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CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+) Exam Domain
Focus your study on this domain with targeted practice questions. This domain accounts for 30% of your CySA+ exam score.
The Vulnerability Management domain is one of 4 exam domains on the CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+) certification exam by CompTIA. At 30% of the total exam, this is one of the most heavily weighted domains — mastering it is critical for passing.
The CySA+ exam consists of 85 questions with a time limit of 2 hours 45 minutes and a passing score of 75%. That means approximately 26 questions on your exam will come from the Vulnerability Management domain.
Access Control List (ACL)
A list of permissions attached to an object that specifies which users or system processes are granted access to resourc...
Single Sign-On (SSO)
An authentication scheme that allows a user to log in with a single set of credentials to access multiple applications a...
IPS (Intrusion Prevention System)
A network security tool that monitors network traffic flows to detect and actively prevent identified threats in real ti...
SIEM (Security Information and Event Management)
A software solution that aggregates and analyzes security data from across the organization — including logs from firewa...
Ransomware
A type of malware that encrypts a victim's files or locks system access and demands a ransom payment (typically in crypt...
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
A web security vulnerability that allows attackers to inject malicious client-side scripts (usually JavaScript) into web...
Zero-Day Exploit
An attack that targets a previously unknown vulnerability in software, hardware, or firmware before the vendor has relea...
Buffer Overflow
A vulnerability that occurs when a program writes more data to a memory buffer than it can hold, causing adjacent memory...
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