CompTIA CySA+ (CS0-003) Complete Certification Course

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The Course

36+ hours of expert-led video training, 12 months access

Study Guide

Official CompTIA CySA+ (CS0-003) study guide

eBook

Official CompTIA eBook

Labs

Hands-on labs to apply theoretical knowledge in practical scenarios

Practice Exam

700+ questions

Resources & Tools

Downloadable study resources and tools

Who This Course Is For

IT security, vulnerability, and threat intelligence analysts
Security Operations Center (SOC) analysts
Incident response professionals preparing for more advanced roles
Students preparing for the CompTIA CySA+ (CS0-003) certification exam

What You’ll Learn

This course thoroughly prepares you for the CompTIA CySA+ (CS0-003) exam by covering all five key domains:

Threat and Vulnerability Management
Software and Systems Security
Security Operations and Monitoring
Incident Response
Compliance and Assessment

1 - Introduction Preview

0.3 Hours •5 Lessons

1. Welcome to the Course FREE13m:19sPreview
2. Download the Study Guide PDF
3. Exam Tips FREE4m:28sPreview
4. 100% Pass Guarantee FREE3m:43sPreview
5. Quiz: Introduction Quiz

2 - Identify Security Control Types

0.6 Hours •6 Lessons

1. Identify Security Control Types FREE1m:23sPreview
2. Cybersecurity Roles and Responsibilities FREE6m:44sPreview
3. Security Operations Center (SOC) FREE5m:0sPreview
4. Security Control Categories 18m:17sVideo
5. Selecting Security Controls 4m:59sVideo
6. Quiz: Identify Security Control Types Quiz

3 - Threat Intelligence Sharing

0.5 Hours •7 Lessons

1. Threat Intelligence Sharing 1m:11sVideo
2. Security and Threat Intelligence 5m:12sVideo
3. Intelligence Cycle 9m:44sVideo
4. Intelligence Sources 9m:15sVideo
5. Information Sharing and Analysis Centers (ISACS) 4m:25sVideo
6. Threat Intelligence Sharing 4m:53sVideo
7. Quiz: Threat Intelligence Quiz

4 - Classifying Threats

1.0 Hours •8 Lessons

1. Classifying Threats 1m:50sVideo
2. Threat Classification 9m:7sVideo
3. Threat Actors 13m:46sVideo
4. Malware 7m:48sVideo
5. Threat Research 10m:58sVideo
6. Attack Frameworks 11m:13sVideo
7. Indicator Management 6m:54sVideo
8. Quiz: Classifying Threat Quiz

5 - Threat Hunting

0.7 Hours •11 Lessons

1. Threat Hunting 2m:5sVideo
2. Threat Modeling 8m:20sVideo
3. Threat Hunting 6m:54sVideo
4. Open-source Intelligence 3m:39sVideo
5. Google Hacking 7m:40sVideo
6. Profiling Techniques 5m:27sVideo
7. Harvesting Techniques 3m:30sVideo
8. AbuseIPDB 3m:32sVideo
9. Deep Web and Dark Web 4m:8sVideo
10. Bug Bounty 3m:11sVideo
11. Quiz: Threat Hunting Quiz

6 - Network Forensics

0.9 Hours •9 Lessons

1. Network Forensics 1m:29sVideo
2. Network Forensic Tools 4m:13sVideo
3. tcpdump 7m:50sVideo
4. Wireshark 10m:57sVideo
5. Flow Analysis 6m:19sVideo
6. IP and DNS Analysis 6m:34sVideo
7. URL Analysis 15m:30sVideo
8. Conduct Packet Analysis 6m:3sVideo
9. Quiz: Network Forensics Quiz

7 - Appliance Monitoring

1.3 Hours •11 Lessons

1. Appliance Monitoring 1m:29sVideo
2. Firewall Logs 11m:23sVideo
3. Firewall Configurations 18m:56sVideo
4. Proxy Logs 6m:26sVideo
5. Web Application Firewall Logs 2m:46sVideo
6. IDS and IPS Configuration 6m:37sVideo
7. IDS and IPS Logs 8m:58sVideo
8. Port Security Configuration 5m:38sVideo
9. NAC Configuration 6m:49sVideo
10. Analysis of Security Appliances 15m:43sVideo
11. Quiz: Application Monitoring Quiz

