CompTIA CS0-003 CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+) Exam Online Training
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The questions for CS0-003 were last updated at Jan 28,2025.
- Exam Code: CS0-003
- Exam Name: CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+) Exam
- Certification Provider: CompTIA
- Latest update: Jan 28,2025
After conducting a cybersecurity risk assessment for a new software request, a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) decided the risk score would be too high. The CISO refused the software request.
Which of the following risk management principles did the CISO select?
- A . Avoid
- B . Transfer
- C . Accept
- D . Mitigate
Which of the following is an important aspect that should be included in the lessons-learned step after an incident?
- A . Identify any improvements or changes in the incident response plan or procedures
- B . Determine if an internal mistake was made and who did it so they do not repeat the error
- C . Present all legal evidence collected and turn it over to iaw enforcement
- D . Discuss the financial impact of the incident to determine if security controls are well spent
The security operations team is required to consolidate several threat intelligence feeds due to redundant tools and portals.
Which of the following will best achieve the goal and maximize results?
- A . Single pane of glass
- B . Single sign-on
- C . Data enrichment
- D . Deduplication
Which of the following would a security analyst most likely use to compare TTPs between different known adversaries of an organization?
- A . MITRE ATTACK
- B . Cyber Kill Cham
- C . OWASP
- D . STIXTAXII
An analyst is remediating items associated with a recent incident. The analyst has isolated the vulnerability and is actively removing it from the system.
Which of the following steps of the process does this describe?
- A . Eradication
- B . Recovery
- C . Containment
- D . Preparation
Joe, a leading sales person at an organization, has announced on social media that he is leaving his current role to start a new company that will compete with his current employer. Joe is soliciting his current employer’s customers. However, Joe has not resigned or discussed this with his current supervisor yet.
Which of the following would be the best action for the incident response team to recommend?
- A . Isolate Joe’s PC from the network
- B . Reimage the PC based on standard operating procedures
- C . Initiate a remote wipe of Joe’s PC using mobile device management
- D . Perform no action until HR or legal counsel advises on next steps
The Chief Information Security Officer is directing a new program to reduce attack surface risks and threats as part of a zero trust approach. The IT security team is required to come up with priorities for the program.
Which of the following is the best priority based on common attack frameworks?
- A . Reduce the administrator and privileged access accounts
- B . Employ a network-based IDS
- C . Conduct thorough incident response
- D . Enable SSO to enterprise applications
During an extended holiday break, a company suffered a security incident. This information was properly relayed to appropriate personnel in a timely manner and the server was up to date and configured with appropriate auditing and logging. The Chief Information Security Officer wants to find out precisely what happened.
Which of the following actions should the analyst take first?
- A . Clone the virtual server for forensic analysis
- B . Log in to the affected server and begin analysis of the logs
- C . Restore from the last known-good backup to confirm there was no loss of connectivity
- D . Shut down the affected server immediately
A systems administrator is reviewing after-hours traffic flows from data-center servers and sees regular outgoing HTTPS connections from one of the servers to a public IP address. The server should not be making outgoing connections after hours. Looking closer, the administrator sees this traffic pattern around the clock during work hours as well.
Which of the following is the most likely explanation?
- A . C2 beaconing activity
- B . Data exfiltration
- C . Anomalous activity on unexpected ports
- D . Network host IP address scanning
- E . A rogue network device
New employees in an organization have been consistently plugging in personal webcams despite the company policy prohibiting use of personal devices. The SOC manager discovers that new employees are not aware of the company policy.
Which of the following will the SOC manager most likely recommend to help ensure new employees are accountable for following the company policy?
- A . Human resources must email a copy of a user agreement to all new employees
- B . Supervisors must get verbal confirmation from new employees indicating they have read the user agreement
- C . All new employees must take a test about the company security policy during the cjitoardmg process
- D . All new employees must sign a user agreement to acknowledge the company security policy