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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.

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.

1

Cybersecurity & GRC

7 live
Outcome → Incident Response / DFIR AnalystIntermediate

Incident Response & DFIR Analyst Path

Analysts who want to run toward the incident: detect, investigate, and recover from real attacks, and stand up the forensic evidence behind them.

  • Run an incident end to end against the NIST SP 800-61 lifecycle, from declaration to lessons learned
  • Acquire and analyze disk, memory, and network evidence with a defensible chain of custody
  • Contain and recover from ransomware, business email compromise, and insider incidents, then write the report

$1,000 or 3× $333

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The journey

  1. 1

    Incident Response Foundations

    The NIST SP 800-61 lifecycle end to end

  2. 2

    Digital Forensics Essentials

    Acquire and analyze digital evidence

  3. 3

    Incident Response in Practice

    Work real incidents from alert to report

  4. Capstone: run a live incident end to end

    Forensic timeline, a containment and eradication plan, and a full incident report

Outcome → Threat Intelligence AnalystIntermediate

Threat Intelligence Analyst Path

Analysts who want to understand the adversary: collect, analyze, and produce intelligence that tells defenders what is coming and why.

  • Drive the intelligence lifecycle and separate short-lived indicators from durable adversary TTPs
  • Collect from OSINT, commercial feeds, and the dark web, then apply structured analytic techniques without bias
  • Write finished intelligence products and share them with STIX, TAXII, and MISP

$1,000 or 3× $333

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The journey

  1. 1

    Cyber Threat Intelligence Foundations

    The lifecycle and the core models

  2. 2

    Threat Intelligence Collection & Analysis

    Collect, then analyze without bias

  3. 3

    Producing & Sharing Threat Intelligence

    Produce and share finished intel

  4. Capstone: produce a threat intelligence report

    A finished intelligence product with a collection plan, the analysis, and dissemination in STIX and TAXII

Outcome → ISO 27001 Implementer / AuditorIntermediate

ISO 27001 Path

Those who want to build and audit an ISO 27001 ISMS: a globally recognized route into GRC and information-security management.

  • Define an ISMS scope, run an ISO risk assessment and build the risk treatment plan
  • Write a defensible Statement of Applicability across the ISO 27002 controls
  • Plan and run internal audits to ISO 19011: findings, nonconformities and CAPA

$1,199 or 3× $439

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The journey

  1. 1

    Cybersecurity Foundations

    The core concepts & landscape

  2. 2

    GRC Analyst Certification

    Governance, risk & compliance core

  3. 3

    ISO 27001 Internal Auditor

    Audit against Annex A

  4. Capstone: ISMS package

    Scope, risk assessment, SoA and an internal audit report

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Outcome → IT AuditorIntermediate

IT Auditor Path

Analysts and audit staff who want to plan and run IT audits across NIST, ISO, SOX and COBIT.

  • Plan a risk-based IT audit: objectives, scope and test plans
  • Test ITGCs (access, change, operations) and gather defensible evidence
  • Write findings with root cause and present them to leadership

$1,199 or 3× $439

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The journey

  1. 1

    Cybersecurity Foundations

    The core concepts & landscape

  2. 2

    IT Audit & Controls Fundamentals

    Control design & testing

  3. 3

    ISO 27001 Internal Auditor

    Audit against a framework

  4. 4

    SOC 2 Readiness

    Trust Services controls

  5. Capstone: audit portfolio

    Audit plan, test scripts, findings memo and report

Outcome → Vulnerability Management EngineerIntermediate

Vulnerability Engineer Path

Methodical people who want a hands-on defensive security career finding, prioritizing and driving out weakness across an entire estate, no prior security job required.

  • Discover and inventory an organization's full attack surface
  • Scan safely and prioritize by real exploitability, not raw score
  • Drive remediation with owners and prove risk went down
  • Engineer the scanning, data and automation platform behind the program

$1,199 or 3× $439

Save $298 vs. courses separately

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The journey

  1. 1

    Cybersecurity Foundations

    The core concepts and landscape every security role stands on.

  2. 2

    Professional Certificate in Vulnerability Management

    The full lifecycle: discovery, scanning, prioritization, remediation, metrics.

  3. 3

    Professional Certificate in Vulnerability Engineering

    Build the platform: data engineering, automation, cloud, containers and operational technology.

  4. 4

    CompTIA Security+ Prep

    The baseline credential most employers screen for.

  5. Capstone: exposure management program

    A full program pack: prioritization model, SLA matrix, automation plan and metrics.

Outcome → Vulnerability AnalystIntermediate

Vulnerability Analyst Path

The on-ramp into defensive security: methodical people who want to find weaknesses, chase them down with owners and prove the risk went away. No prior security job needed.

  • Build an asset inventory and prove scan coverage
  • Run credentialed scans safely without disrupting operations
  • Triage findings and separate real risk from noise
  • Track remediation to verified closure with owners

$999 or 3× $369

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The journey

  1. 1

    Cybersecurity Foundations

    The core concepts and landscape every security role stands on.

  2. 2

    Professional Certificate in Vulnerability Management

    The full lifecycle: discovery, scanning, prioritization, remediation, metrics.

  3. 3

    CompTIA Security+ Prep

    The baseline credential most employers screen for.

  4. Capstone: vulnerability program pack

    Asset coverage map, prioritization model, SLA matrix and remediation workflow.

Outcome → Identity & Access AnalystIntermediate

Identity Analyst Path

Organized people, often coming from the service desk, who want into one of security's most in-demand specialisms without needing to code.

