CS0-004 hands-on labs — CompTIA CySA+
CS0-004 is the exam for CompTIA CySA+. 169 hands-on labs are mapped to it by the lab vendor or a StationX roadmap — about 181 hours of hands-on practice in total. Each runs in your browser, with nothing to install. 106 come with StationX Membership ($299/year) and 63 need StationX Infrastructure Labs ($149/year).
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CS0-004 at a glance
- Exam code
- CS0-004
- Certification
- CompTIA CySA+
- Vendor
- CompTIA
- Labs
- 63 in StationX Infrastructure Labs · 106 in StationX Membership
- How the labs are mapped
- 169 from the StationX roadmap
- Practice time
- About 181 hours, every lab states a duration
- Lab levels
- Guided 43 · Advanced 15 · Expert 5 · not stated 106
The 169 CS0-004 labs
- Additional Scanning Options
- Advanced Techniques for Malware Recovery
- Analysis and Recommendation Report
- Analyze and Classify Malware
- Analyze and Update a Company BCP/BIA/DRP/CIRP
- Analyze SQL Injection Attack
- Analyze Various Data Sources to Confirm Suspected Infection
- Applying Filters to TCPDump and Wireshark
- Assess Cybersecurity Templates and Benchmarks
- Assessing Vulnerabilities Post Addressal
- Auditing Service Accounts and Setting Up Automated Log Collection
- BitCoin Mining Web Application on Corporate Network
- Block Incoming Traffic on Known Port
- Can You Capture and Analyze Network Traffic and Logging by Performing Management Tasks?
- Can You Capture and Analyze Network Traffic?
- Can You Discover Vulnerabilities Over a Network?
- Can You Establish Secure Communications by Using SSH and Wireshark?
- Can You Evaluate Account Security Threats?
- Can You Examine Network Communications by Using Incident Response Tools?
- Can You Implement a Host-Based Intrusion Detection System?
- Can You Implement Intrusion Detection by Using Wazuh?
- Can You Improve Network Security with SSH, HTTPS, and IPSec?
- Can You Improve Security by Using Network Scanning, Sniffing, and GPOs?
- Can You Manage Logs with Scripts, Perform File Restoration, and Perform Vulnerability Scans?
- Can You Manage Network, Web, and Remote Access Security?
- Can You Manage Threats by Using Source Code, Logs, and Security Templates?
- Can You Perform File Restoration, Manage GPOs, and Perform OSINT?
- Can You Perform Forensic Analysis Tasks to Display Files?
- Can You Perform Network and Vulnerability Scanning?
- Can You Reduce Threats by Using Nmap, SSH, Source Code Analysis, and Security Templates?
- Can You Use GPOs and Security Templates as Part of IR?
- Can You Use Snort and SSH?
- Can You Use Snort, IPSec, Wireshark, Nikto, Nmap, and Wapiti to Identify Network Vulnerabilities?
- Centralized Monitoring
- Check for Indicators of Other Attack Activity (Debug PE File)
- CIRP Creation and Disaster
- Collecting Logs and Verifying Syslog Aggregation
- Comprehensive Threat Response
- Conduct Log Analysis and Cross Examination for False Positives
- Conduct Root Cause Analysis for System Crashes
- Conduct Supplemental Monitoring
- Configure and Manage SSH to Establish Secure Connections
- Configure Secure HTTP Services
- Configuring VPN Services
- Core Impact Web Application Penetration Testing
- Create Custom Snort Rules
- Creating Recommendations Based on Vulnerability Assessments
- Creating SIEM Reports with Splunk
- Cryptography: Steganography
- Cryptography: Using GPG for Encryption and Key Management
- Cyber Security Evaluation Tool (CSET)
- Data Backup to Prep for Recovery
- Data Recovery with Autopsy
- Disable User Account on Windows 10
- Display Files by Performing Forensic Analysis Tasks
- Dynamic Malware Analysis
- Entering Information into a CMDB
- Establish Secure Communications Between Systems by Using SSH for Remote Access
- Evaluate and Customize Security Policy Templates
- Evaluate Credential Security
- Evaluate Network Logging
- Evaluate the Output of Enumeration Tools
- Event Log Collection with QRadar
- Event Logs with Autopsy
- Explore Network Traffic by Using Wireshark
- Find Network System Vulnerabilities
- Find Vulnerabilities
- Firewall Setup and Configuration
- Gap Analysis of Firewall Rules
- Harden Network Security
- Hash Verification
- Identify Whether High-Risk Systems Were Affected
- Identifying Malicious Network Connections
