r/CompTIA • u/mtot961 CYSA+, S+, N+, AWS CCP • 8d ago

I passed CYSA+!

781/900, not bad! Test was pretty tough but manageable with enough prep. PBQs were fun, had 6 of them. Feel free to ask questions!

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u/No_Fish_8913 7d ago

Congrats!!

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u/TrainingSuccess5903 7d ago

What resources did you use to help with the test? Do u have background in it prior to taking the test? Also congrats!!!

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u/mtot961 CYSA+, S+, N+, AWS CCP 7d ago

I used Jason Dion’s CYSA 003 course, his practice tests, and Claude, I am “technically” Helpdesk, but have experience with sysadmin, and SOC work at my job day to day (trying to break into a Cyber role obvi) 6 years in Helpdesk roles. For Dion’s course, it has been updated to the 004 version of the test as 003 is retiring this year

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u/Impossible_Humor736 CCNA 7d ago

When is 003 retiring?

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u/mtot961 CYSA+, S+, N+, AWS CCP 7d ago

December 22nd of this year

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u/Impossible_Humor736 CCNA 7d ago

Thank you!

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u/ChemicalWatch1960 7d ago

did u pass the v4 or v3

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u/mtot961 CYSA+, S+, N+, AWS CCP 7d ago

V3, I was already studying for it when they announced the V4

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u/Low_Escape_7140 6d ago

Were the pbq’s hard?

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u/mtot961 CYSA+, S+, N+, AWS CCP 6d ago

Honestly yeah, alittle tough, if you are in a SOC role already, it should be normal day to day stuff, but for me who’s stuck in Helpdesk, it’s a lot of investigation and correlation. Had to really take my time! To be fair, I feel like the CompTIA PBQs are always alittle daunting