CompTIA CS0-001 Actual Free Exam Questions & Community Discussion

  • Exam Code/Number: CS0-001
  • Exam Name/Title: CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+) Certification Exam
  • Certification Provider: CompTIA
  • Corresponding Certification: CSA+
  • Exam Questions: 458
  • Updated On: May 31, 2026
A company decides to move three of its business applications to different outsourced cloud providers. After moving the applications, the users report the applications time out too quickly and too much time is spent logging back into the different web-based applications throughout the day. Which of the following should a security architect recommend to improve the end-user experience without lowering the security posture?
Correct Answer: D Vote an answer
A newly discovered malware has a known behavior of connecting outbound to an external destination on port 27500 for the purposes of exfiltrating data. The following are four snippets taken from running netstat -an on separate Windows workstations:




Based on the above information, which of the following is MOST likely to be exposed to this malware?
Correct Answer: A Vote an answer
A cybersecurity analyst has been asked to follow a corporate process that will be used to manage vulnerabilities for an organization. The analyst notices the policy has not been updated in three years. Which of the following should the analyst check to ensure the policy is still accurate?
Correct Answer: B Vote an answer
A cybersecurity analyst is currently checking a newly deployed server that has an access control list applied. When conducting the scan, the analyst received the following code snippet of results:

Which of the following describes the output of this scan?
Correct Answer: A Vote an answer
Which of the following organizations would have to remediate embedded controller vulnerabilities?
Correct Answer: D Vote an answer
A recently issued audit report highlighted exceptions related to end-user handling of sensitive data and access credentials. A security manager is addressing the findings. Which of the following activities should be implemented?
Correct Answer: D Vote an answer
The security team has determined that the current incident response resources cannot meet management's objective to secure a forensic image for all serious security incidents within 24 hours. Which of the following compensating controls can be used to help meet management's expectations?
Correct Answer: C Vote an answer
During the forensic phase of a security investigation, it was discovered that an attacker was able to find private keys on a poorly secured team shared drive. The attacker used those keys to intercept and decrypt sensitive traffic on a web server. Which of the following describes this type of exploit and the potential remediation?
Correct Answer: B Vote an answer
A threat intelligence analyst who works for a financial services firm received this report:
"There has been an effective waterhole campaign residing at www.bankfinancecompsoftware.com. This domain is delivering ransomware. This ransomware variant has been called "LockMaster" by researchers due to its ability to overwrite the MBR, but this term is not a malware signature. Please execute a defensive operation regarding this attack vector." The analyst ran a query and has assessed that this traffic has been seen on the network. Which of the following actions should the analyst do NEXT? (Select TWO).
Correct Answer: E,F Vote an answer
A common mobile device vulnerability has made unauthorized modifications to a device. The device owner removes the vendor/carrier provided limitations on the mobile device. This is also known as:
Correct Answer: B Vote an answer
In comparison to non-industrial IT vendors, ICS equipment vendors generally:
Correct Answer: B Vote an answer
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