CompTIA SecurityX Certification Prep Course

This course is designed for IT professionals in the cybersecurity industry whose primary job responsibility is to secure complex enterprise environments. The target student should have real-world experience with the technical administration of these enterprise environments.

This course is also designed for students who are seeking the CompTIA® SecurityX certification and who want to prepare for Exam CAS-005. Students seeking SecurityX certification should have at least 10 years of experience in IT management, with at least 5 years of hands-on technical security experience.

• Design, implement, and integrate secure solutions across complex environments to support a resilient enterprise in security architecture and engineering.
• Use automation, monitoring, detection, and incident response to proactively support ongoing security operations.
• Apply security practices to cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments to ensure enterprise-wide protection.
• Utilize cryptographic technologies and techniques while evaluating the impact of emerging trends, such as artificial intelligence, on information security.
• Implement governance, compliance, risk management, and threat modeling strategies across the enterprise.
• Validate advanced, hands-on skills in security architecture and senior security engineering within live environments.

Module 1: Introduction

• Preassessment

Module 2: Summarizing Governance Risk and Compliance

• Implement Appropriate Governance Components
• Explain Legal Compliance
• Apply Risk Management Strategies

Module 3: Implementing Architecture and Design

• Apply Software Development
• Integrate Software Architecture
• Support Operational Resilience
• Implement Cloud Infrastructure
• Integrate Zero Trust Concepts
• Troubleshoot using AAA and IAM

Module 4: Understanding Security Engineering

• Enhance Endpoint Security
• Configure Network Infrastructure
• Initiate Security Automation
• Apply Cryptography Concepts

Module 5: Applying Security Operations and Incident Response

• Perform Threat Modeling
• Examine Security Monitoring
• Analyze Known Attack Methods and Associated Mitigations
• Apply Threat Hunting Tools and Technologies
• Evaluate Incident Analysis and Response

To be fit for this advanced course, you should have at least a foundational knowledge of information security. This includes, but is not limited to:

• Knowledge of identity and access management (IAM) concepts and common implementations, such as authentication factors and directory services.
• Knowledge of cryptographic concepts and common implementations, such as Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security (SSL/TLS) and public key infrastructure (PKI).
• Knowledge of computer networking concepts and implementations, such as the TCP/IP model and configuration of routers and switches.
• Knowledge of common security technologies used to safeguard the enterprise, such as anti-malware solutions, firewalls, and VPNs

• G013 - CompTIA Security+