GIAC
GIAC Certified Detection Analyst
GCDA · Status not verified
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- Exam cost
- $999 USD (historical estimate)
- Questions · time · passing score
- 1 proctored exam, 75 questions, 2 hours, minimum passing score of 79%
- Prerequisites
- Practical work experience in security operations, incident detection, or security analysis. No formal prerequisites are listed, but a strong understanding of network, endpoint, and cloud security concepts is highly recommended.
- Estimated salary premium
- 15–15% (historical estimate)
- Renewal requirements
- 4-year cycle · 36 CPE/CEU credits per year
- Difficulty
- Not rated
Domains covered
- ** SIEM Fundamentals
- Service Profiling
- Advanced Endpoint Analytics
- Baselining
- User Behavior Monitoring
- Cloud Logging (AWS
- Azure)
- Tactical SIEM Detection
- Post-Mortem Analysis
- Application Protocol Analytics
- Asset and Network Analytics
- Log Analysis and Alerting
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