CompTIA advanced-level certification (successor to CASP+) covering enterprise security architecture, engineering, and operations.
Who it's for
Experienced security practitioners in hands-on, advanced technical security roles — CompTIA's most advanced security credential, positioned above Security+ and aimed at practitioners already doing enterprise-level security architecture and engineering work.
What's covered
- Governance, risk, and compliance
- Security architecture
- Security engineering and cryptography
- Security operations
What to expect
Expect performance-based questions requiring hands-on application — configuring or troubleshooting security controls in a simulated environment — reflecting the exam's focus on practitioners who already do this work day-to-day, not newcomers.
How to prepare
CompTIA's CertMaster Learn and CertMaster Practice cover SecurityX alongside its other certifications, and the official exam objectives document is the definitive syllabus; given the recommended 10 years of general IT experience (5+ in security), this exam assumes substantial prior hands-on background rather than dedicated novice study time.
Certification details
- Certifying body: CompTIA.
- Eligibility: No mandatory prerequisites; CompTIA recommends 10 years of general IT experience including at least 5 years of broad hands-on security experience.
- Exam format: Maximum of 90 questions, mix of multiple-choice and performance-based questions, 165-minute time limit.
- Content outline: Governance/risk/compliance, security architecture, security engineering/cryptography, and security operations.
- Recertification: Certification is valid for 3 years, renewable via continuing education units (CEUs) or passing a qualifying higher-level exam.
