Course Overview

CompTIA SecurityX is an expert-level cybersecurity certification for security architects and senior security engineers charged with leading and improving an enterprise’s cybersecurity readiness.

CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP+) will be re-branded to SecurityX with the release of the next exam version, CAS-005, on December 17, 2024. The name change emphasizes the advanced, or “expert,” level certifications in the CompTIA portfolio.

The name change from CASP+ to SecurityX will not affect the certification status of current CASP+ certification holders or the continuing education (CE) program. Those with an active CASP+ certification will automatically receive the rebranded SecurityX badge and can download a new certificate and transcript in CertMetrics. Unexpired CASP+ exam vouchers will work for the SecurityX exam.

The certification will continue to:
Validate job tasks performed by a security professional with 10 years of IT experience and 5 years of security experience
Be designed around the tasks performed by senior security engineers and security architects.
Be a natural progression from the job roles aligned to Security+

SecurityX (formerly CASP+) covers the technical knowledge and skills required to architect, engineer, integrate, and implement secure solutions across complex environments to support a resilient enterprise while considering the impact of governance, risk, and compliance requirements.

SecurityX is the only hands-on, performance-based certification for advanced practitioners—not managers—at the advanced skill level of cybersecurity. Unlike other certifications, SecurityX covers both security architecture and engineering: SecurityX is the only certification on the market that qualifies technical leaders to assess cyber readiness within an enterprise and design and implement the proper solutions to ensure the organization is ready for the next attack.

SecurityX is the most up-to-date advanced-level cybersecurity certification on the market.

SecurityX is compliant with ISO/ANSI 17024 standards and maps to DCWF work roles used by U.S. DoD Directive 8140.03M. Regulators and government rely on ANSI accreditation because it provides confidence and trust in the outputs of an accredited program. Over 3 million CompTIA ISO/ANSI-accredited exams have been delivered since January 1, 2011.

Exam Details:
Maximum of 90 questions
Multiple-choice and performance-based
165 Minutes
Passing Score: This test has no scaled score; it’s pass/fail only.

What you’ll learn

During the CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP+) (Preparation for Exam CAS-005) course, students will learn:
Security Architecture: Analyze security requirements in hybrid networks to work toward an enterprise-wide, zero-trust security architecture with advanced secure cloud and virtualization solutions.
Governance, Risk, and Compliance: Prove an organization’s overall cybersecurity resiliency metric and compliance to regulations, such as CMMC, PCI-DSS, SOX, HIPAA, GDPR, FISMA, NIST, and CCPA
Security Operations: Address advanced threat management, vulnerability management, risk mitigation, incident response tactics and digital forensics analysis

Security Engineering and Cryptography: Configurations for endpoint security controls, enterprise mobility, cloud/hybrid environments, and enterprise-wide PKI and cryptographic solutions