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Certification pathways.

Where to start, and what comes next. Each track is listed in the order most people take it.

Start in IT

New to IT, students, career shifters

  1. A+ V15 220-1201
  2. Network+ V9 N10-009
  3. Security+ V7 SY0-701

Cybersecurity foundations

Students and entry-level staff

  1. CSCU v3 112-12
  2. Essentials 112-51
  3. ECSS v10 ECSS
  4. CCT 212-82

Blue team: defend and monitor

SOC, NOC and security admins

  1. Security+ V7 SY0-701
  2. CND v3 312-38
  3. CSA v2 312-39
  4. CySA+ V4 CS0-004
  5. CTIA v2 312-85

Incident response and forensics

IR teams and investigators

  1. D|FE 112-53
  2. ECIH v3 212-89
  3. CHFI v11 312-49

Red team: attack and test

Pentesters and red teamers

  1. CEH v13 312-50v13
  2. PenTest+ V3 PT0-003
  3. C|PENT AI CPENT practical

Cloud

Cloud and infrastructure engineers

  1. CLF CLF-C02
  2. Cloud+ V4 CV0-004
  3. SAA SAA-C03
  4. CCSE 312-40

Infrastructure

Sysadmins and DevOps

  1. Network+ V9 N10-009
  2. Linux+ V8 XK0-006
  3. Cloud+ V4 CV0-004

Leadership and architecture

Senior engineers and managers

  1. EDRP v3 312-76
  2. SecurityX V5 CAS-005
  3. CCISO v4 712-50

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