CySA+ v4
Your CS0-004 exam guide
Understand the exam format and use the domain weights to plan focused revision.
Exam format
- Required exam
- CySA+ CS0-004 V4
- Number of questions
- Maximum of 85
- Types of questions
- Multiple-choice and performance-based
- Length of test
- 165 minutes
- Recommended experience
- 4 years of hands-on experience in a SOC analyst (level 2) or vulnerability analyst role
- Passing score
- 750 (on a scale of 100–900)
From the supplied CS0-004 guide. Confirm current booking requirements with CompTIA.
Balance your revision
Security Operations34%
Vulnerability Management26%
Incident Response and Management24%
Reporting and Communication16%
Build a revision loop
- Read both lessons in a module and explain the takeaways without looking.
- Write a response to the worked scenario before opening the model answer.
- Use the linked labs to practise gathering and interpreting evidence.
- Review every answer explanation, including questions you answered correctly.
- Return to weak objectives and practise selecting the best next action from the evidence.
Course completion and review scores track your study activity. They do not predict an official exam result.
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