Personally, I honestly see this certification rebrand of the CASP+ to SecurityX to be a money grab for sure. Studying for the CompTIA trifecta A+ N+ S+ is the best way to go starting out to lay a nice solid foundation of generalized IT and touching just the very surface or iceberg if you will with a bit of security. After the Security+ I would maybe get CySA+ then pivot to another vendor with more practicality/hands on such as TCM Security which is awesome btw and truly a godsend. While studying for these of course do the usual training as well such as: Hack The Box, Let's Defend, TryHackMe etc. While yes it's way to early to tell but this cerfication again in my personal opinion more likely than not will not be well recognized/gain traction with hiring managers and recruiters as the coveted Security+ is.
Took and passed the BETA exam for SecurityX. The test definitely wasn't a walk in the park. The hands-on portion I thought was still lack luster compared to other exams. Personally, I think they should have just kept the CASP+ name. SecurityX is a horrible name and I can see folks getting confused between Security+ and SecurityX.
Thank you for your insights! As someone who hasn't taken the exam, this is valuable advice for those who want an opinion on someone who has actually taken it.
Took the Beta and wasnt too confident I would pass but I did. For reference, I took and passed all the core exams as well as the Cysa+ beta exam. SecX covered all the emerging technologies, and there were about 5 PBQs. Felt good when I found out I passed. Only waited 4 months 😂. Figured its was only $50 and I was studying for the CISSP exam anyway so it should give me a general idea of what to expect for the CISSP exam.
For someone like me who already has a foundation from other certs (Google, CCNA, HTB), something like this is actually golden. I can have an "advanced" certification as a HR checkbox instead of having to waste a bit of time redoing introductory certs like Security+, or spend unreasonable money on CISSP and their yearly fees. For $450 with the standard 10% off, its not bad at all. My only miss, is that I should have purchased the beta for $50 lol. The rebrand as well, makes it more understandable by HR and other companies, long overdue in my opinion.
I guess I'll hold out to see if federal jobs start to require or value this. IMO the security+ is already about 2x more expensive than it should be given other certs available that actually demonstrate practical knowledge.
I'm a kinda creative person and I've been a video editor and indie game developer. Now I'm preparing for my Security+ exam, I'm not sure how well the certs are helpful on the salary rat race tracks, but I guess it could be used as a great audience magnet for a youtuber at least.
It depends where you at in your career. If your a newbie and barely starting in cybersecurity certs will help you get the first job. I wouldnt renew those beginner certs after you get the job because the experience weighs more than certs. I would try and get more difficult certs to add under your belt and move up from there. Still put those beginner certs in your resume but be honest and say they expired, but that still implies that if you had to, you can get the cert again. Also not because your creative or what not, will mean you have a high potential cyber career.
I passed this in July, dont attempt this if you are in college, tried this personally and failed after getting my Masters in Cybersecurity. Get at least 1-2 years of Cybersecurity experience under your belt. This is nothing like a Sec+ exam, isnt a brain dump. This is more indepth and knowing how to think like a Cybersecurity Manager. The fact this guy doesn't know what they mean by decommission of the exam makes me question did you research this. What they are stating by every 3 years is the version. They update the content every 3 years to keep it modern. Let's not forget he also said he hasn't taken this exam. I would say if you passed the CISSP, you are good. Reason why I say that is because I studied my arse off for CISSP, crushed it and took SecurityX Beta a week later and passed as of a few weeks ago (they wouldnt tell us right away).
Security+, SecurityX, then SecurityX+, then SecurityX++ and ten years experience? What other crummy rebranding gimmicks will they come up with? Enough, CompTIA, you’re old news. There are much better certifications out there.
I would use certs to get the theory and then anything that focuses more on hands on skills. The hands on is far more valuable long term than the theory based certs. Know plenty of people with no certs and learnt the theory as a side affect of hands on. Gwt the fundamentals through certs then focus on hands on as soon as you know what you want to do. You need to figure out what you want to do because you will find it very very difficult to learn it all and the even harder to get any chance to have the time to master more than one.
100% agree, thank you for the share. The second part of the "learning equation", practical skill development, is what I am looking to help with in the future.
Interestingly Cisco is also rebranding one of their cybersecurity certifications in order to get some traction on it: Cisco CyberOps --> Cisco Cybersecurity (CCSA? or C3A - Cisco Certified Cybersecurity Associate lol)
I am seeing these "re-brands" as more of an opportunity to increase attention and sales rather than actual differences. My unsolicited opinion - I like the name CyberOps rather than Cybersecurity. Sounds more sleak 😂
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Personally, I honestly see this certification rebrand of the CASP+ to SecurityX to be a money grab for sure. Studying for the CompTIA trifecta A+ N+ S+ is the best way to go starting out to lay a nice solid foundation of generalized IT and touching just the very surface or iceberg if you will with a bit of security. After the Security+ I would maybe get CySA+ then pivot to another vendor with more practicality/hands on such as TCM Security which is awesome btw and truly a godsend. While studying for these of course do the usual training as well such as: Hack The Box, Let's Defend, TryHackMe etc. While yes it's way to early to tell but this cerfication again in my personal opinion more likely than not will not be well recognized/gain traction with hiring managers and recruiters as the coveted Security+ is.
