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CompTIA CAS-005 Exam Overview:
| Certification Vendor: | CompTIA |
|---|---|
| Exam Name: | CompTIA SecurityX Certification Exam |
| Exam Number: | CAS-005 |
| Available Languages: | English |
| Passing Score: | Pass/Fail (no scaled score) |
| Exam Format: | Performance-based, Multiple-choice |
| Related Certifications: | CompTIA SecurityX (formerly CASP+) |
| Real Exam Qty: | Up to 90 |
| Exam Duration: | 165 minutes |
| Exam Price: | $512 USD |
| Certificate Validity Period: | 3 years |
| Sample Questions: | DOWNLOAD DEMO |
| Exam Way: | Online (via Pearson VUE) or In-person (at Pearson VUE testing centers) |
| Pre Condition: | Minimum of 10 years of general hands-on IT experience, including 5 years of broad hands-on IT security experience. Recommended knowledge of Network+, Security+, CySA+, Cloud+, and PenTest+ or equivalent. |
| Official Syllabus URL: | https://www.comptia.org/certifications/securityx |
CompTIA CAS-005 Exam Syllabus Topics:
| Section | Weight | Objectives |
|---|---|---|
| Topic 1: Security Operations | 22% | - Incident response and digital forensics - Business continuity and disaster recovery - Monitoring, logging, and SIEM/SOAR operations - Threat hunting and intelligence - Vulnerability management and penetration testing concepts |
| Topic 2: Security Engineering | 31% | - Endpoint and mobile security - Identity and access management (IAM) - Security automation and IaC (Infrastructure as Code) - Application security (SAST/DAST/SCA) - Secure coding practices and secure SDLC - Cryptography and PKI |
| Topic 3: Security Architecture | 27% | - Cloud and hybrid infrastructure security - Resilient system design - Zero Trust architecture implementation - Security requirements analysis - Secure network architecture design |
| Topic 4: Governance, Risk, and Compliance | 20% | - Business impact analysis - Security governance policies and procedures - Compliance and regulatory requirements - Risk management frameworks and methodologies |
CAS-005 (CompTIA) Exam FAQ: Trusted Answers
CompTIA SecurityX Certification is an official CompTIA certification exam, registered under the code CAS-005. Passing it awards the CompTIA CASP certification, a credential at the Expert level. It also connects to CompTIA SecurityX (formerly CASP+). The exam is demanding by design, and that difficulty is precisely what makes the credential meaningful for career development.
The CompTIA SecurityX Certification exam presents Up to 90 questions within 165 minutes. That is a brisk pace, and the candidates who handle it best are the ones who rehearsed it. Use the ActualPDF engine for full timed simulations, practice flagging and returning, and arrive on exam day with a pacing strategy already proven.
Passing CompTIA SecurityX Certification takes Pass/Fail (no scaled score), and official registration costs $512 USD. Retakes bill the full $512 USD again, so preparation is the least expensive insurance available. Let your ActualPDF practice scores guide the timing: book when you clear the requirement consistently, not occasionally.
Minimum of 10 years of general hands-on IT experience, including 5 years of broad hands-on IT security experience. Recommended knowledge of Network+, Security+, CySA+, Cloud+, and PenTest+ or equivalent.
Policies get revised, so confirm the current requirements before you register on the official exam page.
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Your money is protected by a 100% money-back guarantee with defined conditions. Take the CompTIA SecurityX Certification exam within 60 days of purchase; if you fail, you may claim a full refund, provided the exam matches your product. Attempts within 3 days of purchase are ineligible, as are downloaded-but-unused products, free materials, and expired orders; the candidate name must match the payer name. Submit a scanned enrollment slip and the official Score Report PDF within 2 days of the exam, and claims are processed within 7 days. You may instead wait for the update version or change to other exam material: exchange for two other exam products of equal value, free, with your original purchase keeping its update service.
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CompTIA SecurityX Certification is organized into 4 official domains. The most heavily weighted are Governance, Risk, and Compliance (20%), Security Engineering (31%), and Security Operations (22%). The full breakdown appears above on this page; study the weightings and your preparation priorities set themselves.
CompTIA SecurityX Certification Sample Questions:
A company wants to modify its process to comply with privacy requirements after an incident involving PII data in a development environment. In order to perform functionality tests, the QA team still needs to use valid data in the specified format. Which of the following best addresses the risk without impacting the development life cycle?
- A. Encrypting the data before moving into the QA environment
- B. Using a large language model to generate synthetic data
- C. Utilizing tokenization for sensitive fields
- D. Truncating the data to make it not personally identifiable
Correct Answer: C 🗳️
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An enterprise is deploying APIs that utilize a private key and a public key to ensure the connection string is protected. To connect to the API, customers must use the private key. Which of the following would best secure the REST API connection to the database while preventing the use of a hard-coded string in the request string?
- A. Sign the key with DSA
- B. Utilize HMAC for the keys
- C. Deploy MFA for the service accounts
- D. Implement a VPN for all APIs
Correct Answer: B 🗳️
A cloud engineer wants to configure mail security protocols to support email authenticity and enable the flow of email security information to a third-party platform for further analysis. Which of the following must be configured to achieve these requirements? (Choose two.)
- A. DKIM
- B. TLS
- C. SPF
- D. MX
- E. DMARC
- F. DNSSEC
Correct Answer: A,E 🗳️
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Following a security incident, a company decides to improve its device management. The company establishes the following requirements for the new process:
- EOL devices must be properly replaced in a timely manner.
- Accurate, detailed information about the devices must be available in a centralized repository.
Which of the following should the company do to meet these requirements? (Choose two.)
- A. Establish a quality assurance program.
- B. Implement an asset management life cycle.
- C. Transition to a virtual desktop infrastructure.
- D. Switch to a BYOD policy.
- E. Configure agent-based vulnerability scanning tools.
- F. Maintain a configuration management database.
Correct Answer: B,F 🗳️
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An organization wants to implement a platform to better identify which specific assets are affected by a given vulnerability. Which of the following components provides the best foundation to achieve this goal?
- A. SBoM
- B. SASE
- C. SLM
- D. CMDB
Correct Answer: D 🗳️
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