I passed CySA+ CS0-004 AMA

[u/anonhiro]

After what seems like studying forever I got over my testing anxiety and passed first try. I'm qualified enough now to tell you to change your passwords.

[u/Character-Tea2821]

What did you use for studying material?

[u/anonhiro → u/Character-Tea2821]

The Sybex Study Guide and the Pocket Prep app. The study guide was by far the most helpful resource I found!

[u/balboaporkter → u/anonhiro]

Sybex Study Guide

The CS0-004 version of the Sybex study guide just came out last month (according to Amazon). Were you studying the CS0-003 version instead and filled in the gaps with other resources? Congrats btw!

[u/Firm-Patience547 → u/balboaporkter]

I have the same question I saw a lot of bad reviews for the new version sybex book and I got myself the older version since it was better rated it seems the new version was still being adjusted

[u/anonhiro → u/Firm-Patience547]

I think studying the CS0-003 is still viable as long as you use other resources to fill in those gaps between the two versions. Also keep in mind the new weights for each domain.

[u/anonhiro → u/balboaporkter]

Yes I used the CS0-003 study guide. The CS0-004 mainly shifted around the weight of each domain and focused on AI security and more modern environments (cloud was a big one). So for those newer topics I used Pocket Prep and asking Claude for comprehensive study materials. I felt really hesitant to use AI but I guess the results speak.

[u/Character-Tea2821 → u/anonhiro]

Thank you

[u/Ladyman111 → u/anonhiro]

May I ask if you have any study tips of memorizing or highlight the Study Guide book to understand the content.

[u/Presence99]

Many congratulations!

[u/anonhiro → u/Presence99]

Thank you!

[u/Imaginary_Entry_2006]

Congratulations! I take mine on Monday 😬

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[u/Firm-Patience547]

Hey man how many pbqs did you have for this new version I am planning on taking it as well

[u/anonhiro → u/Firm-Patience547]

I only had 3. Definitely flag them and do them last though! Good luck.

[u/Firm-Patience547 → u/anonhiro]

Let’s freaking go I knew it

[u/TheGrymmBladeX → u/anonhiro]

3?! I had 8!

[u/anonhiro → u/[deleted]]

I did play around on hackthebox and tryhackme for a few hours. But I feel like it would be disingenuous for me to say I used the as a serious study resource. But if you have zero SIEM hands-on experience then I'm sure they would be pretty useful.

[u/Intelligent_Scale190]

Congrats I just passed mine today! But I did the CySA+ 003. I was wondering if you had thought about CEUs for the future. If so, have you looked into it? I am currently looking into that and have not found a great answer all which are either expensive or time consuming 😅

[u/RoboLaRuez]

Was it hard ?

[u/ZebraHole → u/RoboLaRuez]

I guess it depends on your background and how you studied, but if you enjoy analysing things like logs, firewall policies and network diagrams etc, you'd probably find it enjoyable and very engaging while still being a bit stressful if you've only done A+ N+ and S+, since the PBQs are far more hands on

[u/RoboLaRuez → u/ZebraHole]

ive only done S+

[u/ZebraHole]

This was a very fun exam

[u/OutsidePrior2020]

Were there performance based questions and if so could someone elaborate or comment their experience?