8 - Endpoint Monitoring

1.4 Hours •10 Lessons

1. Endpoint Monitoring 2m:5sVideo
2. Endpoint Analysis 5m:47sVideo
3. Sandboxing 7m:20sVideo
4. Reverse Engineering 11m:15sVideo
5. Malware Exploitation 7m:50sVideo
6. Behavior Analysis 11m:35sVideo
7. Malware Analysis (demo) 25m:40sVideo
8. EDR Configuration 4m:52sVideo
9. Block Lists and Allow Lists 10m:40sVideo
10. Quiz: Endpoint Monitoring Quiz

9 - Email Monitoring

0.7 Hours •9 Lessons

1. Email Monitoring 1m:42sVideo
2. Email IOCs 5m:21sVideo
3. Email Header Analysis 11m:11sVideo
4. Email Content Analysis 3m:39sVideo
5. Email Server Security 8m:4sVideo
6. SMTP Log Analysis 5m:20sVideo
7. Email Message Security 6m:28sVideo
8. Analyzing Email Headers 4m:14sVideo
9. Quiz: Email Monitoring Quiz

10 - Configuring Your SIEM

0.8 Hours •8 Lessons

1. Configuring Your SIEM 1m:39sVideo
2. SIEM 8m:54sVideo
3. Security Data Collection 5m:5sVideo
4. Data Normalization 7m:42sVideo
5. Event Log 3m:36sVideo
6. Syslog 6m:27sVideo
7. Configuring a SIEM Agent 19m:53sVideo
8. Quiz: Configuring Your SIEM Quiz

11 - Analyzing Your SIEM

1.1 Hours •9 Lessons

1. Analyzing Your SIEM 1m:53sVideo
2. SIEM Dashboards 11m:44sVideo
3. Analysis and Detection 7m:14sVideo
4. Trend Analysis 10m:0sVideo
5. Rule and Query Writing 4m:42sVideo
6. Searching and Piping Commands 7m:24sVideo
7. Scripting Tools 9m:25sVideo
8. Analyzing, Filtering, and Searching Logs 18m:7sVideo
9. Quiz: Analyzing Your SIEM Quiz

12 - Digital Forensics

1.2 Hours •14 Lessons

1. Digital Forensics 3m:11sVideo
2. Digital Forensic Analysts 4m:50sVideo
3. Forensics Procedures 9m:17sVideo
4. Work Product Retention 2m:51sVideo
5. Data Acquisition 4m:59sVideo
6. Forensics Tools 7m:11sVideo
7. Memory Acquisition 5m:23sVideo
8. Disk Image Acquisition 11m:55sVideo
9. Hashing 4m:47sVideo
10. Timeline Generation 4m:46sVideo
11. Carving 5m:42sVideo
12. Chain of Custody 5m:51sVideo
13. Collecting and Validating Evidence 9m:5sVideo
14. Quiz: Digital Forensics Quiz

13 - Analyzing Network IOCs

1.8 Hours •14 Lessons

1. Analyzing Network IOCs 1m:47sVideo
2. Analyzing Network IOCs 2m:15sVideo
3. Traffic Spikes 18m:1sVideo
4. Beaconing 13m:40sVideo
5. Irregular P2P Communications 7m:56sVideo
6. Rogue Devices 11m:26sVideo
7. Scans and Sweeps 5m:21sVideo
8. Nonstandard Port Usage 11m:25sVideo
9. TCP Ports 7m:58sVideo
10. UDP Ports 7m:5sVideo
11. Data Exfiltration 6m:23sVideo
12. Covert Channels 7m:35sVideo
13. Analysis of Network IOCs 12m:34sVideo
14. Quiz: Analyzing Network IOCs Quiz

14 - Analyzing Host-related IOCs

1.0 Hours •11 Lessons

1. Analyzing Host-related IOCs 1m:14sVideo
2. Host-related IOCs 1m:41sVideo
3. Malicious Processes 10m:0sVideo
4. Memory Forensics 7m:12sVideo
5. Consumption 9m:1sVideo
6. Disk and File System 11m:24sVideo
7. Unauthorized Privilege 5m:15sVideo
8. Unauthorized Software 5m:49sVideo
9. Unauthorized Change/Hardware 2m:52sVideo
10. Persistence 10m:1sVideo
11. Quiz: Analyzing Host-related IOCs Quiz

15 - Analyzing Application-related IOCs

0.7 Hours •9 Lessons

1. Analyzing Application-related IOCs 1m:24sVideo
2. Application-related IOCs 1m:38sVideo
3. Anomalous Activity 4m:6sVideo
4. Service Interruptions 5m:6sVideo
5. Application Logs 12m:37sVideo
6. New Accounts 5m:37sVideo
7. Virtualization Forensics 5m:57sVideo
8. Mobile Forensics 11m:32sVideo
9. Quiz: Analyzing Application-related IOCs Quiz

