{"id":422,"date":"2019-01-30T16:17:53","date_gmt":"2019-01-30T22:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packitforwarding.com\/?p=422"},"modified":"2019-05-13T09:49:22","modified_gmt":"2019-05-13T14:49:22","slug":"comptia-cysa-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packitforwarding.com\/index.php\/2019\/01\/30\/comptia-cysa-test\/","title":{"rendered":"CompTIA CySA+ &#8211; The Test"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Nothing happens until something moves.<\/p><cite>Albert Einstein<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>After studying for about 3 months, 1 month intensively, I sat for the CompTIA CySA+ exam today. For those of you going, &#8220;Wait, he hasn&#8217;t finished his blog posts on all of the <a href=\"https:\/\/packitforwarding.com\/index.php\/category\/certification\/cysa\/\">objectives<\/a>,&#8221; relax, they&#8217;re still in the works. 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