CY0-001 CompTIA SecAI+ Certification Exam

CompTIA SecAI+ (CY0-001) is a vendor-neutral cybersecurity certification designed for professionals who need to understand how artificial intelligence systems can be secured, monitored, governed, and used safely within modern security operations. As AI, large language models, generative AI applications, and intelligent agents become more common in enterprise environments, AI security is quickly becoming an important extension of traditional cybersecurity skills.

The CY0-001 exam focuses on both sides of AI security: protecting AI-enabled systems from emerging attacks and using AI technologies to improve cybersecurity operations. Candidates should understand core AI concepts, security controls for AI models and data, AI-assisted security workflows, and governance, risk, and compliance requirements.

What Does the CY0-001 Exam Cover?

The CompTIA SecAI+ exam is organized into four major knowledge areas:

• Basic AI Concepts Related to Cybersecurity – AI, machine learning, generative AI, LLMs, prompt engineering, training concepts, RAG, and the AI life cycle.
• Securing AI Systems – prompt injection, jailbreaking, data poisoning, model poisoning, model theft, access control, encryption, guardrails, prompt firewalls, monitoring, and AI threat modeling.
• AI-Assisted Security – using AI for vulnerability analysis, anomaly detection, incident response, threat modeling, security automation, code analysis, and other cybersecurity activities.
• AI Governance, Risk, and Compliance – responsible AI, privacy, risk management, organizational AI policies, NIST AI RMF, the EU AI Act, and other governance considerations.

Who Should Prepare for CompTIA SecAI+?

CY0-001 is particularly relevant to cybersecurity analysts, security engineers, SOC professionals, cloud security specialists, application security engineers, security architects, AI security professionals, and governance or risk specialists who are beginning to work with AI-enabled systems.

Students and early-career professionals can also use the SecAI+ curriculum to build a structured understanding of AI cybersecurity. However, having a foundation in networking, access control, encryption, threat management, vulnerability management, and incident response will make the exam topics easier to understand.