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About the certification
🛡️ Start your career in advanced cybersecurity with CompTIA SecurityX (V5) certification
CompTIA SecurityX is a highly advanced certification in cybersecurity, focused on building, designing, and managing enterprise-level security systems, covering governance, security architecture, security operations, and advanced cryptography.
Certification content & modules
🏛️Governance, Risk & Compliance — 20%
- Preparing security policies, procedures and standards
- Security program management (training, reports, RACI)
- Using frameworks such as COBIT and ITIL
- Asset lifecycle management and CMDB
- Risk management (Quantitative / Qualitative) and analysis of its impact
- Threat Modeling (MITRE ATT&CK / STRIDE / CAPEC)
- Attack Surface & Data Flows evaluation
- Compliance frameworks such as ISO 27000, PCI DSS and NIST
🏗️Security Architecture — 27%
- Cloud Security (CASB / Shadow IT / Shared Responsibility Model)
- Data protection in the cloud, encryption and key management
- Security controls (Preventive / Detective / Proactive)
- Network design (Segmentation / Microsegmentation / VPN / API Security)
- Zero Trust, SASE and SD-WAN concepts
- Managing modern environments: CI/CD, Serverless and Containers
- Security Boundaries & Trust Zones
🔐Security Engineering and Automation — 31%
- Automation using Python/PowerShell/Bash
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and SOAR
- Vulnerability management (CVE/CVSS/SCAP/OVAL)
- Advanced Encryption (PQC / Homomorphic / Forward Secrecy)
- Encryption use cases: Data in transit/storage/use
- Digital signature, hashing, and tokenization
- Certificate management and encryption in modern systems
🧠Security Operations — 22%
- Analyze and monitor systems using SIEM
- Reduce false positives/negatives in alerts
- Behavior analysis (User / Network / System Baselines)
- Discover vulnerabilities and attack surfaces (Injection / XSS / Misconfigurations)
- Threat Intelligence (OSINT / Dark Web / ISACs)
- Exchange indicators of penetration (STIX / TAXII / IoC)
- Incident Response (Reverse Engineering / Malware Analysis / Root Cause Analysis)
👨💻Who is this certificate for?
- Security Architects
- Senior Security Analysts
- SOC Leads
- Cybersecurity Engineers
- Threat Intelligence & Incident Response Professionals
- Those wishing to move to an advanced level in cybersecurity design and management
- CompTIA SecurityX (V5) certification is considered one of the most powerful advanced certifications that connect governance, engineering, and security operations in modern enterprise environments.
Quick details
LevelBeginner
Delivery MethodOnline
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Exam duration
165 minutes (max)
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Voucher validity
12 months from date of purchase (all CompTIA exam vouchers, including retakes, expire 12 months after purchase and cannot be extended; registration and exam must be taken prior to voucher expiration; exam retirement date prior to voucher expiration date)
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Exam retake
There is no waiting between the first and second attempt; You must wait at least 14 calendar days from the date of the last attempt before the third attempt and beyond. Exam fees are paid for each attempt (no free retakes)
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Certificate validity
3 years (renewable through the CE Continuing Education Programme, 3 years are calculated from the date of obtaining the certificate)
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