• Stepping through an Incident Response Scenario
• Course Summary

CS0-003 - CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst+: OS Process Management

Course: 1 Hour

• Course Overview
• Navigating the Windows Registry
• Exploring Linux Hardware Devices
• Exploring Windows Hardware Devices
• Managing Linux File Systems
• Managing Windows File Systems
• Linux Processes and Daemons
• Managing Linux Processes and Daemons
• Managing Windows Processes and Services
• Establishing a Performance Baseline on Windows Server
• Course Summary

CS0-003 - CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst+: Authentication

Course: 1 Hour, 19 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Authentication
• Managing Linux Users and Groups
• Enabling Secure Shell (SSH) Public Key Authentication
• Installing and Configuring an LDAP Server
• Installing and Configuring an LDAP Client
• Managing Windows Users and Groups
• Managing Cloud Users and Groups
• Creating Dynamic Membership Cloud Groups
• Configuring Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) For AWS Users
• Managing Windows Password Policies
• Identity Federation
• Course Summary

CS0-003 - CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst+: Authorization

Course: 52 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Authorization
• Access Control Models
• Managing Linux File System Permissions
• Managing Windows File System Permissions
• Configuring Windows Dynamic Access Control
• Privileged Access Management and sudo
• Managing Cloud RBAC Permissions
• Course Summary

CS0-003 - CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst+: Cryptography

Course: 1 Hour, 6 Minutes

• Course Overview
• The CIA Security Triad
• Cryptography
• Managing Windows Encrypting File System
• Configuring Microsoft BitLocker
• Encrypting Cloud Storage
• Integrity
• Hashing Files in Linux
• Managing File Hashing in Windows
• Hardware Security Module (HSM)
• SSL and TLS
• Course Summary

CS0-003 - CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst+: Public Key Infrastructure

Course: 49 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
• The PKI Certificate Life Cycle
• Deploying a Windows Certification Authority (CA)
• Managing Windows Certificate Templates
• Acquiring PKI Certificates
• Configuring an HTTPS Binding
• Requiring Client PKI Certificates
• Course Summary

CS0-003 - CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst+: Firewalls & Intrusion Detection

Course: 56 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Firewall Types
• Managing Windows Defender Firewall
• Managing a Linux Firewall
• Managing Cloud Firewalls
• Proxy Servers
• Deploying the Squid Proxy Server
• Intrusion Detection and Prevention
• Configuring the Snort IDS
• Course Summary

CS0-003 - CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst+: Malware

Course: 1 Hour, 34 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Threat Actor Types
• Malicious Activity and Baselines
• Social Engineering
• Executing a Social Engineering Attack
• Common Malware Types
• Malware Techniques and Email Analysis
• Common Scripting Languages
• Creating and Running a PowerShell Script
• Making and Running a Bash Script
• Creating and Running a Python Script
• Network Indicators of Malicious Activity
• Host Indicators of Malicious Activity
• Application Indicators of Malicious Activity
• Course Summary

CS0-003 - CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst+: Analyzing Malicious Activity

Course: 44 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Configuring Endpoint Security Solutions
• Using the VirusTotal Website
• Using Joe Sandbox and Cuckoo Sandbox
• Analyzing Suspicious Email Messages
• Creating a Microsoft Azure Blueprint
• Using Internet User VPNs and the Tor Web Browser
• Using Bug Bounties
• Course Summary

MeasureUp Exam simulation

• 270 questions

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Practice Labs - Virtual Labs (option)

Welcome to the Cyber Security Analyst (CySA+) Practice lab. After completion of this title, you will
have gained hands-on experience in Cyber Security defense and Cyber Analytic techniques. By
completing the modules, you will improve your practical skills in configuring and using threat
detection tools, data analysis, identifying vulnerabilities, identifying threats, risks, securing and
protecting applications and systems within an organization, as well as learning industry impact on
security and technological risks. These same modules will help you understand the objectives and
competencies required by the CompTIA CySA+ certification exam (CS0-003). CompTIA
Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+) is an intermediate certificate aimed at IT security analysts,
vulnerability analysts, threat intelligence analysts, or IT professionals seeking to advance into the
industry. This Practice Lab focuses on the practical aspects of the exam objectives, although it also
contains theory content not based in the lab environment. No prior hands-on experience is
required to use or complete this Practice Lab, however we assume that you know how to use a
computer and that you are familiar with basic networking technologies and information security
concepts.