CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst+: Managing Risk

Risk is inevitable when relying on IT systems to manage data. Cybersecurity analysts can apply a variety of techniques to manage risk to an acceptable level.

In this course explore how risk management can minimize the impact of IT security events and discuss the relevance of recurring risk assessments and the use of a risk register. You will then consider risk treatments such as risk avoidance and risk transfer. Next discover how to calculate the annual loss expectancy (ALE) and how this compares to the cost of security controls. Explore security control types such as preventative and compensating controls. Finally you will look at how configuration management relates to IT security how to establish security baselines and replicate cloud storage and how to back up data to the cloud.

This course can be used to prepare for the CS0-003: CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst+ (CYSA+) exam.