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CompTIA CySA+ CS0-004 · Domain 4: Reporting & communication

Stakeholder identification and communication: technical teams, system owners, executives

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Security findings only matter if they reach the people who can act on them, in a form they understand. A large part of an analyst's work is communication, and CySA+ tests whether you can identify stakeholders and tailor your message to each. The same vulnerability can be described as a CVE number and a registry value to an administrator, as a risk to online sales to a business owner and as one line in a risk summary to an executive.

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