EC-Council
Certified SOC Analyst
CSA · Status not verified
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- Exam cost
- $650 USD (historical estimate)
- Questions · time · passing score
- 100 questions, 3 hours, Multiple Choice, 70% passing score
- Prerequisites
- No formal prerequisites are listed, but a basic understanding of networking concepts, TCP/IP protocol suite, and security technologies (firewall, IDS) is recommended. Some sources suggest 1 year of work experience in network administration/security domain.
- Estimated salary premium
- 5000–5000 USD (historical estimate)
- Renewal requirements
- 3-year cycle · CPE/CEU requirement not verified
- Difficulty
- Not rated
Domains covered
- ** Centralized Log Management
- Incident Triaging
- Investigating IoCs
- Cyber Kill Chain
- Threat Monitoring
- Incident Detection
- Log Analysis
- Response Handling
- SIEM Tools Usage
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