New CySA+

trojin

just received

JDMurray

And the notice on reddit for the rest of us!

trojin

I'm so busy with exams and college that I had to push this beta for January  ...

xagreus

I just signed up - I'll also be taking the exam in January. Thanks for the info, @trojin and @JDMurray.

UnixGuy

Keen to hear your thoughts on this! I heard good things about CySA+ and have been recommending it to junior or aspiring SOC analysts at work

JDMurray

I will sign up for the beta as soon as I get a "duplicate accounts" issue resolved at comptia.org.

JDMurray

OK, I'm scheduled on 1/2/23. Just in time to renew my present CySA+. 

owieczka_mac

I have just scheduled this one for the last possible day on January 2023. I will use this just to refresh most of my CompTIA certifications and have a quick recap of the knowledge.

trojin

After 50 minutes spent in check-in for exam at PearsonVue online proctored ....  I dropped. Enough is enough. Hope your experience with this beta will be better than mine

JDMurray

I just took the CS1-003 CySA+ beta exam. It was 100 items in 190 minutes and I completed it in about two hours. The practical/performance-based items were first in the exam and, although fairly easy, they are a good challenge for a candidate to demonstrate the basics of security triage and analysis using basic tools and data. The remaining part of the exam was fairly true to the published objectives. I was surprised at the number of items that featured shell code and command lines, as these skills aren't specifically called for in the objectives. (It's a beta exam, so likely it's to see what works and what doesn't.) As a SOC manager myself, I'd say it's a pretty decent SOC analysts exam. I would gladly give a 25-item version of this exam to candidates who apply for positions on my team.

MaryMartin

Can I register now?