16 - Analyzing Lateral Movement and Pivoting IOCs

0.6 Hours •7 Lessons

1. Analyzing Lateral Movement and Pivoting IOCs 1m:14sVideo
2. Lateral Movement and Pivoting 3m:22sVideo
3. Pass the Hash 10m:11sVideo
4. Golden Ticket 7m:9sVideo
5. Lateral Movement 6m:39sVideo
6. Pivoting 6m:3sVideo
7. Quiz: Analyzing Lateral Movement and Pivoting IOCs Quiz

17 - Incident Response Preparation

1.2 Hours •10 Lessons

1. Incident Response Preparation 2m:41sVideo
2. Incident Response Phases 11m:10sVideo
3. Documenting Procedures 7m:12sVideo
4. Data Criticality 13m:49sVideo
5. Communication Plan 7m:7sVideo
6. Reporting Requirements 4m:53sVideo
7. Response Coordination 7m:28sVideo
8. Business Continuity Plan 13m:40sVideo
9. Training and Testing 6m:41sVideo
10. Quiz: Incident Response Preparation Quiz

18 - Detection and Analysis

0.5 Hours •7 Lessons

1. Detection and Analysis 1m:25sVideo
2. OODA Loop 5m:43sVideo
3. Defensive Capabilities 4m:46sVideo
4. Detection and Analysis 6m:44sVideo
5. Impact Analysis 7m:50sVideo
6. Incident Classification 5m:57sVideo
7. Quiz: Detection and Analysis Quiz

19 - Containment, Eradication, Recovery, and Post-incident Actions

0.7 Hours •10 Lessons

1. Containment, Eradication, Recovery, and Post-incident Actions 1m:58sVideo
2. Containment 6m:26sVideo
3. Eradication 6m:18sVideo
4. Eradication Actions 4m:29sVideo
5. Recovery 2m:44sVideo
6. Recovery Actions 6m:25sVideo
7. Post-Incident Activities 5m:57sVideo
8. Lessons Learned 7m:8sVideo
9. Root Cause Analysis 4m:22sVideo
10. Quiz: Containment, Eradication, Recovery, and Post-incident Actions Quiz

20 - Risk Mitigation

1.3 Hours •9 Lessons

1. Risk Mitigation 1m:39sVideo
2. Risk Identification Process 7m:55sVideo
3. Conducting an Assessment 8m:55sVideo
4. Risk Calculation 18m:45sVideo
5. Business Impact Analysis 12m:28sVideo
6. Risk Prioritization 16m:57sVideo
7. Communicating Risk 8m:7sVideo
8. Training and Exercises 5m:0sVideo
9. Quiz: Risk Mitigation Quiz

21 - Frameworks, Policies, and Procedures

0.6 Hours •8 Lessons

1. Frameworks, Policies, and Procedures 1m:13sVideo
2. Enterprise Security Architecture 2m:44sVideo
3. Prescriptive Frameworks 4m:28sVideo
4. Risk-based Frameworks 4m:30sVideo
5. Industry Frameworks 15m:10sVideo
6. Audits and Assessments 7m:12sVideo
7. Continuous Monitoring 5m:13sVideo
8. Quiz: Frameworks, Policies, and Procedures Quiz

22 - Enumeration Tools

1.4 Hours •16 Lessons

1. Enumeration Tools 1m:39sVideo
2. Enumeration Tools 7m:35sVideo
3. Nmap Discovery Scans 8m:36sVideo
4. Nmap Port Scans 6m:1sVideo
5. Nmap Port States 3m:43sVideo
6. Nmap Fingerprinting Scans 4m:18sVideo
7. Using Nmap 11m:22sVideo
8. Hping 5m:41sVideo
9. Angry IP Scanner 3m:46sVideo
10. Maltego 3m:26sVideo
11. Responder 1m:36sVideo
12. Wireless Assessment Tools 5m:31sVideo
13. Recon-ng 21m:47sVideo
14. Hashcat 3m:18sVideo
15. Testing Credential Security 2m:36sVideo
16. Quiz: Enumeration Tools Quiz

