CySA+ (CS0-002) Cert Prep 1: Threat Management

- [Mike] Cyber security threats seem to lurk around every corner, ranging from hacktivists and script kiddies to extremely sophisticated government-sponsored attackers. Cyber security analysts seeking to secure their environments must understand the threats that they face, in order to develop and maintain effective controls. Hi, I'm Mike Chapple, and I'd like to welcome you to our Cyber Security Analyst plus course on Threat Management. The CompTIA Cyber Security Analyst plus or CySA+ Certification is designed for IT security analysts, vulnerability analysts, and threat intelligence analysts who have some work experience. It's designed to serve as a middle ground between security plus and CompTIA's Advanced Security Practitioner certifications. Earning the CySA+ requires passing an exam covering five different domains of cybersecurity analytics work. This course covers the first half of one of those five domains, Threat and Vulnerability Management. This domain accounts for 22% of the questions on the exam. And this course is part of a series of courses that will prepare you for the entire test. I was one of the very first people to earn the CySA+ certification when it was released in 2017, and I literally wrote the book on the CySA+ certification. I encourage you to pick up a copy of my CySA+ study guide, to help you prepare for the exam, in conjunction with this course. Through my books and courses here on this site, I've helped thousands of students just like you, earn their security certifications. As we work our way through this course, we'll focus on each Threat Management topic covered in the first domain. You'll find the Vulnerability Management topics from that same domain covered in the next course in this series. In this course, you'll learn how to explain the importance of threat data and intelligence, as well as how to use threat intelligence to support organizational security in different scenarios. You'll discover attack frameworks, including the Diamond Model and the Cyber Kill Chain, and you'll learn how they can help you understand the attacker mindset. And you'll learn about the unique security threats that exist in cloud computing environments. The information you learn in this course will help you pass the CySA+ exam and also provide a critical foundation for your career in cyber security. In addition to the information I cover in this course, I encourage you to visit my website at certmike.com and sign up for my free CySA+ study group. I'll send you exam tips, practice test questions and reminders to help keep you on track with your test preparation.