SecurityX, formerly CASP+: what the rename changed

Every figure below was read off CompTIA’s own pages on October 2, 2026, and each is linked to the page it came from.

What the rename changed, and what it did not

CompTIA announced the change in its post Introducing SecurityX: CASP+ Gets an Update and Rebrand. The CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP+) became CompTIA SecurityX, part of what CompTIA calls its Xpert series of advanced certifications. The new name arrived with a new exam version: V5 replaced the CASP+ V4 exam.

CompTIA’s post says the name change does not affect the certification status of current CASP+ holders or the continuing education program. Active CASP+ holders get a notification to download the updated SecurityX badge, and can download a new certificate and transcript in CertMetrics that shows the new name.

CompTIA also says the target candidate did not move. SecurityX is still designed around senior security engineer and security architect work, and still aimed at someone with 10 years of IT experience and 5 years of security experience. CompTIA describes it as a natural progression from the job roles aligned to Security+.

The SecurityX exam today

Two things stand out. First, CompTIA’s SecurityX page says the exam is scored pass/fail only, with no scaled score. Security+ reports a scaled score, so a SecurityX result will not look like your Security+ result did. Second, the experience is a recommendation. CompTIA lists it as recommended experience, not a requirement you have to prove before you sit the exam.

CASP+ V4 vs SecurityX V5: the domain weights

CompTIA’s rebrand post maps each SecurityX domain to its CASP+ equivalent. The four areas are the same. The weights are not:

Security engineering is now the largest domain at 31 percent, up from 26 percent, and governance, risk, and compliance grew from 15 to 20 percent. Security operations went the other way, from 30 to 22 percent. The exam page’s objectives summary shows what fills those domains now: automation and scripting with infrastructure as code and generative AI under engineering, post-quantum cryptography under advanced cryptography, and zero trust, SASE, and cloud control strategies under architecture.

The practical point for anyone studying: if your material was written for CASP+ V4, it was built for different weights and 5 more objectives than the current exam has. Study against the CAS-005 objectives, not a CASP+ book.

Renewing SecurityX, and what earning it renews

SecurityX runs on CompTIA’s standard three year cycle. To renew through continuing education you need 75 CEUs, per CompTIA’s SecurityX renewal page and its CEU totals table, plus a CE fee of $150 for the three year period, per its renewal fee table. CompTIA lists outside certifications that count for the full 75 CEUs, including CISSP, CISM, CISA, CRISC, CGRC, and CCIE Security.

SecurityX also sits at the top of CompTIA’s renewal chain. Its higher-level certification table says earning SecurityX fully renews CySA+, PenTest+, Security+, Network+, and A+. CompTIA notes that the renewed certifications take on the expiration date of the higher-level one. If you hold Security+ and CySA+ and pass SecurityX, all three move to one date. For Security+ specifics, see our Security+ renewal guide.

Should you take SecurityX?

It fits people already doing senior security engineering or architecture work who want a hands-on, vendor neutral credential at that level, and people who need an advanced certification but cannot yet document the years that CISSP and some others require. If you are choosing between SecurityX and CISSP or the other options at that tier, our IAT Level III certification guide compares the experience rules, formats, and upkeep side by side. The SecurityX certification page has the full exam details.

FAQ

Studying for CAS-005? Our SecurityX course follows the current objectives, and the first module, Governance, risk, and compliance, is free with a free account. Start there and see whether the level fits before you book the exam.