CySA+ review
Hola all.
I passed my CySA+ today and wanted to give a review of sorts. This forum has been extremely helpful in my preparation for certs over the years, so its time for me to contribute.
I used several resources but did not actually fully read through the materials. I rather took different practice quizzes/ assessments in order to ascertain my weak areas and then watched videos on those areas.
I have a decent amount of security experience but have never exclusively held the job title or role of security analyst , technician, administrator etc. 4 Years Navy IT and later upon seperating 3.5 years as a DoD IT contractor (Army).
I used the videos and practice questions from the below sources via safari books:
-Total Seminars, Brent Chapman
- Sybex CySA+ book
-Cybersecurity Analyst Certification All-in-One Exam Guide
-CSA+ android app, purchased the Pro version, it was about 8 dollars I think.
-CySA+ Pearson (live lessons)
In my opinion, the Sybex and CySA+ all-in-one practice questions were more in line with the actual exam.
Without breaking NDA, I can say that I had a ton of log related questions (example, not the actual wording...) after reviewing this log what action was performed or what attack is taking place)
I would also recommend knowing what an actual example of SQL injection or XSS looks like if analyzing html or JavaScript. I would also recommend knowing how to analyze nmap scan results.
Great exam in my humble opinion. I hope this review is helpful ☺
I passed my CySA+ today and wanted to give a review of sorts. This forum has been extremely helpful in my preparation for certs over the years, so its time for me to contribute.
I used several resources but did not actually fully read through the materials. I rather took different practice quizzes/ assessments in order to ascertain my weak areas and then watched videos on those areas.
I have a decent amount of security experience but have never exclusively held the job title or role of security analyst , technician, administrator etc. 4 Years Navy IT and later upon seperating 3.5 years as a DoD IT contractor (Army).
I used the videos and practice questions from the below sources via safari books:
-Total Seminars, Brent Chapman
- Sybex CySA+ book
-Cybersecurity Analyst Certification All-in-One Exam Guide
-CSA+ android app, purchased the Pro version, it was about 8 dollars I think.
-CySA+ Pearson (live lessons)
In my opinion, the Sybex and CySA+ all-in-one practice questions were more in line with the actual exam.
Without breaking NDA, I can say that I had a ton of log related questions (example, not the actual wording...) after reviewing this log what action was performed or what attack is taking place)
I would also recommend knowing what an actual example of SQL injection or XSS looks like if analyzing html or JavaScript. I would also recommend knowing how to analyze nmap scan results.
Great exam in my humble opinion. I hope this review is helpful ☺
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roxer
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Congratulations on the pass shipmate and thanks for the helpful feedback! -
MalwareMike
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Congrats on the pass!Current: GSEC, GCIH, GCIA, GWAPT, GYPC, RHCSA, WCNA
2019 Goals: CISSP, Splunk certifications (Certified Core, Power User, Admin, and Architect)
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averageguy72
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Congrats!CISSP / CCSP / CCSK / CRISC / CISM / CISA / CASP / Security+ / Network+ / A+ / CEH / eNDP / AWS Certified Advanced Networking - Specialty / AWS Certified Security - Specialty / AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional / AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional / AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate / AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate / AWS Certified Developer - Associate / AWS Cloud Practitioner -
Spiegel
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Awesome job!Degree: WGU B.S. Network Operations and Security [COMPLETE]
Current Certs: A+ | N+ | S+ | Cloud Essentials+ | Project+ | MTA: OSF | CIW: SDA | ITIL: F | CCNA | JNCIA-Junos | FCA | FCF | LPI Linux Essentials
Currently Working On: JNCIA-MistAI
2024 Goals: JNCIA-MistAI [ ], Linux+ [ ]
Future Certs: CCNP Enterprise
