ISACA · Professional Certification · Associate
ISACA Certified Cybersecurity Operations Analyst (CCOA)
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CCOA at a glance
- Provider
- ISACA
- Credential type
- Professional Certification
- Exam required
- Yes
- Category
- Security
- Level
- Associate
- Cost
- $399 (ISACA members) / $499 (non-members), plus a $50 application fee
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Time to earn
- Not published
- Validity
- 3 years (120 CPE hours per cycle, at least 20 a year)
- Format
- Multiple-choice and performance-based questions, 4 hours; PSI test centre or remote proctored
- Prerequisites
- None to sit the exam; apply for certification within 5 years of passing (see official page)
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Skills it covers
- Technology essentials
- Cybersecurity principles and risk
- Adversarial tactics, techniques and procedures
- Incident detection and response
- Securing assets
Where CCOA takes you
- Cybersecurity Analyst
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