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Cybersecurity Academy

Learning paths from fundamentals to specialist skills

15 learning-path outlines covering SOC operations, threat hunting, forensics, web and cloud security, and more — use them to plan what to learn next.

Learning paths

Beginner

Pre-Security Fundamentals

Build the foundation every analyst needs: Linux, Windows, networking, and command-line basics.

LinuxWindowsNetworkingCLI
Beginner

Security Operations Basics

Understand how a modern SOC works — SIEM, log analysis, and alert triage fundamentals.

SIEMLog AnalysisAlert Triage
Intermediate

SOC Analyst Level 1

Detection, triage, and escalation skills for entry-level SOC analyst roles.

DetectionTriageEscalationLabs
Advanced

Advanced SOC & Threat Hunting

Proactive threat hunting and APT analysis using hypothesis-driven investigation.

Threat HuntingAPTHypotheses
Intermediate

Threat Intelligence

OSINT, IOC extraction, and threat actor profiling to power proactive defense.

OSINTIOCsActor Profiling
Intermediate

Alert Investigation Specialist

Deep dive into alert investigation and correlation across multiple data sources.

CorrelationEnrichmentTimelines
Advanced

Digital Forensics & Incident Response

DFIR, disk forensics, and memory analysis for real incident response.

DFIRDiskMemory
Intermediate

Network Security & Traffic Analysis

Wireshark, IDS, and network monitoring to detect intrusions on the wire.

WiresharkIDSPCAP
Advanced

AI Security

Prompt injection, RAG exploitation, and LLM security for the AI-driven era.

Prompt InjectionRAGLLM
Advanced

Advanced Wireless & IoT Hacking

WiFi pentesting and IoT exploitation across modern wireless protocols.

WiFiIoTRF
Advanced

SOC Analyst Level 2

Advanced SOC operations and malware analysis for senior blue teamers.

Malware AnalysisAdvanced SOC
Advanced

WAF Mastery

Web Application Firewall bypass and rule analysis from both sides.

WAFBypassRules
Intermediate

GRC & Compliance

ISO 27001, NIST, SOC 2, and GDPR compliance for governance-focused roles.

ISO 27001NISTSOC 2GDPR
Advanced

Web App Penetration Testing

SQL injection, XSS, SSRF, and a full pentest methodology from recon to report.

SQLiXSSSSRFMethodology
Advanced

Cloud Security

AWS, Kubernetes, and container security for cloud-native defense.

AWSKubernetesContainers

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