I can agree with what you are saying here. It's more of an attention grabber with "X" in the name rather than an actual content update.
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Awesome, Thank you!
Thanks Grant!! Very informative!
Happy to share!
Took and passed the BETA exam for SecurityX. The test definitely wasn't a walk in the park. The hands-on portion I thought was still lack luster compared to other exams. Personally, I think they should have just kept the CASP+ name. SecurityX is a horrible name and I can see folks getting confused between Security+ and SecurityX.
Thank you for your insights! As someone who hasn't taken the exam, this is valuable advice for those who want an opinion on someone who has actually taken it.
Took the Beta and wasnt too confident I would pass but I did. For reference, I took and passed all the core exams as well as the Cysa+ beta exam. SecX covered all the emerging technologies, and there were about 5 PBQs. Felt good when I found out I passed. Only waited 4 months 😂. Figured its was only $50 and I was studying for the CISSP exam anyway so it should give me a general idea of what to expect for the CISSP exam.
For someone like me who already has a foundation from other certs (Google, CCNA, HTB), something like this is actually golden. I can have an "advanced" certification as a HR checkbox instead of having to waste a bit of time redoing introductory certs like Security+, or spend unreasonable money on CISSP and their yearly fees. For $450 with the standard 10% off, its not bad at all. My only miss, is that I should have purchased the beta for $50 lol. The rebrand as well, makes it more understandable by HR and other companies, long overdue in my opinion.
Good perspective on this "re-branded" exam!
Happy to share! Hopefully this is helpful.
Interesting. I might do this new SecurityX cert just for a personal challenge.
I guess I'll hold out to see if federal jobs start to require or value this. IMO the security+ is already about 2x more expensive than it should be given other certs available that actually demonstrate practical knowledge.
I'm a kinda creative person and I've been a video editor and indie game developer. Now I'm preparing for my Security+ exam, I'm not sure how well the certs are helpful on the salary rat race tracks, but I guess it could be used as a great audience magnet for a youtuber at least.
It depends where you at in your career. If your a newbie and barely starting in cybersecurity certs will help you get the first job. I wouldnt renew those beginner certs after you get the job because the experience weighs more than certs. I would try and get more difficult certs to add under your belt and move up from there. Still put those beginner certs in your resume but be honest and say they expired, but that still implies that if you had to, you can get the cert again. Also not because your creative or what not, will mean you have a high potential cyber career.
@@magic5992 Thanks for the feedback!
I passed this in July, dont attempt this if you are in college, tried this personally and failed after getting my Masters in Cybersecurity. Get at least 1-2 years of Cybersecurity experience under your belt. This is nothing like a Sec+ exam, isnt a brain dump. This is more indepth and knowing how to think like a Cybersecurity Manager.
The fact this guy doesn't know what they mean by decommission of the exam makes me question did you research this. What they are stating by every 3 years is the version. They update the content every 3 years to keep it modern. Let's not forget he also said he hasn't taken this exam.
I would say if you passed the CISSP, you are good. Reason why I say that is because I studied my arse off for CISSP, crushed it and took SecurityX Beta a week later and passed as of a few weeks ago (they wouldnt tell us right away).
Security+, SecurityX, then SecurityX+, then SecurityX++ and ten years experience? What other crummy rebranding gimmicks will they come up with? Enough, CompTIA, you’re old news. There are much better certifications out there.
Then the SecurityPro. Forgetting that one 😂
I would use certs to get the theory and then anything that focuses more on hands on skills. The hands on is far more valuable long term than the theory based certs. Know plenty of people with no certs and learnt the theory as a side affect of hands on.
Gwt the fundamentals through certs then focus on hands on as soon as you know what you want to do. You need to figure out what you want to do because you will find it very very difficult to learn it all and the even harder to get any chance to have the time to master more than one.
100% agree, thank you for the share. The second part of the "learning equation", practical skill development, is what I am looking to help with in the future.
All certificates have expire date
Where does CySA fit into this stack?
It's an intermediate cert and a level below SecX
@ gotcha so the stack goes, sec+, cysa, then secx
@@dimitris1351 yup
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Interestingly Cisco is also rebranding one of their cybersecurity certifications in order to get some traction on it: Cisco CyberOps --> Cisco Cybersecurity (CCSA? or C3A - Cisco Certified Cybersecurity Associate lol)
I am seeing these "re-brands" as more of an opportunity to increase attention and sales rather than actual differences.
My unsolicited opinion - I like the name CyberOps rather than Cybersecurity. Sounds more sleak 😂