You're reading from CompTIA CySA+ (CS0-003) Certification Guide Pass the CySA+ exam on your first attempt with complete topic coverage, expert tips, and practice resources

Product type Paperback

Published in Apr 2025

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781835468920

Length 742 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Concepts

Cybersecurity

Author (1):

Jonathan Isley

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Table of Contents (19) Chapters

Preface

1. Chapter 1: IAM, Logging, and Security Architecture

2. Chapter 2: Attack Frameworks FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 3: Incident Response Preparation and Detection

4. Chapter 4: Incident Response – Containment, Eradication, Recovery, and Post-Incident Activities

5. Chapter 5: Efficiency in Security Operations

6. Chapter 6: Threat Intelligence and Threat Hunting

7. Chapter 7: Indicators of Malicious Activity

8. Chapter 8: Tools and Techniques for Malicious Activity Analysis

9. Chapter 9: Attack Mitigations

10. Chapter 10: Risk Control and Analysis

11. Chapter 11: Vulnerability Management Program

12. Chapter 12: Vulnerability Assessment Tools

13. Chapter 13: Vulnerability Prioritization

14. Chapter 14: Incident Reporting and Communication

15. Chapter 15: Vulnerability Management Reporting and Communication

16. Chapter 16: Accessing the Online Practice Resources

17. Index

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Setting up Your Environment

This book includes hands-on exercises that utilize several software programs including Kali Linux, Metasploitable, and VirtualBox. Listed here are the minimum suggested system requirements for each of these:

Kali Linux

Disk Space: 20 GB recommended for the full setup
Memory: 2 GB of RAM for full desktop environment

Metasploitable

Disk Space: 10 GB
Memory: 512 MB of RAM (recommended)

VirtualBox

CPU: x86 hardware (Intel or AMD processor)
Disk Space: 30 MB for VirtualBox, but virtual machines can require up to several GB for each OS
Memory: At least 512 MB of RAM (more recommended depending on guest OS)
Supported host OS: Windows, Linux, macOS, Solaris
Supported guest OS: Check the user manual for the latest guest OS compatibility

Since these software products will be running in parallel with some of the activities the overall suggested minimum requirements are: