CCSS-Security Exam Information and Outline
Cohesity Certified Security Specialist
CCSS-Security Exam Syllabus & Study Guide
Before you start practicing with our exam simulator, it is essential to understand the official CCSS-Security exam objectives. This course outline serves as your roadmap, breaking down exactly which technical domains and skills will be tested. By reviewing the syllabus, you can identify your strengths and focus your study time on the areas where you need the most improvement.
The information below reflects the latest 2026 course contents as defined by COHESITY. We provide this detailed breakdown to help you align your preparation with the actual exam format, ensuring there are no surprises on test day. Use this outline as a checklist to track your progress as you move through our practice question banks.
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Exam Code: COH350 - CCSS-Security
Exam Name: Cohesity Certified Security Specialist
Number of Questions: 60
Exam Duration: 90 minutes
Passing Score: 60%
– Network Security
- Demonstrate knowledge of how to control network protocol access
- Describe Cohesity best practices to secure inflight backup data
– System Hardening
- Describe Write Once- Read Many (WORM) storage technology
- Describe Cohesity encryption capabilities
- Demonstrate knowledge of how to reduce the attack surface
- Demonstrate knowledge of how to secure underlying system access
– Security Assessment
- Describe compliance- legal holds and data retention capabilities
- Describe how Cohesity features can protect against attacks
- Describe Zero Trust platform design
- Describe scenarios where third-party solutions are relevant to a secure Cohesity design
- Assess Clean Room Requirements
– User and Access Management
- Describe the options available for multi-factor authentication
- Describe how to configure single sign-on (SSO)
- Describe how to configure or manage role-based access control (RBAC)
- Demonstrate knowledge of Active Directory user authentication best practices
- Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure multitenancy security
- Demonstrate knowledge of how Quorum groups can restrict privileged actions
– Periodic Monitoring- Alerting and Auditing
- Describe Cohesity audit logging capabilities
- Describe the benefits of using remote syslog servers
- Demonstrate knowledge of how to implement monitoring for ransomware or data breaches
- Describe alert notifications on a Cohesity cluster
– Incident Response and Remediation
- Demonstrate knowledge of how to recover from an incident
- Demonstrate knowledge of using a Clean Room to respond to a cyber event
– Secure Data Management
- Demonstrate knowledge of data isolation methods