Master Advanced Cybersecurity & Earn SecurityX in 5 Days

• 1.1 Given a set of organizational security requirements, implement the appropriate governance components.
• Security program documentation
• Security program management
• Governance frameworks
• Change/configuration management
• Governance risk and compliance (GRC) tools
• Data governance in staging environments
• 1.2 Given a set of organizational security requirements, perform risk management activities.
• Impact analysis
• Third-party risk management
• Availability risk considerations
• Confidentiality risk considerations
• Integrity risk considerations
• Privacy risk considerations
• Crisis management
• Breach response
• 1.3 Explain how compliance affects information security strategies.
• Awareness of industry-specific compliance
• Industry standards
• Security and reporting frameworks
• Audits vs. assessments vs. certifications
• Privacy regulations
• Awareness of cross-jurisdictional compliance requirements
• 1.4 Given a scenario, perform threat-modeling activities.
• Actor characteristics
• Attack patterns
• Frameworks
• Attack surface determination
• Modeling applicability of threats to the organization/environment
• 1.5 Summarize the information security challenges associated with artificial intelligence (AI) adoption.
• Legal and privacy implications
• Threats to the model
• AI-enabled attacks
• Risks of AI usage
• AI-enabled assistants/digital workers

• 2.1 Given a scenario, analyze requirements to design resilient systems.
• Component placement and configuration
• Availability and integrity design considerations
• 2.2 Given a scenario, implement security in the early stages of the systems life cycle and throughout subsequent stages.
• Security requirements definition
• Software assurance
• Continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD)
• Supply chain risk management
• Hardware assurance
• End-of-life (EOL) considerations
• 2.3 Given a scenario, integrate appropriate controls in the design of a secure architecture.
• Attack surface management and reduction
• Detection and threat-hunting enablers
• Information and data security design
• Hybrid infrastructures
• Third-party integrations
• Control effectiveness
• 2.4 Given a scenario, apply security concepts to the design of access, authentication, and authorization systems.
• Provisioning/deprovisioning
• Federation
• Single sign-on (SSO)
• Conditional access
• Identity provider
• Service provider
• Attestations
• Policy decision and enforcement points
• Access control models
• Logging and auditing
• Public key infrastructure (PKI) architecture
• Access control systems
• 2.5 Given a scenario, securely implement cloud capabilities in an enterprise environment.
• Cloud access security broker (CASB)
• Shadow IT detection
• Shared responsibility model
• CI/CD pipeline
• Terraform
• Ansible
• Package monitoring
• Container security
• Container orchestration
• Serverless
• API security
• Cloud vs. customer-managed
• Cloud data security considerations
• Customer-to-cloud connectivity
• Cloud service integration
• Cloud service adoption
• 2.6 Given a scenario, integrate Zero Trust concepts into system architecture design.
• Continuous authorization
• Context-based reauthentication
• Network architecture
• API integration and validation
• Asset identification, management, and attestation
• Security boundaries
• Deperimeterization
• Defining subject-object relationships

