EC-COUNCIL

EC-Council Certified SOC Analyst

CSA

The EC-Council Certified SOC Analyst (CSA) certification validates your ability to detect, investigate, and respond to security threats in a Security Operations Center. It covers SOC operations, SIEM deployment, log management, incident triage, and threat intelligence. Earning CSA demonstrates you have the hands-on skills to monitor, analyze, and escalate alerts effectively, making you a valuable asset to any security team.

Practice Free Questions

6Domains

15Objectives

144Practice pages

701Free questions

CSA free practice questions

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Security Operations Center (SOC) Fundamentals

45 questions · 9 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30 31–35 36–40 41–45

SOC Components, Workflow, and Metrics

41 questions · 9 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30 31–35 36–40 41–41

Understanding Cyber Threats and Attacks

54 questions · 11 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30 31–35 36–40 41–45 46–50 51–54

Indicators of Compromise (IoCs)

45 questions · 9 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30 31–35 36–40 41–45

Attacker Methodology and Cyber Kill Chain

49 questions · 10 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30 31–35 36–40 41–45 46–49

Log Management and Correlation

48 questions · 10 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30 31–35 36–40 41–45 46–48

SIEM Deployment and Architecture

43 questions · 9 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30 31–35 36–40 41–43

Incident Detection with SIEM

50 questions · 10 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30 31–35 36–40 41–45 46–50

Use Case and Correlation Rule Development

30 questions · 6 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30

Alert Triaging and Analysis

35 questions · 7 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30 31–35

Threat Intelligence

51 questions · 11 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30 31–35 36–40 41–45 46–50 51–51

Threat Hunting

49 questions · 10 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30 31–35 36–40 41–45 46–49

Incident Response Process

56 questions · 12 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30 31–35 36–40 41–45 46–50 51–55 56–56

Forensic Investigation and Malware Analysis

55 questions · 11 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30 31–35 36–40 41–45 46–50 51–55

SOC for Cloud Environments

50 questions · 10 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30 31–35 36–40 41–45 46–50

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EC-Council Certified SOC Analyst

CSA free practice questions

Domain 1 · Security Operations and Management12% of practice bank · 2 objectives · 86 questions12%

Domain 2 · Cyber Threats and Attack Methodology21% of practice bank · 3 objectives · 148 questions21%

Domain 3 · Log Management and SIEM13% of practice bank · 2 objectives · 91 questions13%

Domain 4 · Incident Detection and Triage16% of practice bank · 3 objectives · 115 questions16%

Domain 5 · Proactive Threat Detection14% of practice bank · 2 objectives · 100 questions14%

Domain 6 · Incident Response, Forensics and Cloud SOC23% of practice bank · 3 objectives · 161 questions23%