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Cyber Security Skills Roadmap

Explore this interactive training roadmap to find the right courses for your immediate cyber security skill development and for your long-term career goals. More than 60 courses deliver critical skills in the cyber defense operations, digital forensics, cloud security, penetration testing, and management practice areas of cyber security. You can download a printable version of this roadmap here.

1. BASELINE SKILLSiCourses that impart the baseline skills required of any information security professional, whether active practitioners (Core Techniques) or managers (Security Management).
2. FOCUS JOB ROLESiCourses that prepare professionals for more focused job functions like Monitoring & Detection, Vulnerability Analysis & Pen Testing, or Forensics & Incident Response.
3. CRUCIAL SKILLS, SPECIALIZED ROLESiCourses for critical, advanced skills or specialized roles in information security, including training for developers and ICS/SCADA environments.
Core Techniques
Prevent, Defend, Maintain
2 COURSES
Every Security Professional Should Know
Monitoring & Detection
Intrusion Detection, Monitoring Over Time
2 COURSES
Scan Packets & Networks
Cyber Defense Operations
Harden Specific Defenses
9 COURSES
Target Areas
  • Blue Team Fundamentals
  • Open-Source Intelligence
  • Advanced Security Essentials
  • Cloud Security
  • Windows / Powershell
  • SIEM with Tactical Analytics
Other Advanced Defense Courses
  • Security Architecture & Engineering
  • Critical Controls
  • Defeating Advanced Adversaries
Penetration Testing
Vulnerability Analysis, Ethical Hacking
3 COURSES
Every Pen Tester Should Know
Specialized Penetration Testing
Focused Techniques & Areas
9 COURSES
In-Depth Coverage
Incident Response & Threat Hunting
Host & Network Forensics
3 COURSES
Forensics Professionals Focused on Endpoints
  • Windows Forensics
  • Advanced IR & Threat Hunting
Forensics Professionals Focused on Networks
Threat Intel & Forensics
Specialized Investigative Skills
7 COURSES
Essentials
Malware Analysis & Threat Intelligence
Forensics & Media Exploitation
Cloud Security
Design, Develop, Procure & Deploy
5 COURSES
Every Developer Should Know
Industrial Control Systems
 
4 COURSES
ICS Security Professionals Need
  • ICS / SCADA Security Essentials
  • ICS Defense & Response
  • ICS Cybersecurity In-Depth
NERC Protection
  • NERC Security Essentials
Security Management
Managing Technical Security Operations
2 COURSES
Every Security Manager Should Know
Advanced Management
Advanced Leadership, Audit, Legal
5 COURSES
Management Skills
  • Planning, Policy, Leadership
  • Vulnerability Mgmt & Cloud
  • Project Management
Audit & Legal
  • Introduction to Cyber Security

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