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CompTIA SecAI+ (CY0-001)

Exam CY0-001 CompTIA Advanced

CompTIA's AI security certification: how AI works, how AI systems are attacked and secured, how to use AI in security operations, and how AI is governed. Four exam domains, every AI attack explained, then practice tests.

8 courses · 110 sections · 587 lectures · 34 labs · ≈ 42 h of hands-on labs

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Exam domains

  • Basic AI Concepts Related to Cybersecurity — 17%
  • Securing AI Systems — 40%
  • AI-assisted Security — 24%
  • AI Governance, Risk, and Compliance — 19%

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Step 1 — Learn the exam material

Cover all four CY0-001 domains end to end.

3 courses · 72 sections · 407 lectures

Learn

  • CourseTotal: CompTIA SecAI+ (CY0-001) Complete Course (opens in a new tab)opens on courses.stationx.net 🔒 StationX Membership — $299 / year ($24.92/mo billed annually)
    14 sections · 75 lectures
    1. Course Overview 1
    2. Introduction 5
    3. Foundations & Exam Context 4
    4. Training & Optimization 3
    5. The Art of the Prompt 3
    6. Data Integrity & RAG 3
    7. The Secure AI Lifecycle 2
    8. Threat Modeling Frameworks 5
    9. Model Defenses & Guardrails 6
    10. Infrastructure & Access Control 8
    11. Monitoring & Attack Analysis 8
    12. AI-Assisted Security Ops 15
    13. AI Governance & Risk 11
    14. Audio Version of Training 1
  • CourseCompTIA SecAI+ (CY0-001) Complete Course from CertMike! (opens in a new tab)opens on courses.stationx.net 🔒 StationX Membership — $299 / year ($24.92/mo billed annually)
    30 sections · 143 lectures
    1. Training Overview 1
    2. Introduction 1
    3. The SecAI+ Exam 4
    4. Domain 1 Basic AI Concepts Related to Cybersecurity 1
    5. Types of AI 6
    6. Model Training Techniques 6
    7. Prompt Engineering 5
    8. Data Processing 8
    9. Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) 4
    10. Security in the AI Lifecycle 8
    11. Human-Centric AI Design 4
    12. Domain 2 Securing AI Systems 1
    13. Data and Training Attacks 6
    14. Prompt and Input Manipulation Attacks 3
    15. Model Extraction and Information Leakage Attacks 4
    16. Integration and Operational Attacks 9
    17. AI Security Controls 4
    18. AI Access Controls 6
    19. Encryption and Data Safety 6
    20. AI Monitoring and Auditing 7
    21. Domain 3 AI-assisted Security 1
    22. AI-Assisted Security Tools 6
    23. AI Security Use Cases 5
    24. AI-Enabled Attacks 7
    25. Automating Security Tasks 6
    26. Domain 4 AI Governance, Risk, and Compliance 1
    27. AI Governance 4
    28. AI Risks 10
    29. AI Compliance 8
    30. Audio Version of the Course 1
  • CourseCompTIA SecAI+ (CY0-001) Complete Course & Exam Prep (opens in a new tab)opens on courses.stationx.net 🔒 StationX Membership — $299 / year ($24.92/mo billed annually)
    28 sections · 189 lectures
    1. Training Overview 1
    2. Introduction 4
    3. DOMAIN 1 BASIC AI CONCEPTS RELATED TO CYBERSECURITY 7
    4. CompTIA SecAI+ NLP and Language Models Certification Guide 4
    5. CompTIA SecAI+ Model Training Techniques Certification Guide 5
    6. CompTIA SecAI+ Prompt Engineering Certification Exam Guide 4
    7. CompTIA SecAI+ Data Security for AI Certification Guide 5
    8. CompTIA SecAI+ AI Data Types and Structures Guide 3
    9. CompTIA SecAI+ Retrieval-Augmented Generation Certification Guide 2
    10. CompTIA SecAI+ AI Security Lifecycle Certification Guide 6
    11. DOMAIN 2 SECURING AI SYSTEMS 7
    12. CompTIA SecAI+ AI Security Controls Certification Guide 10
    13. CompTIA SecAI+ AI Access Controls Certification Guide 4
    14. CompTIA SecAI+ AI Data Security Controls Guide 8
    15. CompTIA SecAI+ AI Monitoring and Auditing Guide 7
    16. CompTIA SecAI+ AI Attack Vectors Certification Guide 20
    17. CompTIA SecAI+ AI Compensating Controls Guide 9
    18. DOMAIN 3 AI-ASSISTED SECURITY CompTIA SecAI+ AI-Enabled Security Tools Guide 7
    19. CompTIA SecAI+ AI Security Use Cases Guide 11
    20. CompTIA SecAI+ AI-Enhanced Attack Vectors Guide 13
    21. CompTIA SecAI+ AI Security Automation Guide 6
    22. CompTIA SecAI+ CICD and AI Automation Certification Guide 7
    23. DOMAIN 4 AI GOVERNANCE, RISK, AND COMPLIANCE 3
    24. CompTIA SecAI+ AI Security Roles Certification Guide 10
    25. CompTIA SecAI+ Responsible AI Certification Guide 10
    26. CompTIA SecAI+ AI Risk Management Certification Guide 7
    27. CompTIA SecAI+ Compliance Frameworks Certification Guide 8
    28. Audio Version of the Course 1

Start with Total: CompTIA SecAI+ (CY0-001) Complete Course, the reference course. The other two cover the same objectives from different angles.

Step 2 — Basic AI concepts

Domain 1: the kinds of AI, how models are trained and prompted, RAG, and security across the AI life cycle.