- Identifying System Vulnerabilities with OpenVAS
- IDS Setup and Configuration
- Implement a Host-Based Intrusion Detection System
- Implement Intrusion Detection by Using Wazuh
- Implement New Security Policies
- Implement Single System Changes in Firewall
- Implement Snort to Evaluate Network Communications
- Implementing Least-Privilege on Windows
- Installing Patches and Testing Software
- Internet History
- Introduction to Squert
- Linux Users and Groups
- Log Analysis
- Log Correlation
- Log Event Reports
- Manage Incidents by Using Incident Response Tools
- Manual Vulnerability Assessment
- Manually Creating a Baseline with MD5Deep
- Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer
- MITRE - Attack
- MITRE - Defend
- Monitoring and Verifying Management Systems
- Monitoring for False Positives
- Monitoring Network Traffic
- Monitoring Network Traffic for Potential IOA/IOC
- Network Discovery
- Network Segmentation (FW/DMZ/WAN/LAN)
- Network Topology Generation
- Nexpose: Red Team Exploitation
- Open and Close Ports on Windows 7
- Open Source Password Cracking
- Overview of Kibana
- Parse Files Out of Network Traffic
- Penetration Tester Challenge
- Perform Application Source Code Verification
- Perform Backup Options to Allow for Lost File Restoration
- Perform Email Header Analysis
- Perform Log Analysis
- Perform Log Analysis and Task Automation
- Perform Network Scanning
- Perform Network Scanning and Reconnaissance
- Perform Network Scanning to Find Vulnerabilities
- Perform Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) Gathering Operations
- Perform Web Server Vulnerability Scans
- Performing an Initial Attack Analysis
- Phishing
- Preliminary Scanning
- Preparing Target Media
- Protect Against Beaconing
- QRADAR - Auditing Service Accounts and Generating SIEM Reports
- QRadar - Centralized Monitoring
- QRADAR - Collecting Logs and Verifying Syslog Aggregation with pfSense
- QRadar - IDS Setup and Configuration
- QRadar - Log Correlation & Analysis to Identify Potential IOC
- QRadar - Log Correlation & Analysis to Identify Potential IOC with Custom Log Types
- QRADAR - Setting Up SYSLOG Forwarding From a Windows System
- QRadar - Snort Signatures, IDS Tuning, and Blocking
- Recover from Illegal Bitcoin Mining Incident
- Recover from Incident
- Recover from SQL Injection Attack
- Recover from Web-Based Flashpack Incident
- Report Writing for Presentation to Management
- Respond to and Validate Alerts from Antivirus Software
- Searching for Indicators of Compromise
- Setting up Filters and Queries in Kibana
- Setting Up SYSLOG Forwarding From a Windows System
- Setting Up Zones in a Firewall
- SNORT Configuration and Operation Lab
- Threat Designation
- Use Greenbone Security Manager to Identify Vulnerabilities
- Use hping for Enumeration
- Use Nmap for Enumeration
- Use Reconnaissance Tools to Perform Network Scanning
- Use Responder for Enumeration
- Use Security Monitoring Tools
- Use SSH for Remote Access
- Use the Arachni Web Application Scanner
- Use the Nikto Web Application Scanner
- Use Web Application Scanners
- Use Wireshark Filters to Explore Captured Network Traffic
- Using Snort and Wireshark to Analyze Traffic
- Using the Burp Suite Web Application Scanner
- Using the OWASP Zed Attack Proxy Web Application Scanner
- Utilize Network Analysis Tools
- Validate Indications of Compromise: Analysis of PE File
- Vulnerability Analysis/Protection
- Vulnerability Proof of Concept and Remediation
- Vulnerability Scanner Set-up and Configuration
- Vulnerability Scanner Set-up and Configuration with OpenVAS
- Vulnerability Scanning with GVM
- WebApp Attack PCAP Analysis
- Whitelist Comparison
- Windows Event Log Manipulation via Windows Event Viewer
- Windows System Hardening with Group Policy & Active Directory
- Windows System Hardening with PowerShell
- WMI Event Persistence
Roadmaps for CS0-004
- CompTIA CySA+ (CS0-004) — certification roadmap: courses, labs and practice tests in order
- SOC Analyst — career roadmap; follows the CompTIA CySA+ (CS0-004) roadmap
- Threat Hunter — career roadmap; follows the CompTIA CySA+ (CS0-004) roadmap
- Digital Forensics Analyst — career roadmap; follows the CompTIA CySA+ (CS0-004) roadmap
- Threat Intelligence Analyst — career roadmap; follows the CompTIA CySA+ (CS0-004) roadmap




