- Foundation & IT Core
How computers, operating systems, networks and the command line work.
- Networking & Infrastructure
Network+ ground: addressing, routing, switching, services and troubleshooting.
- Systems & Identity
Linux, Windows and Active Directory: the machines you will investigate.
- Security Principles
Security+ concepts, cryptography, architecture and the jobs behind them.
- Programming & Automation
Python, Bash and PowerShell for analysts, then C and assembly as the bridge to reverse engineering.
- Detection & Security Engineering
Logs, SIEM, detection engineering, hardening and cloud: the tooling that runs a SOC.
- SOC Investigation & IR
Work the alert queue: triage, phishing, web and endpoint investigations, incident response and forensics.
- Threat Intel & Hunting
Turn indicators into intelligence, then hunt for what your alerts missed.
- Malware & Reverse Engineering
Static and dynamic analysis, YARA, then real reverse engineering.
