◢ Career Paths

Don't buy a course. Follow a path to a job.

A career path sequences the right certifications, in the right order, with a capstone, so you finish ready for a named, in-demand role. One enrollment, one focus: career readiness.

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A guided journey, not a pile of courses.

How a path works.

1 · Sequenced certifications

The exact programs to take, in the order that builds real competence. No guesswork.

2 · A capstone

Finish by building an end-to-end portfolio piece employers and recruiters can actually see.

3 · A named role

Every path points at a specific, in-demand job title, and the skills to land it.

Choose your path

Every role, grouped by category.

The paths below are live and enrollable today, each bundling its certifications below the price of buying them separately. Roles marked “coming soon” are on the roadmap.

Cybersecurity & GRC

5 live

Outcome → Security ArchitectAdvanced

Security Architect Path

Senior engineers ready to design security into whole systems: set the principles, choose the patterns, and align architecture to business risk.

Apply security architecture principles and frameworks like SABSA and zero trust
Design secure network, cloud, and identity architectures grounded in threat modeling
Build enterprise security patterns, standards, and a multi-year roadmap

$1,100 or 3× $367

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The journey

1
Security Architecture Foundations
Principles, zero trust, and frameworks
2
Designing Secure Systems
Threat model and design securely
3
Enterprise Security Architecture
Patterns, governance, and roadmaps
Capstone: architect a secure enterprise system
A reference architecture with a threat model, control patterns, and a phased security roadmap

Outcome → Cybersecurity ManagerAdvanced

Cybersecurity Manager Path

Analysts and leads stepping up to run the security function: build the team, manage the program, and speak the language of the business.

Build and lead a security team and structure a security program
Manage security operations, risk, metrics, and budgets
Set strategy, brief executives, and lead through major incidents

$1,200 or 3× $400

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The journey

1
Cybersecurity Management Foundations
The manager's role and the program
2
Managing Security Operations & Risk
Operations, risk, metrics, budgets
3
Security Leadership & Strategy
Strategy, the board, and incident leadership
Capstone: lead a security program
A program plan with team structure, a risk-based roadmap, a metrics dashboard, and an executive briefing

Outcome → Application Security EngineerAdvanced

Application Security Engineer Path

Developers and security engineers who want to build security into software: model threats, write secure code, and stand up an application security program.

Threat model a system with STRIDE and prioritize the risks that matter
Catch vulnerabilities early with SAST, DAST, and software composition analysis
Stand up an application security program with CI/CD gates and clear metrics

$1,050 or 3× $350

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The journey

1
Application Security Foundations
Secure SDLC and threat modeling
2
Secure Coding & Security Testing
Secure code, SAST, DAST, and SCA
3
Building an AppSec Program
Shift left and scale the program
Capstone: secure a real application end to end
A threat model, a set of remediated findings, and an application security program plan with CI/CD gates and metrics

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Outcome → Threat Hunter / Detection EngineerAdvanced

Threat Hunter & Detection Engineer Path

Experienced defenders ready to hunt what slips past the tools and engineer the detections that catch it next time.

Run hypothesis-driven hunts using the hunt loop and ATT&CK-driven questions
Write, test, and tune detections as code and cut false positives with confidence
Emulate adversaries and hunt across cloud and identity with behavioral analytics

$1,200 or 3× $400

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1
Threat Hunting Foundations
Hypothesis-driven hunting and the hunt loop
2
Detection Engineering
Detections as code, tested and tuned
3
Advanced Hunting & Analytics
Behavioral analytics and adversary emulation
Capstone: hunt, detect, and validate
A hunt hypothesis worked to a finding, a tuned detection rule, and an emulation test that proves it fires

Outcome → Vulnerability ResearcherAdvanced

Vulnerability Researcher Path

Deeply curious people who want to understand why software fails and help fix it at the source, working inside authorized scope and responsible disclosure. The most technical route in this catalog.

Run structured research safely in an isolated lab
Analyze how a weakness actually works, and prove it responsibly
Follow coordinated disclosure and the CVE process correctly
Work bug bounty and research programs within legal boundaries

$1,399 or 3× $499

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The journey

1
Cybersecurity Foundations
The core concepts and landscape every security role stands on.
2
Professional Certificate in Vulnerability Management
Know the defender's lifecycle before you go looking for new weaknesses.
3
Professional Certificate in Vulnerability Research & Disclosure
Research methodology, safe lab practice, coordinated disclosure, bug bounty and the legal boundaries.
4
CompTIA PenTest+ Prep
Authorized testing methodology, scoping and reporting.
Capstone: research and disclosure portfolio
A documented research write-up and a coordinated disclosure package.

Federal & Defense

1 live

Outcome → Federal Cloud Security SpecialistAdvanced

Federal Cloud Security Specialist Path

Cloud and security engineers who want to secure and authorize federal workloads under FedRAMP, FISMA, and the Risk Management Framework.

