OSSA Exam Information and Outline
Organizational Systems Security Analyst
Syllabus Update Checked on: November 6, 2026
OSSA Exam Syllabus & Study Guide
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official OSSA exam objectives. This course outline serves as your roadmap.
The information below reflects the 2026 syllabus defined by
ThinkSECURE.
Below are complete topics detail with latest syllabus and course outline, that will help you good knowledge about exam objectives and topics that you have to prepare. These contents are covered in questions and answers pool of exam.
- Exam Format
- Practical and written examination
- Security Fundamentals and Attacker Methodology
- Attack phases
- Reconnaissance and Network Mapping
- Scanning tools
- Vulnerability Assessment
- Scanners and analysis
- Exploitation Basics
- Common exploits
- System Hardening
- OS hardening
- Network Defence and Monitoring
- Firewalls and IDS
- Incident Response Basics
- Handling incidents