CompTIA SecurityX Certification Prep Course

Course Code: GK2951

Duration: 5 days

‍

Target Audience

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.

‍

Course Objectives

• 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 modelling strategies across the enterprise.
• Validate advanced, hands-on skills in security architecture and senior security engineering within live environments.

‍

Course Content

‍

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

‍

Course Prerequisites

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

Recommended prerequisites:

• G013 - CompTIA Security+

‍