Beginner
Cyber Security Analyst learning path
Start with how attacks and defences work, add Linux and networking context, then practise offensive security in Cisco's ethical hacking course.
- Courses
- 5
- Time
- 3–5 months part-time
- About 84 hrs by provider estimates
- Free certificates
- 5
- Cost
- Free
- Certificates may cost extra where noted
The steps
0 of 5 steps done
Cisco Networking Academy
Introduction to CybersecurityThe landscape, with a free Cisco badge.
6 hrsBeginnerFree certificate
IBM SkillsBuild
Cybersecurity FundamentalsThreats, cryptography and defence from IBM.
Self-pacedBeginnerFree certificate
Harvard Online
CS50's Introduction to CybersecurityHarvard's practical security course.
Self-pacedBeginnerFree certificate
Cisco Networking Academy
NDG Linux UnhatchedThe command line security work runs on.
8 hrsBeginnerFree certificate
Cisco Networking Academy
Ethical HackerHands-on ethical hacking to finish.
70 hrsIntermediateFree certificate