Map how FedRAMP, FISMA, and the RMF govern a federal cloud system
Secure government cloud workloads with FIPS 140 encryption and boundary protection
Run the RMF for a cloud system through to an authorization to operate

$1050 or 3× $350

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The journey

1
Federal Cloud Security Foundations
FedRAMP, FISMA, and the RMF
2
Securing Federal Cloud Workloads
Harden GovCloud and Azure Gov
3
Federal Cloud Compliance & RMF
RMF through to an ATO
Capstone: authorize a federal cloud system
A secured reference architecture with an authorization boundary, control inheritance, and an RMF package to an ATO

AI & Emerging Technology

3 live

Outcome → Machine Learning EngineerAdvanced

Machine Learning Engineer Path

Software and data professionals who want to build, train, and ship machine learning models to production.

Frame an ML problem and engineer features from raw data
Build, train, tune, and validate models without overfitting
Deploy and serve models and monitor them for drift

$1100 or 3× $367

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The journey

1
Machine Learning Engineering Foundations
The ML lifecycle and features
2
Building & Training ML Models
Train, tune, and validate
3
Deploying & Serving ML Models
Serve and monitor for drift
Capstone: build and deploy an ML model
A trained and validated model with a serving API and a drift-monitoring plan

Outcome → MLOps EngineerAdvanced

MLOps Engineer Path

Engineers who want to automate and operate the machine learning lifecycle at production scale.

Apply MLOps practices and the maturity model to real ML systems
Build automated pipelines with feature stores, tracking, and a model registry
Operate models in production: monitoring, retraining, and governance

$1150 or 3× $383

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The journey

1
MLOps Foundations
MLOps and the maturity model
2
ML Pipelines & Automation
Pipelines, registries, CI/CD
3
Production ML Operations
Monitor, retrain, govern
Capstone: build an MLOps pipeline
An automated training-to-serving pipeline with experiment tracking, a model registry, and production monitoring

Outcome → AI Security EngineerAdvanced

AI Security Engineer Path

Engineers who want to build the defenses that keep AI and LLM systems safe in production.

Threat model AI architectures and secure the model development lifecycle
Build guardrails, adversarial robustness, and secure retrieval into AI systems
Secure the ML pipeline: registries, CI/CD, and model provenance

$1100 or 3× $367

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The journey

1
AI Security Engineering Foundations
Secure ML lifecycle and threat modeling
2
Building AI Defenses
Guardrails, robustness, secure RAG
3
Securing the ML Pipeline
MLOps security and provenance
Capstone: engineer defenses for an AI system
A secured reference design with guardrails, adversarial hardening, and a secured ML pipeline

Cloud & DevOps

4 live

Outcome → DevSecOps EngineerAdvanced

DevSecOps Engineer Path

Engineers who want to build security into the delivery pipeline without slowing it down.

Shift security left across the development lifecycle and CI/CD
Embed SAST, DAST, SCA, secrets, and image scanning in the pipeline
Secure cloud-native delivery: Kubernetes, supply chain, and runtime

$1000 or 3× $333

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The journey

1
DevSecOps Foundations
Shift left and the secure SDLC
2
Security in the Pipeline
Scanning and policy as code
3
Securing Cloud-Native Delivery
K8s, supply chain, runtime
Capstone: secure a delivery pipeline
A pipeline with automated security gates, supply-chain protections, and a policy-as-code and runtime-security plan

Outcome → Platform EngineerAdvanced

Platform Engineer Path

Senior engineers who want to build the internal platforms that make other teams fast.

Explain platform engineering, golden paths, and developer experience
Build an internal developer platform with self-service and paved roads
Operate a platform as a product: reliability, cost, and adoption

$1050 or 3× $350

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The journey

1
Platform Engineering Foundations
IDPs, golden paths, DevEx
2
Building Developer Platforms
Self-service and paved roads
3
Operating Platforms at Scale
Reliability, cost, adoption
Capstone: design an internal developer platform
A platform design with golden paths, self-service provisioning, and a platform-as-a-product plan with adoption metrics

Outcome → Cloud Security EngineerAdvanced

Cloud Security Engineer Path

Security engineers who want to secure cloud environments and run cloud security operations.

Apply the cloud security model, IAM, and cloud security posture management
Secure cloud workloads: network, containers, secrets, and encryption
Run cloud security operations: detection, response, and compliance

$1050 or 3× $350

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The journey

1
Cloud Security Foundations
Cloud security model and CSPM
2
Securing Cloud Workloads
Network, containers, secrets
3
Cloud Security Operations
Detection, response, compliance
Capstone: secure a cloud environment
A cloud security posture assessment with hardened workloads, and a detection, response, and compliance plan

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Outcome → Cloud Solutions ArchitectAdvanced

Cloud Solutions Architect Path

Senior engineers ready to design cloud solutions that scale, stay resilient, and fit the business.

Apply the well-architected framework and core architecture patterns
Design for scale, resilience, and cost, and plan cloud migrations
Set up governance and landing zones and defend architecture trade-offs

$1100 or 3× $367

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The journey

1
Cloud Architecture Foundations
Well-architected and patterns
2
Designing Cloud Solutions
Scale, resilience, cost, migration
3
Cloud Architecture in Practice
Governance, landing zones, trade-offs
Capstone: architect a cloud solution
A reference architecture with a well-architected review, a migration plan, and documented trade-offs

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