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About the CompTIA SecAI+ exam
Validate your ability to integrate AI into cybersecurity operations. Covers AI-powered threat detection, machine learning security models, and automated incident response.
10
Sample questions
60 min
Exam time limit
70%
Practice pass mark
$392
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CompTIA SecAI+ (CY0-001) is CompTIA's first certification purpose-built for the era of AI-integrated security operations. It validates that candidates can secure AI systems, evaluate AI-generated outputs for reliability, and apply AI tooling responsibly within a security workflow — skills that are rapidly becoming non-negotiable in modern SOC and GRC roles. As organisations deploy AI for threat detection, log analysis, and automated response, they also introduce new attack surfaces: model poisoning, adversarial inputs, data leakage through LLM prompts, and over-reliance on automated decisions. SecAI+ addresses both sides — using AI effectively and defending against AI-enabled threats. The certification is vendor-neutral and sits at an intermediate level, making it a natural companion to Security+. It is particularly relevant for analysts, engineers, and architects who work with AI-assisted SIEM platforms, automated vulnerability tools, or generative AI integrations in their security stack. CertCrush helps you prepare with free SecAI+ practice questions, timed practice tests and full mock exams with a clear explanation for every answer.
Exam Domains Covered
Exam Format & Details
The CompTIA SecAI+ exam (CY0-001) contains a maximum of 60 questions, including multiple-choice and performance-based questions (PBQs), with a 60-minute time limit. The passing score is 600 on a scale of 100–900. The exam covers four domains: Basic AI concepts related to cybersecurity (17%), Securing AI systems (40%), AI-assisted security (24%), and AI governance, risk, and compliance (19%). CompTIA recommends 3–4 years in IT with at least two years of hands-on cybersecurity experience. The certification launched on 17 February 2026 and is currently offered in English. Performance-based questions simulate tasks such as evaluating AI model outputs for anomalies, identifying prompt injection risks, and selecting appropriate controls for an AI pipeline. Expect scenario questions that require you to weigh AI recommendations against human judgment.
Why Practice Questions Matter
SecAI+ combines traditional security concepts with AI-specific threat models, so the exam tests how well you can apply security principles to novel contexts — not just recall definitions. Practice questions help you: - Distinguish between AI-specific attacks (model poisoning, adversarial examples, data extraction) and conventional threats - Apply the principle of least privilege and data minimisation to AI training pipelines - Evaluate when to trust, audit, or override an AI-generated security recommendation - Map AI governance frameworks to real-world controls Many questions present a scenario — an AI tool flagging an anomaly, a model behaving unexpectedly, or a vendor making a capability claim — and ask you to identify the correct analyst response. Repeated exposure to these patterns through practice is the fastest way to build exam-day confidence.
Sample Practice Questions
The following questions are a preview of the type of syllabus-aligned questions you will practise in CertCrush. They reflect the format and reasoning style of the CompTIA SecAI+ exam — not actual exam content.
Q1.A security team deploys AI-enhanced honeypots across their network that mimic database servers containing synthetic data. An attacker interacts with a honeypot and attempts SQL injection. The AI system enriches the alert with context about the attacker's techniques and cross-references the source IP against threat intelligence feeds. Which of the following describes the MOST valuable intelligence this AI-enhanced deception system provides?
- A.Detailed attacker TTP mapping correlated with threat intelligence to identify the actor
- B.The attacker's IP address which can be permanently blocked at the firewall to prevent future attacks
- C.The specific SQL injection payload used which proves the attacker has advanced technical skills
- D.The success rate of honeypot deployments as a percentage of total network assets
Domain: 3.0 AI-Assisted Security
Q2.An organization is configuring AWS SageMaker for a sensitive model training job. The security team requires that training data and model artifacts are encrypted with keys the organization fully controls and that all training occurs within the organization's VPC. Which combination of AWS services BEST meets these requirements? (Select TWO.)
- A.AWS KMS Customer Managed Keys for encrypting all training data and model artifacts
- B.VPC configuration with private subnets and security groups for SageMaker training jobs
- C.S3 Transfer Acceleration for faster data upload to the training bucket
- D.CloudWatch alarms set on SageMaker training job completion metrics
- E.Deploying SageMaker endpoints in public subnets for easier access
Domain: 2.0 Securing AI Systems
Q3.In a federated learning system, multiple hospitals contribute to training a shared diagnostic model. A security researcher discovers that by analyzing the gradient updates sent by one hospital, they can reconstruct individual patient records from that hospital's data. Which of the following attacks does this describe?
- A.Gradient leakage attack
- B.Model inversion attack
- C.Byzantine attack on the aggregation server
- D.Membership inference attack
Domain: 1.0 Basic AI Concepts
Q4.An organization wants to map their AI governance controls to the EU AI Act classification requirements. Their AI system is used for employee performance evaluation and is classified as high-risk under the Act. Which of the following obligations does this high-risk classification impose? (Select TWO.)
- A.Implementing mandatory human oversight mechanisms that allow humans to monitor and intervene in system decisions
- B.Maintaining comprehensive technical documentation including design specifications and risk management measures
- C.Open-sourcing the model weights and training data for public auditing
- D.The system is prohibited from deployment under any circumstances
- E.Registering for a voluntary self-regulation program without government oversight
Domain: 4.0 AI GRC
Q5.An organization uses AI to automatically correlate alerts from multiple security tools and group them into unified incidents. The AI system identifies that five seemingly unrelated alerts from the firewall, EDR, SIEM, email gateway, and identity provider are all part of a single coordinated attack. Which AI capability is MOST responsible for this correlation?
- A.Cross-source pattern recognition of temporal and contextual relationships between alerts
- B.Signature-based matching that compares each alert against a database of known attack signatures
- C.Log compression algorithms that reduce the volume of data analysts need to review
- D.Automated vulnerability scanning that identifies weaknesses exploited by the attacker
Domain: 3.0 AI-Assisted Security
Frequently Asked Questions
What is included in the free CompTIA SecAI+ sample?
The free sample includes 10 syllabus-aligned practice questions, sample flashcards, and a preview chapter from the study guide. No account or payment is required to try the sample.
How many questions are in the full CompTIA SecAI+ course?
The full course includes a comprehensive question bank covering all exam domains. You can see the total question count on the CompTIA SecAI+ course page.
Are these official CompTIA exam questions?
No. CertCrush questions are independently written and syllabus-aligned — they mirror the format, difficulty, and reasoning style of the official exam. We are not affiliated with or endorsed by CompTIA.
Which domains does the CompTIA SecAI+ course cover?
The course covers 4 exam domains: 1.0 Basic AI Concepts, 2.0 Securing AI Systems, 3.0 AI-Assisted Security, 4.0 AI GRC.
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