23 - Vulnerability Scanning

1.4 Hours •12 Lessons

1. Vulnerability Scanning (Introduction) 1m:37sVideo
2. Identifying Vulnerabilities 3m:38sVideo
3. Scanning Workflow 6m:45sVideo
4. Scope Considerations 8m:8sVideo
5. Scanner Types 9m:0sVideo
6. Scanning Parameters 6m:16sVideo
7. Scheduling and Constraints 8m:52sVideo
8. Vulnerability Feeds 3m:21sVideo
9. Scan Sensitivity 5m:7sVideo
10. Scanning Risks 2m:53sVideo
11. Conducting Scans 31m:24sVideo
12. Quiz: Vulnerability Scanning Quiz

24 - Analyzing Output from Vulnerability Scanners

1.0 Hours •10 Lessons

1. Analyzing Output from Vulnerability Scanners 1m:59sVideo
2. Scan Reports 3m:21sVideo
3. Common Identifiers 6m:31sVideo
4. CVSS 8m:25sVideo
5. Interpreting CVSS 9m:43sVideo
6. Vulnerability Reports 11m:3sVideo
7. Nessus 6m:55sVideo
8. OpenVAS and Qualys 3m:10sVideo
9. Assessing Scan Outputs 13m:37sVideo
10. Quiz: Analyzing Output from Vulnerability Scanners Quiz

25 - Mitigating Vulnerabilities

0.5 Hours •6 Lessons

1. Mitigating Vulnerabilities 1m:34sVideo
2. Remediation and Mitigation 6m:28sVideo
3. Configuration Baselines 4m:18sVideo
4. Hardening and Patching 11m:4sVideo
5. Remediation Issues 8m:35sVideo
6. Quiz: Mitigating Vulnerabilities Quiz

26 - Identity and Access Management Solutions

0.8 Hours •12 Lessons

1. Identity and Access Management Solutions 1m:49sVideo
2. Identity and Access Management 7m:4sVideo
3. Password Policies 6m:10sVideo
4. SSO and MFA 5m:40sVideo
5. Certificate Management 3m:55sVideo
6. Federation 5m:19sVideo
7. Passwordless Authentication 5m:17sVideo
8. Privilege Management 5m:52sVideo
9. IAM Auditing 6m:14sVideo
10. Conduct and Use Policies 3m:27sVideo
11. Account and Permissions Audits 4m:33sVideo
12. Quiz: Identity and Access Management Solutions Quiz

27 - Network Architecture and Segmentation

1.1 Hours •11 Lessons

1. Network Architecture and Segmentation 1m:59sVideo
2. Asset and Change Management 10m:6sVideo
3. Network Architecture 11m:21sVideo
4. Segmentation 6m:1sVideo
5. Jumpbox 5m:4sVideo
6. Virtualization 5m:50sVideo
7. Virtualized Infrastructure 6m:35sVideo
8. Honeypots 6m:25sVideo
9. Zero Trust 6m:37sVideo
10. Configuring Network Segmentation 10m:6sVideo
11. Quiz: Network Architecture and Segmentation Quiz

28 - Hardware Assurance Best Practices

0.3 Hours •6 Lessons

1. Hardware Assurance Best Practices 1m:44sVideo
2. Supply Chain Assessment 5m:25sVideo
3. Root of Trust 4m:36sVideo
4. Trusted Firmware 4m:55sVideo
5. Secure Processing 4m:3sVideo
6. Quiz: Hardware Assurance Best Practices Quiz

29 - Specialized Technology

0.8 Hours •9 Lessons

1. Specialized Technology 1m:37sVideo
2. Mobile Vulnerabilities 12m:0sVideo
3. IoT Vulnerabilities 3m:29sVideo
4. Embedded System Vulnerabilities 6m:52sVideo
5. ICS & SCADA Vulnerabilities 8m:19sVideo
6. Mitigating Vulnerabilities 3m:30sVideo
7. Premise System Vulnerabilities 6m:14sVideo
8. Vehicular Vulnerabilities 6m:53sVideo
9. Quiz: Specialized Technology Quiz

30 - Non-technical Data and Privacy Controls

0.7 Hours •9 Lessons

1. Non-technical Data and Privacy Controls 2m:45sVideo
2. Data Classification 9m:13sVideo
3. Data Types 3m:19sVideo
4. Legal Requirements 9m:17sVideo
5. Data Policies 5m:42sVideo
6. Data Retention 6m:59sVideo
7. Data Ownership 4m:6sVideo
8. Data Sharing 5m:46sVideo
9. Quiz: Non-technical Data and Privacy Controls Quiz

