What you'll learn

New security analysts are often handed tools and alerts without ever learning the why behind them, making it hard to prioritize or respond effectively. In this course, CompTIA CySA+ (CS0-004): Foundations of Cybersecurity Analysis, you'll gain the ability to evaluate risk, think like a threat hunter, and understand the systems you're protecting. First, you'll explore control types, risk management, and supply chain concepts such as SBOMs that shape every security decision. Next, you'll discover how to profile threat actors and hunt for indicators of compromise using frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK and STRIDE. Finally, you'll learn how the architecture you defend, from IAM to OT/ICS/SCADA to zero trust, connects to the processes and automation, like SOAR and IaC, that help analysts scale their work. When you're finished with this course, you'll have the skills and knowledge of cybersecurity analysis fundamentals needed to approach the rest of the CySA+ path and your day-to-day analyst work with real context instead of guesswork.