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CompTIA SecurityX CAS-005 · Domain 3: Security engineering

Security automation: scripting (PowerShell, Python, Bash), SOAR playbooks, infrastructure as code and configuration drift

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Security teams face more alerts, systems and changes than people can handle by hand. Automation makes routine work fast and consistent, frees analysts for judgment calls and reduces human error. It also amplifies mistakes, so it needs the same care as any production code.

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