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CompTIA Cybersecurity Career Pathway

The document outlines CompTIA's Cybersecurity Career Pathway, which provides a vendor-neutral pathway for IT professionals to achieve cybersecurity mastery from beginning to end. It presents a series of CompTIA certifications that build upon each other and mirror increasing levels of experience, from CompTIA IT Fundamentals for beginners to CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP+) for senior cybersecurity professionals. IT professionals can enter the pathway at any point depending on their experience and existing qualifications. The certifications assess and verify specific competencies needed for various cybersecurity job roles.

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CompTIA Cybersecurity Career Pathway

The document outlines CompTIA's Cybersecurity Career Pathway, which provides a vendor-neutral pathway for IT professionals to achieve cybersecurity mastery from beginning to end. It presents a series of CompTIA certifications that build upon each other and mirror increasing levels of experience, from CompTIA IT Fundamentals for beginners to CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP+) for senior cybersecurity professionals. IT professionals can enter the pathway at any point depending on their experience and existing qualifications. The certifications assess and verify specific competencies needed for various cybersecurity job roles.

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#secureIT

Introducing the
Enter where it makes sense for
you. Consider your experience

CompTIA Cybersecurity
and existing certifications or
course of study.

Career Pathway
A vendor-neutral pathway for IT professionals to achieve
cybersecurity mastery, from beginning to end

Enter where it makes sense


Consider experience and current
certifications or course of study

CompTIA IT Fundamentals CompTIA Network+, CompTIA Security+ CompTIA PenTest is our CompTIA Advanced
is the beginning of the or the equivalent covers network newest certification Security Practitioner
career pathway. It is for knowledge of security, compliance and joins CySA+ at the (CASP+) should be pursued
beginners who don’t have nine months and operation intermediate-skills by IT pros after PenTest+
CompTIA A+ or six months of networking security, threats level. PenTest+ focuses or CySA+ to prove their
of IT pro experience. experience, is and vulnerabilities, on offense through mastery of hands on
an important risk management, penetration testing cybersecurity skills
CompTIA A+ certification, which recommended plus application, and vulnerability required at the 5- to
mirrors the skills of an IT pro prerequisite to data and host assessment. 10-year experience level.
with six months of experience, CompTIA Security+. security. It mirrors Depending on your CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst
assesses the skills necessary IT pros must two years of IT course of study, (CySA+) focuses on defense and
to support IT infrastructures. understand how the security experience, PenTest+ and CySA+ assesses the skills needed to apply
An understanding of the network functions thus precedes can be taken in any behavioral analytics to the IT
most common hardware and before they can CompTIA PenTest+ order, but typically security environment. It fills the
software technologies used on secure it; therefore, or CompTIA CySA+ fills the gap between skills gap between Security+ and
the network is needed before they need networking which mirrors three Security+ and CASP+. CASP+.
earning CompTIA Network+. skills first. to four years.
THE CompTIA CYBERSECURITY CAREER PATHWAY
IT pros can enter the CompTIA Cybersecurity Pathway at any point, depending on their IT experience, existing certifications, course of
study, job needs, interests and the specific skills they are looking for. For example, if you have two years of IT security experience or
equivalent knowledge, you can jump into the pathway at CompTIA Security+ to prove your knowledge. If you already have CompTIA
Security+, you can go right into PenTest+ or CySA+. In general, the pathway follows a hierarchy of skills needed for IT security; each
certification builds upon the skills from the previous one.

There are no required prerequisites for these CompTIA certifications, and they can be taken without IT experience. CompTIA
certifications mirror the current job roles of IT professionals, so it makes sense to earn these certifications to gain the knowledge
and hands-on skills currently being used in the workforce, whether you have job experience or not.

If you are an IT professional or an employer, you understand the value of on-the-job experience. IT certifications are a great place to
start, but they are not a replacement. If you have CompTIA certifications and on-the-job experience, you have the best of both worlds.

CompTIA CYBERSECURITY CERTIFICATION PORTFOLIO


CERTIFICATION COMPETENCIES JOB ROLES

• Install software • Sales Associate


• Establish basic network connectivity • Account Manager
• Identify/prevent basic security risks • Marketing Specialist
• Explain troubleshooting theory and • Customer Support
preventative maintenance of devices

• Identify cybersecurity threats • Technical Support Specialist


• Confgure operating system security • Field Service Technician
• Understand security best practices • IT Support Technician
• Troubleshoot common security issues • IT Administrator

• Understand networking services and applications • Network Field Technician


• Use appropriate network monitoring tools • Network Administrator
• Understand network security vulnerabilities and remedies • IS Consultant
• Network Field Engineer

• Understand network security • Security Specialist


• Identify and mitigate security threats • Security Consultant
• Understand application, data and host security issues • Security Engineer
• Implement access control and identity management • Security Administrator

• Plan and scope an assessment • Penetration Tester


• Understand legal and compliance requirements • Vulnerability Tester
• Perform vulnerability scanning and penetration testing • Security Analyst (II)
• Analyze data and effectively report and communicate results. • Vulnerability Assessment Analyst

• Configure and use threat detection tools • Security Analyst


• Perform data analysis • Vulnerability Analyst
• Interpret results to identify vulnerabilities, • Cybersecurity Specialist
threats and risk to an organization • Security Engineer

• Conceptualize, engineer, integrate and implement • Cybersecurity/IS Professional


secure solutions across complex environments • Information Security Analyst
• Translate business needs into security requirements, • Security Architect
analyze risk impact and respond to security incidents • IT Specialist INFOSEC

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and education related to such programs are operated exclusively by CompTIA Certifications, LLC. CompTIA is a registered
trademark of CompTIA Properties, LLC, in the U.S. and internationally. Other brands and company names mentioned herein
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