3 labs

Learn

  • CourseCovered in CompTIA SecAI+ (CY0-001) Complete Course from CertMike! (opens in a new tab)opens on courses.stationx.net — Domain 1 sections: types of AI, prompt engineering, data processing, RAG, security in the AI life cycle 🔒 StationX Membership — $299 / year ($24.92/mo billed annually)
    30 sections · 143 lectures
    1. Training Overview 1
    2. Introduction 1
    3. The SecAI+ Exam 4
    4. Domain 1 Basic AI Concepts Related to Cybersecurity 1
    5. Types of AI 6
    6. Model Training Techniques 6
    7. Prompt Engineering 5
    8. Data Processing 8
    9. Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) 4
    10. Security in the AI Lifecycle 8
    11. Human-Centric AI Design 4
    12. Domain 2 Securing AI Systems 1
    13. Data and Training Attacks 6
    14. Prompt and Input Manipulation Attacks 3
    15. Model Extraction and Information Leakage Attacks 4
    16. Integration and Operational Attacks 9
    17. AI Security Controls 4
    18. AI Access Controls 6
    19. Encryption and Data Safety 6
    20. AI Monitoring and Auditing 7
    21. Domain 3 AI-assisted Security 1
    22. AI-Assisted Security Tools 6
    23. AI Security Use Cases 5
    24. AI-Enabled Attacks 7
    25. Automating Security Tasks 6
    26. Domain 4 AI Governance, Risk, and Compliance 1
    27. AI Governance 4
    28. AI Risks 10
    29. AI Compliance 8
    30. Audio Version of the Course 1

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Step 3 — Securing AI systems

Domain 2: threat-model an AI system and put the access, data, guardrail and monitoring controls around it. The labs drill the web flaws AI apps inherit: injection and unsafe output handling.

1 course · 11 sections · 47 lectures · 13 labs

Learn

No AI-security labs exist yet: these are classic web-application labs, not attacks on an AI model. Only the three Azure AI labs in Step 2 involve AI.

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Step 4 — Every AI attack, explained

Objective 2.6: recognise each attack on an AI system from its evidence, and the control that stops it.

Learn

  • CourseCovered in CompTIA SecAI+ (CY0-001) Complete Course from CertMike! (opens in a new tab)opens on courses.stationx.net — attack sections: data and training attacks, prompt and input manipulation, model extraction and information leakage, integration and operational attacks 🔒 StationX Membership — $299 / year ($24.92/mo billed annually)
    30 sections · 143 lectures
    1. Training Overview 1
    2. Introduction 1
    3. The SecAI+ Exam 4
    4. Domain 1 Basic AI Concepts Related to Cybersecurity 1
    5. Types of AI 6
    6. Model Training Techniques 6
    7. Prompt Engineering 5
    8. Data Processing 8
    9. Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) 4
    10. Security in the AI Lifecycle 8
    11. Human-Centric AI Design 4
    12. Domain 2 Securing AI Systems 1
    13. Data and Training Attacks 6
    14. Prompt and Input Manipulation Attacks 3
    15. Model Extraction and Information Leakage Attacks 4
    16. Integration and Operational Attacks 9
    17. AI Security Controls 4
    18. AI Access Controls 6
    19. Encryption and Data Safety 6
    20. AI Monitoring and Auditing 7
    21. Domain 3 AI-assisted Security 1
    22. AI-Assisted Security Tools 6
    23. AI Security Use Cases 5
    24. AI-Enabled Attacks 7
    25. Automating Security Tasks 6
    26. Domain 4 AI Governance, Risk, and Compliance 1
    27. AI Governance 4
    28. AI Risks 10
    29. AI Compliance 8
    30. Audio Version of the Course 1
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Step 5 — AI-assisted security

Domain 3: use AI tools to defend and to test, automate security tasks, and know how attackers use AI too. The labs are the threat-intelligence work AI tools speed up.

2 courses · 20 sections · 118 lectures · 18 labs

Learn

No AI-assisted security labs exist yet: these threat-intelligence labs use no AI tools.

Practise

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Step 6 — AI governance, risk and compliance

Domain 4: the governance structures, risks and regulations that decide how AI may be built and used.

Learn

  • CourseCovered in CompTIA SecAI+ (CY0-001) Complete Course from CertMike! (opens in a new tab)opens on courses.stationx.net — Domain 4 sections: AI governance, AI risks, AI compliance 🔒 StationX Membership — $299 / year ($24.92/mo billed annually)
    30 sections · 143 lectures
    1. Training Overview 1
    2. Introduction 1
    3. The SecAI+ Exam 4
    4. Domain 1 Basic AI Concepts Related to Cybersecurity 1
    5. Types of AI 6
    6. Model Training Techniques 6
    7. Prompt Engineering 5
    8. Data Processing 8
    9. Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) 4
    10. Security in the AI Lifecycle 8
    11. Human-Centric AI Design 4
    12. Domain 2 Securing AI Systems 1
    13. Data and Training Attacks 6
    14. Prompt and Input Manipulation Attacks 3
    15. Model Extraction and Information Leakage Attacks 4
    16. Integration and Operational Attacks 9
    17. AI Security Controls 4
    18. AI Access Controls 6
    19. Encryption and Data Safety 6
    20. AI Monitoring and Auditing 7
    21. Domain 3 AI-assisted Security 1
    22. AI-Assisted Security Tools 6
    23. AI Security Use Cases 5
    24. AI-Enabled Attacks 7
    25. Automating Security Tasks 6
    26. Domain 4 AI Governance, Risk, and Compliance 1
    27. AI Governance 4
    28. AI Risks 10
    29. AI Compliance 8
    30. Audio Version of the Course 1
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