CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CYSA+)

The CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+) is an IT workforce certification that applies behavioural analytics to networks and devices to prevent, detect and combat cybersecurity threats through continuous security monitoring.

A Cybersecurity Analyst detects cyber threats and then implements changes to protect an organisation in the following ways:

• Manages and configures tools to monitor activity on the network
• Analyses the reports from those tools to identify unusual behaviour on the network
• Proactively identifies network vulnerabilities through penetration testing, vulnerability scans and vulnerability assessment reports
• Plans and recommends changes to increase the security of the network
• Applies security patches to protect the network

Jobs that use CySA+ include:

• Threat Intelligence Analyst
• Vulnerability Analyst
• Cybersecurity Specialist
• Information Security Analyst or Administrator
• Security Administrator