Every CompTIA SecAI+ (CY0-001) exam objective explained: all 4 domains, 23 AI attack types, real incidents, and free tools to practise each one.
In this episode: the full SecAI+ exam objectives domain by domain, from AI concepts and prompt injection to MCP, shadow AI, the EU AI Act and NIST AI RMF, with homework for every domain so you know exactly what you're signing up for before you book the exam.
CHAPTERS
0:00 CompTIA SecAI+ Exam Breakdown Overview
0:36 Exam Code, Cost, Format & Prerequisites
1:40 The Four Domains and Their Weightings
2:24 Domain 1: AI Concepts and Vocabulary
3:30 Prompt Engineering: Zero-Shot vs Few-Shot
4:30 Retrieval Augmented Generation Explained
5:26 AI Lifecycle and Human-in-the-Loop
6:14 Domain 2: Securing AI Systems (40%)
6:41 OWASP LLM Top 10 and MITRE ATLAS
7:06 Guardrails, Prompt Firewalls & Access Controls
7:57 AI Monitoring: Hallucinations, Bias & Tokens
8:31 23 AI Attack Types: Prompt Injection & More
9:08 Jailbreaking, Hallucinations & Air Canada Case
9:36 Samsung ChatGPT Data Leak Incident
10:37 Practice Labs: Gandalf, AI Goat, Garak & PyRIT
12:16 Domain 3: AI-Assisted Security Tools (24%)
12:48 Model Context Protocol (MCP) on the Exam
13:26 Attackers Using AI: Phishing & Automation
14:33 Domain 4: AI Governance and Shadow AI (19%)
15:27 AI Roles, Responsible AI & Fairness
16:19 EU AI Act and NIST AI RMF Compliance
17:30 CompTIA SecAI+ Study Priorities Recap
18:38 Should You Take SecAI+ or Security+?
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Every SecAI+ Exam Objective Explained: Every domain and objective, with the graphics, the real incidents and the free labs.
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