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CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP+)
is an advanced-level cybersecurity certification for security architects and senior security
engineers charged with leading and improving an enterprise’s cybersecurity readiness.
What skill you will learn?
SECURITY ARCHITECTURE
Expanded coverage to analyze security requirements in hybrid networks to work toward an
enterprise-wide, zero trust security architecture with advanced secure cloud and virtualization
solutions.
SECURITY OPERATIONS
Expanded emphasis on newer techniques addressing advanced threat management, vulnerability
management, risk mitigation, incident response tactics, and digital forensics analysis.
GOVERNANCE, RISK, AND COMPLIANCE
Expanded to support advanced techniques to 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 ENGINEERING AND CRYPTOGRAPHY
Expanded to focus on advanced cybersecurity configurations for endpoint security controls,
enterprise mobility, cloud/hybrid environments, and enterprise-wide PKI and cryptographic
solutions.
Organizations That Use CASP+
Jobs That Use CASP+
✱ Security Architect
✱ Senior Security Engineer
✱ SOC Manager
✱ Security Analyst
| Exam Codes | CAS-003 | CAS-004 |
|---|---|---|
| Lunch Date | April 2, 2018 | October 6, 2021 |
| Exam Description | CASP+ covers the technical knowledge and skills required to conceptualize, engineer, integrate and implement secure solutions across complex environments to support a resilient enterprise. | 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. |
| Number of Questions | Maximum of 90 questions | |
| Type of Questions | Multiple choice and performance-based | |
| Length of Test | 165 minutes | |
| Passing Score | This test has no scaled score; it’s pass/fail only | |
| Recommended Experience | A minimum of ten years of experience in IT administration, including at least five years of hands-on technical security experience. | A minimum of ten years of general hands-on IT experience, with at least five years of broad hands-on security experience. |
| Languages | English and Japanese | English, Japanese to follow |
| Testing Provider | Pearson VUE |
CASP+ CAS-004: What’s in this version
Information security threats are on the rise globally. Organizations are increasingly concerned
over the lack of adequately trained senior IT security staff’s ability to effectively lead and
manage the overall cybersecurity resiliency against the next attack. Updates to CASP+ qualify
advanced skills required of security architects and senior security engineers to effectively design,
implement, and manage cybersecurity solutions on complex enterprise networks.