31 - Technical Data and Privacy Controls

0.6 Hours •10 Lessons

1. Technical Data and Privacy Controls 1m:20sVideo
2. Access Controls 3m:3sVideo
3. File System Permissions 10m:11sVideo
4. Encryption 3m:17sVideo
5. Data Loss Prevention 4m:23sVideo
6. DLP Discovery and Classification 3m:58sVideo
7. Deidentification Controls 6m:30sVideo
8. DRM and Watermarking 4m:11sVideo
9. Analyzing Share Permissions 3m:38sVideo
10. Quiz: Technical Data and Privacy Controls Quiz

32 - Mitigate Software Vulnerabilities and Attacks

1.2 Hours •10 Lessons

1. Mitigate Software Vulnerabilities and Attacks 1m:38sVideo
2. SDLC Integration 12m:11sVideo
3. Execution and Escalation 6m:23sVideo
4. Overflow Attacks 13m:32sVideo
5. Race Conditions 5m:50sVideo
6. Improper Error Handling 5m:17sVideo
7. Design Vulnerabilities 4m:16sVideo
8. Platform Best Practices 6m:31sVideo
9. Metasploit Framework 18m:45sVideo
10. Quiz: Mitigate Software Vulnerabilities and Attacks Quiz

33 - Mitigate Web Application Vulnerabilities and Attacks

1.1 Hours •13 Lessons

1. Mitigate Web Application Vulnerabilities and Attacks 1m:32sVideo
2. Directory Traversal 8m:8sVideo
3. Cross-site Scripting 8m:4sVideo
4. SQL Injection 7m:42sVideo
5. XML Vulnerabilities 5m:10sVideo
6. Secure Coding 9m:31sVideo
7. Authentication Attacks 7m:9sVideo
8. Session Hijacking 6m:55sVideo
9. Server-Side Request Forgery 4m:22sVideo
10. Sensitive Data Exposure 3m:20sVideo
11. Clickjacking 2m:22sVideo
12. Web Application Vulnerabilities 8m:43sVideo
13. Quiz: Mitigate Web Application Vulnerabilities and Attacks Quiz

34 - Analyzing Application Assessments

0.9 Hours •9 Lessons

1. Analyzing Application Assessments 1m:0sVideo
2. Software Assessments 7m:35sVideo
3. Reverse Engineering 7m:19sVideo
4. Dynamic Analysis 7m:56sVideo
5. Web Application Scanners 3m:14sVideo
6. Burp Suite 10m:34sVideo
7. OWASP ZAP 2m:55sVideo
8. Analyzing Web Applications 15m:43sVideo
9. Quiz: Analyzing Application Assessments Quiz

35 - Cloud and Automation

0.6 Hours •6 Lessons

1. Cloud and Automation 1m:4sVideo
2. Cloud Models 16m:3sVideo
3. Service Models 10m:44sVideo
4. Cloud-based Infrastructure 7m:22sVideo
5. CASB 4m:28sVideo
6. Quiz: Cloud and Automation Quiz

36 - Service-Oriented Architecture

1.0 Hours •10 Lessons

1. Service-Oriented Architecture 2m:9sVideo
2. SOA and Microservices 6m:3sVideo
3. SOAP 4m:41sVideo
4. SAML 6m:54sVideo
5. REST 10m:15sVideo
6. APIs, Webhooks, and Plugins 11m:44sVideo
7. Scripting 4m:29sVideo
8. Workflow Orchestration 6m:17sVideo
9. FAAS and Serverless 8m:14sVideo
10. Quiz: Service-Oriented Architecture Quiz

37 - Cloud Infrastructure Assessments

0.5 Hours •6 Lessons

1. Cloud Infrastructure Assessments 1m:17sVideo
2. Cloud Threats 8m:13sVideo
3. Cloud Forensics 4m:1sVideo
4. Auditing the Cloud 5m:6sVideo
5. Conducting Cloud Audits 14m:2sVideo
6. Quiz: Cloud Infrastructure Assessments Quiz

38 - Automation Concepts and Technologies

0.7 Hours •10 Lessons

1. Automation Concepts and Technologies 2m:15sVideo
2. CI/CD 7m:6sVideo
3. DevSecOps 4m:51sVideo
4. IAC 4m:23sVideo
5. Machine Learning 8m:30sVideo
6. Data Enrichment 3m:41sVideo
7. SOAR 3m:20sVideo
8. Standardized Processes 4m:1sVideo
9. Single Pane of Glass 5m:57sVideo
10. Quiz: Automation Concepts and Technologies Quiz

39 - Conclusion

0.3 Hours •3 Lessons

1. Conclusion (What to Do Next…) 13m:16sVideo
2. BONUS: What's Come Next? 4m:5sVideo
3. Practice Exam Exam

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