Course Overview
CompTIA SecurityX serves as the capstone certification in the CompTIA Cybersecurity Career Pathway, intended to be the final certification for those seeking to prove their mastery of advanced cybersecurity skills. Targeted at professionals with 5 to 10 years of experience, SecurityX represents the pinnacle of cybersecurity certifications. It is specifically designed for senior security engineers and security architects tasked with leading and improving an enterprise's cybersecurity readiness.
The SecurityX certification exam validates successful candidates have the skills and knowledge required to:
- Architect, engineer, integrate, and implement secure solutions across complex environments to support a resilient enterprise.
- Use automation, monitoring, detection, and incident response to proactively support ongoing security operations in an enterprise environment.
- Apply security practices to cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments.
- Consider cryptographic technologies and techniques, as well as the impact of emerging trends (e.g. artificial intelligence) on information security.
- Use appropriate governance, compliance, risk management, and threat modeling strategies throughout the enterprise.
The SecurityX is compliant with ISO/ANSI 17024 standards and approved by the U.S. DoD to meet Directive 8140.03M requirements. CompTIA SecurityX (formerly CASP+) maps to 19 NICE work roles and 19 DoD Cyber Work Force (DCWF) work roles used in the DoD 8140.03 manual.
Course Prerequisites
Recommended Experience: Minimum 10 years general hands-on IT experience, 5 years being hands-on security, with Network+, Security+, CySA+, Cloud+ and PenTest+ or equivalent knowledge.
Course Duration
5 days