• 3.1 Given a scenario, troubleshoot common issues with identity and access management (IAM) components in an enterprise environment.
• Subject access control
• Biometrics
• Secrets management
• Attestation
• Cloud IAM access and trust policies
• Logging and monitoring
• Privilege identity management
• Authentication and authorization - Security Assertions Markup Lang
• 3.2 Given a scenario, analyze requirements to enhance the security of endpoints and servers.
• Application control
• Endpoint detection response (EDR)
• Event logging and monitoring
• Endpoint privilege management
• Attack surface monitoring and reduction
• Host-based intrusion protection system/ host-based detection system (HIPS/ HIDS)
• Anti-malware
• SELinux
• Host-based firewall
• Browser isolation
• Configuration management
• Mobile device management (MDM) technologies
• Threat-actor tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs)
• 3.3 Given a scenario, troubleshoot complex network infrastructure security issues.
• Network misconfigurations
• IPS/IDS issues
• Observability
• Domain Name System (DNS) security
• Transport Layer Security (TLS) errors
• Cipher mismatch • PKI issues
• Issues with cryptographic implementations
• DoS/distributed denial of service (DDoS)
• Resource exhaustion
• Network access control list (ACL) issues
• 3.4 Given a scenario, implement hardware security technologies and techniques.
• Roots of trust
• Virtual hardware
• Host-based encryption
• Self-encrypting drive (SED)
• Secure Boot
• Measured boot
• Self-healing hardware
• Tamper detection and countermeasures
• Threat-actor TTPs
• 3.5 Given a set of requirements, secure specialized and legacy systems against threats.
• Operational technology (OT)
• Internet of Things (IoT)
• System-on-chip (SoC)
• Embedded systems
• Wireless technologies/radio frequency (RF)
• Security and privacy considerations
• 3.6 Given a scenario, use automation to secure the enterprise.
• Scripting
• Cron/scheduled tasks
• Event-based triggers
• Infrastructure as code (IaC)
• Configuration files
• Cloud APIs/software development kits (SDKs)
• Generative AI
• Containerization
• Automated patching
• Auto-containment
• Security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR)
• Vulnerability scanning and reporting
• Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP)
• 3.7 Explain the importance of advanced cryptographic concepts.
• Post-quantum cryptography (PQC)
• Key stretching and splitting
• Homomorphic encryption
• Forward secrecy
• Hardware acceleration
• Envelope encryption
• Performance vs. security
• Secure multiparty computation
• Authenticated encryption with associated data (AEAD)
• Mutual authentication
• 3.8 Given a scenario, apply the appropriate cryptographic use case and/or technique.

• 4.1 Given a scenario, analyze data to enable monitoring and response activities.
• Security information event management (SIEM)
• Aggregate data analysis
• Behavior baselines and analytics
• 4.2 Given a scenario, analyze vulnerabilities and attacks, and recommend solutions to reduce the attack surface.
• Vulnerabilities and attacks
• Mitigations
• 4.3 Given a scenario, apply threat-hunting and threat intelligence concepts.
• Internal intelligence sources
• External intelligence sources
• Counterintelligence and operational security
• Threat intelligence platforms (TIPs)
• Indicator of compromise (IoC) sharing
• Rule-based languages
• 4.4 Given a scenario, analyze data and artifacts in support of incident response activities.
• Malware analysis
• Reverse engineering
• Volatile/non-volatile storage analysis
• Network analysis
• Host analysis
• Metadata analysis
• Data recovery and extraction
• Threat response
• Preparedness exercises
• Timeline reconstruction
• Root cause analysis
• Cloud workload protection platform (CWPP)
• Insider threat

CompTIA SecurityX® is an advanced cybersecurity certification designed for experienced IT and security professionals. It validates skills in enterprise security, security architecture, risk management, governance, and advanced cybersecurity problem-solving.

SecurityX training is ideal for experienced cybersecurity professionals, security engineers, security architects, senior security analysts, IT professionals moving into advanced cybersecurity roles, and professionals who want to validate their enterprise security expertise with an advanced CompTIA certification.

The SecurityX boot camp covers advanced cybersecurity topics including enterprise security architecture, risk management, governance, security operations, security controls, compliance, research and analysis, and integrating security solutions within complex business and technology environments.

Our CompTIA SecurityX Boot Camp is a 10-day intensive training program designed to provide focused instructor-led preparation for the SecurityX CAS-005 certification exam.

Yes. SecurityX training is available through live online instructor-led training as well as in-person classroom options, giving students flexibility to choose the learning environment that works best for them.

SecurityX can help demonstrate advanced cybersecurity and enterprise security expertise to employers. It can support career advancement into roles involving security architecture, enterprise security, risk management, governance, security engineering, and advanced cybersecurity operations.