An OPSA cert

ifi
ed professi
onalisa securi
tyanalystwho hasthe s
kil
ls
and knowledge to analyzea securi
typos t
ure ofa company,networ k,
orproductand provide the i
nsighton how toimprove i
tssecur
ity
defenses
.

Pur
pose

To be abl
eto desi
gn an overalls
ecurityst
rat
egydet
aili
ng specif
icd
efensetacti
csbas ed on s
yst
em informati
on,net
workinfor
mat i
on,secur
ity
scans,penetrat
ion t
estresul
ts,and usage.

Requi
rement
s

Li
nuxSki
ll
:Low

Wi
ndowsSki
ll
:Low

Net
wor
king Knowl
edge:Medi
um

Secur
ityExper
ience:Medi
um

Bus
ines
sExper
ience:Medi
um

Recommended:OPSEorCHA cer
tif
icat
ions

T
rai
ning

Aver
age Tr
aini
ng Ti
me Requi
red:32hour
s

The exam r
equi
resmas
ter
ing t
he appl
icat
ion oft
he f
oll
owi
ng s
ecur
ityanal
ysi
sski
ll
s:

•Compr
ehend net
wor
kand s
ecur
itys
cans
.

•Eval
uat
etes
ting t
echni
quesand s
cope t
o as
sur
eres
ult
s.

•Det
ectand pr
oper
lyacton anomal
ies
,pat
ter
ns,and vul
ner
abi
li
ti
es.

•Eval
uat
e at
tacks
urf
ace and det
ermi
ne appr
opr
iat
e cont
rol
s.

•Cal
cul
ate and meas
uret
he l
evelofs
ecur
ity.

•Techni
quest
o anal
yze new orunknown s
yst
emsort
echnol
ogi
es.

•As
sur
e pr
operr
epor
ting and cr
eat
e an OSSTMM Audi
tRepor
t(STAR)
.

Exam

Exam t
ime:3hour
s

Ques
tions
:50mul
ti
ple choi
ce,s
ingl
e ans
wer
,ski
ll
s-bas
ed.

Pas
sing:60% orbet
terf
orcer
tif
icat
ion.Scor
esof90% orbet
teri
ncl
ude a s
ealofexcel
lence.