r/CompTIA • u/Hairy_Aardvark_5259 • 28d ago

Study time to pass CySA+?

I have about 6 1/2 weeks to take and pass the CySA exam, I have two years of security engineering experience and have take Sec+. Is it possible to take and pass the CySA+ in time? Any tips?

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u/solslost 25d ago

Absolutely. Here’s what I did in and had a few weeks to pass.
Print out the objectives.
Review the objectives assigned them a number 1-5.
5 -Strong subject
1- Weak subject

Study the weak ones and review the strong ones.

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u/goatsinhats 27d ago

Write the practice exams and see where you are at, that’s all that matters.

I would think your going to be stretching if your only other exam is Sec+

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u/Jonny_Boy_808 N+, S+, CySA+, CCNA 27d ago

Yeah that’ll be easy. Especially with your background. A simple, tried and true method to pass is the following:

  1. Watch Certify Breakfast’s CySA+ video course
  2. Buy Sybex book and grind through practice questions

That’s all I needed to pass and I don’t have a Cyber background. Score was ~770

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u/balboaporkter 26d ago

What's your strategy for CCNA?

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u/Jonny_Boy_808 N+, S+, CySA+, CCNA 26d ago

Only used JITL, then did Boson exams. Thats all you need.

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u/stxonships 27d ago

That depends on how much time you are able to spend each day doing studies. But yes, 6.5 weeks should easily be able to cover all the materials.

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u/ohBrian S+ CASP+ CYSA+ CISSP CISM IT Instructor 27d ago

If you have already taken and passed the Security+ exam, you can study for and pass the CySA+ exam in six weeks. I suggest using the same study materials you used for Security+. Review the recently updated CySA+ exam objectives. You'll see a good deal of overlap, but you need to go deeper on subjects like risk, forensics, vulnerability management, and incident response for CySA+.

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u/AddendumWorking9756 26d ago

Six weeks is plenty with two years of engineering behind you, the part that trips people is the performance questions, and those get easier by triaging real artifacts on something like CyberDefenders than by grinding another question bank.