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CompTIA SecOT+ V1 (SOT-001)
CompTIA SecOT+ validates the skills to secure operational technology: safety and control fundamentals, OT risk management, OT threat intelligence, secure OT architecture and engineering, OT security operations, and incident management in industrial environments.
What you get
Papers are cut from the bank and weighted like the real exam, and no question appears in two of them. Every wrong answer comes back on later days until you have it right.
What the exam covers
| OT Systems and Safety Foundations | 14% |
| OT Risk Management | 17% |
| OT Threat Intelligence | 14% |
| OT Cybersecurity Architecture, Design, and Engineering | 18% |
| OT Security Operations | 22% |
| OT Incident Management | 15% |
Two sample questions
1. Which source carries device and firewall events to a collector in a standard message format?
- Historian
- Syslog — correct
- Ladder logic
- Shift notes
Why: Network devices commonly send events using syslog to a central collector.
2. In OT, what is a change window usually tied to?
- A planned outage of the process — correct
- The vendor's quarterly sales cycle
- The start of each new financial year
- The date of the last external audit
Why: Changes in OT are usually scheduled in windows tied to planned outages.
The real SOT-001 exam
| Length | Not yet published (CompTIA lists it as TBD) |
|---|---|
| Questions | Not yet published (CompTIA lists it as TBD); multiple-choice and performance-based |
| Pass mark | Not yet published (CompTIA lists it as TBD) |
| Price | Purchased per attempt through Pearson VUE |
| Recommended before you sit it | None enforced. CompTIA recommends 3+ years of hands-on work in OT environments and 2+ years implementing OT cybersecurity solutions. |
| Valid for | 3 years, renewable through continuing education |
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