What Is CompTIA SecOT+?

Overview

CompTIA SecOT+ is a CompTIA credential. Secure OT and industrial control systems across safety, risk, architecture, operations, and incident response. This PathKey™ guide summarizes the domains, format, cost signals, eligibility, and renewal pattern so you can decide before you book. Accumentum is a CompTIA Authorized Training Partner and an Army CA and Air Force COOL Approved Vendor. CompTIA sets exam content, fees, and policies.

Accumentum is a CompTIA Authorized Training Partner and an Army CA and Air Force COOL Approved Vendor. CompTIA sets exam content, fees, and policies.

Who it is for

• OT and ICS security engineers who protect control systems in plants, utilities, and facilities.
• Control system engineers and automation technicians taking on cybersecurity duties.
• IT security professionals moving into OT who already have years of OT exposure.

Exam domains

Weights follow the official outline.

1. 01

   OT Systems and Safety Foundations

   Apply safety techniques on the job, including lockout and tagout, job safety analysis, PPE, hazard identification, and safety meetings, Explain what makes OT different, including IT and OT convergence, the roles of PLCs, HMIs, and SCADA systems, and the critical infrastructure sectors, and Describe control theory concepts such as control logic, set points, inputs and outputs, timers, process variables, and control languages.

2. 02

   OT Risk Management

   Connect governance, risk, and compliance to security goals, operational goals, and business continuity, Run cybersecurity program management with risk registers, maturity assessments, roadmaps, RACI charts, SLAs, training, and documentation, and Apply risk assessment frameworks and methods, scope assessments, and choose controls and treatment options.

3. 03

   OT Threat Intelligence

   Identify intelligence types and use frameworks such as the Diamond Model, MITRE ATT&CK, and the Cyber Kill Chain, Study historical OT events such as Stuxnet and Industroyer and what they teach defenders, and Describe OT threat actors, attack vectors, vulnerabilities, and techniques.

4. 04

   OT Cybersecurity Architecture, Design, and Engineering

   Apply least privilege, compartmentalization, resilience, auditability, interoperability, and defense in depth, Evaluate physical security, including access control, surveillance, barriers, and inspections, and Select hardware, host, and application controls such as secure boot, TPM, firmware updates, port management, endpoint protection, OS benchmarks, code signing, and patching.

5. 05

   OT Security Operations

   Maintain asset and software inventories, discovery processes, and configuration management, Analyze logs, threat hunting artifacts, SIEM, SOAR, and security management data, and Prioritize, test, and coordinate vulnerability remediation and patching in OT.

6. 06

   OT Incident Management

   Use incident management frameworks including the PICERL model and ICS4ICS, Combine cyber and physical response with escalation, notification, and mutual aid, and Build and update response plans and playbooks and run exercises.

Exam format and cost

Questions

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Duration

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Format

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Passing score

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Cost

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Delivery

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Languages

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Experience and eligibility

CompTIA recommends 3+ years of hands-on work in OT environments. CompTIA recommends 2+ years implementing OT cybersecurity solutions.

Renewal

Renewal rules for CompTIA SecOT+ are set by CompTIA. Many credentials use a multi-year cycle with continuing education, a renewal fee, or a newer exam. Confirm the current cycle on the vendor site.

Roles this credential fits

• OT safety and systems, OT risk management, OT threat intelligence, secure OT architecture, OT security operations, and OT incident management, following the published CompTIA SecOT+ V1 SOT-001 objectives.
• Cybersecurity
• Teams standardizing on this credential for hiring or compliance

Official sources

• CompTIA certifications

Always confirm fees, dates, and eligibility on the vendor site before you register. Vendors change outlines and prices without notice.