Cybersecurity - useful links, Training and Certs¶

Collection of links and resources that could be useful if you are looking to get into Cybersecurity.

Intro to Cyber¶

Cisco Skills for all - Fair amount of free content, certs and badges.
Career path - Junior Cybersecurity Analyst
Rangeforce - Cybersecurity Essentials
Security Analyst Induction - WA Cyber Security Unit (DGOV Technical)

Gamified/CTF¶

Some gamified learning platforms for learning and tinkering.

tryhackme Has loads their new soc pathways are pretty good.
Kusto Detective Agency KQL is a query language used in Azure Sentinel and Defender. see Rod Trent's MustLearnKQL for more
hackthebox Gamified pen testing labs and learning.

SOC Analyst¶

Microsoft Tooling¶

MS Exams can be taken online or in person. The training is free but the exams do cost money. If you keep an eye out for MS events such as Ignite, they will often have free or discounted exam vouchers.

CompTIA¶

Fairly common to see CompTIA certs listed as a requirement on job listings.

Professor Messer Youtube
CompTIA A+ Pretty generalist and wouldnt be needed if you come from a support background.
ComptTIA Security+
CompTIA Network+

GIAC¶

I've listed the GIAC certs that look interesting, but there are a lot more.

SANS¶

Other Tooling¶

Google¶

Google Security Engineer learning path Google Professional Cloud Security Engineer

Cybersecurity - useful links, Training and Certs¶

Intro to Cyber¶

Gamified/CTF¶

SOC Analyst¶

Microsoft Tooling¶

CompTIA¶

GIAC¶

SANS¶

Other Tooling¶

Google¶

AWS¶

Other links etc¶

News & Blogs¶

Podcasts¶

Advisories¶