CSAEC Council Certified SOC Analyst
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What is CSA?
The CSA certifies work in a security operations centre at the detection and triage level. The exam covers SOC operations and structure, threats, attack methodology and indicators of compromise, log management from collection through normalisation to correlation, incident detection and triage including SIEM fundamentals and use case development, proactive threat detection with threat intelligence and threat hunting, incident response, and SOC operations in cloud environments. According to the provider it addresses tier one and tier two SOC analysts and people aiming for that role.
Quick facts
Cost, prerequisites, exam & renewal
Cost over 5 years
Prerequisites
No formal prerequisites. Recommended: CEH or CND.
Exam format
Renewal & maintenance
Valid for 3 years. 120 ECE credits over 3 years + annual AMF (80 USD).
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