CAREER PATHS · BEGINNER TO JOB-READY
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Guided cybersecurity career paths from beginner to job-ready. Pick a destination, follow the curriculum, and ship with the skills recruiters actually screen for.
Learning paths
Beginner
Beginner Cybersecurity
From zero to your first security cert.
40hDuration
8Skills
12Labs
1,500XP
SKILLS YOU'LL GAIN
Networking BasicsLinux FundamentalsWindows AdminCryptography 101Threat Modeling+3 more
CAREER OUTCOME
Junior Security Analyst · IT Support Specialist
PROGRESS0%
Intermediate
SOC Analyst
Detect, triage, and respond to live threats.
60hDuration
10Skills
18Labs
2,200XP
SKILLS YOU'LL GAIN
SIEM (Splunk)Log AnalysisIncident ResponseMITRE ATT&CKThreat Hunting+5 more
CAREER OUTCOME
SOC Analyst Tier 1 · Detection Engineer
PROGRESS35%
Advanced
Penetration Tester
Break into systems before the bad guys do.
90hDuration
14Skills
24Labs
3,500XP
SKILLS YOU'LL GAIN
Recon & OSINTBurp SuiteMetasploitPrivilege EscalationLateral Movement+9 more
CAREER OUTCOME
Junior Pentester · Red Team Operator
PROGRESS12%
Intermediate
Cloud Security
Secure AWS, Azure, and Kubernetes at scale.
70hDuration
12Skills
20Labs
2,800XP
SKILLS YOU'LL GAIN
AWS IAMS3 SecurityAzure ADKubernetes HardeningContainer Security+7 more
CAREER OUTCOME
Cloud Security Engineer · DevSecOps Engineer
PROGRESS0%
Intermediate
Web Security Specialist
Hunt bugs in modern web applications.
65hDuration
11Skills
22Labs
2,600XP
SKILLS YOU'LL GAIN
OWASP Top 10Burp Suite ProSQL InjectionXSSSSRF+6 more
CAREER OUTCOME
Web App Security Tester · Bug Bounty Hunter
PROGRESS48%
Advanced
Security Engineer
Design and build defensible systems.
100hDuration
16Skills
26Labs
3,800XP
SKILLS YOU'LL GAIN
Secure ArchitectureThreat ModelingZero Trust NetworksPKI & CryptographyIAM Design+11 more
CAREER OUTCOME
Security Engineer · Security Architect
PROGRESS5%
SIDE-BY-SIDE COMPARISON
Weigh them up against each other.
| Path | Duration | Difficulty | Skills |
|---|---|---|---|
Beginner Cybersecurity | 40h | Beginner | 8 |
SOC Analyst | 60h | Intermediate | 10 |
Penetration Tester | 90h | Advanced | 14 |
Cloud Security | 70h | Intermediate | 12 |
Web Security Specialist | 65h | Intermediate | 11 |
Security Engineer | 100h | Advanced | 16 |
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