  • Explain identity, accounts, credentials and entitlements precisely
  • Run the joiner-mover-leaver lifecycle end to end
  • Support single sign-on and multi-factor authentication in production
  • Run access reviews that satisfy auditors

$999 or 3× $369

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The journey

  1. 1

    Cybersecurity Foundations

    The core concepts and landscape every security role stands on.

  2. 2

    Professional Certificate in Identity & Access Management

    Authentication, access models, directories, single sign-on and the identity lifecycle.

  3. 3

    Microsoft SC-300 Prep

    The identity administrator credential employers name directly.

  4. Capstone: identity foundation pack

    Role model, joiner-mover-leaver workflow and an access review plan.

2

Federal & Defense

3 live
Outcome → FedRAMP AnalystIntermediate

FedRAMP Analyst Path

GRC professionals who want to take cloud services through FedRAMP: learn the program, the controls, and the assessment that earns an authorization.

  • Explain the FedRAMP program, impact levels, and authorization paths
  • Apply NIST 800-53 control baselines and document them in a System Security Plan
  • Support a third-party assessment and run continuous monitoring with a POA&M

$950 or 3× $317

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The journey

  1. 1

    FedRAMP Foundations

    The program, impact levels, and roles

  2. 2

    FedRAMP Controls & NIST 800-53

    800-53 baselines and the SSP

  3. 3

    FedRAMP Assessment & Continuous Monitoring

    Assessment, POA&M, and ConMon

  4. Capstone: prepare a cloud service for FedRAMP

    A tailored control baseline, a System Security Plan outline, and a continuous monitoring plan with a POA&M

Outcome → CMMC Practitioner / ConsultantIntermediate

CMMC Practitioner & Consultant Path

GRC professionals who want to guide defense contractors through CMMC: master NIST 800-171 and run assessments that hold up.

  • Explain the CMMC 2.0 program, its levels, and the assessment ecosystem
  • Apply the NIST SP 800-171 controls and assessment objectives in depth
  • Run a readiness assessment and guide a client through to certification

$950 or 3× $317

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The journey

  1. 1

    CMMC Foundations

    CMMC 2.0, levels, and the ecosystem

  2. 2

    NIST 800-171 Controls in Depth

    110 controls and the objectives

  3. 3

    CMMC Assessment & Consulting

    Assess, remediate, and certify

  4. Capstone: run a CMMC readiness engagement

    A scoped assessment with a System Security Plan, a POA&M, and a remediation roadmap to certification

Outcome → ISSO / RMF AnalystIntermediate

Federal & Defense Path

Those targeting U.S. government and defense-contractor roles handling controlled information.

  • Protect CUI and prepare for CMMC L1 & L2 against NIST 800-171
  • Run the NIST RMF end to end (SP 800-37)
  • Perform ISSO duties: SSPs, POA&Ms, continuous monitoring

$1,399 or 4× $379

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The journey

  1. 1

    Cybersecurity Foundations

    The core concepts & landscape

  2. 2

    CMMC Level 1 & 2 Practitioner

    CUI & NIST 800-171

  3. 3

    ISSO Training

    The day-to-day ISSO role

  4. 4

    NIST RMF Implementation

    Categorize → authorize → monitor

  5. Capstone: RMF authorization package

    SSP, POA&M and authorization artifacts

3

AI & Emerging Technology

5 live
Outcome → AI Product ManagerIntermediate

AI Product Manager Path

Product managers and aspiring PMs who want to lead AI products from opportunity to responsible launch.

  • Spot high-value AI opportunities and judge their feasibility
  • Run the AI product lifecycle with data and ML teams and the right metrics
  • Set AI product strategy and ship responsibly with ethics and governance

$950 or 3× $317

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The journey

  1. 1

    AI Product Management Foundations

    The discipline and opportunity ID

  2. 2

    Managing AI Product Development

    Lifecycle, metrics, and AI UX

  3. 3

    AI Product Strategy & Ethics

    Strategy, GTM, responsible AI

  4. Capstone: pitch and plan an AI product

    An AI opportunity assessment, a product plan with success metrics and a data strategy, and a responsible-AI and go-to-market plan

Outcome → AI EngineerIntermediate

AI Engineer Path

Developers who want to build and ship AI-powered products on top of foundation models.

  • Work the modern AI stack and use foundation models through APIs
  • Build AI products with retrieval-augmented generation, agents, and strong evaluation
  • Scale and operate AI systems for cost, latency, safety, and reliability

$1100 or 3× $367

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The journey

  1. 1

    AI Engineering Foundations

    The AI stack and foundation models

  2. 2

    Building AI Products

    RAG, agents, and evaluation

  3. 3

    Scaling & Operating AI Systems

    Cost, safety, and reliability

  4. Capstone: ship an AI product feature

    A working AI feature built on a foundation model, with evaluation, guardrails, and a cost and reliability plan

Outcome → AI Security AnalystIntermediate

AI Security Analyst Path

Security analysts moving into AI: learn how AI systems are attacked, then defend and monitor them.

  • Map the AI attack surface with the OWASP LLM Top 10 and MITRE ATLAS
  • Defend LLM applications against prompt injection, poisoning, and model theft
  • Monitor AI systems in production and respond to AI incidents

$1000 or 3× $333

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The journey

  1. 1

    AI Security Foundations

    The AI attack surface and ATLAS

  2. 2

    Securing AI & LLM Systems

    Defend against prompt injection and more

  3. 3

    AI Security Operations

    Monitor and respond in production

  4. Capstone: secure an LLM application

    A threat model against the OWASP LLM Top 10, a set of guardrails, and a monitoring and incident plan

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Outcome → Generative AI / LLM EngineerIntermediate

Generative AI & LLM Engineer Path

Developers who want to build production applications on large language models, from prompting to deployment.

  • Build with large language models: prompting, context, and the API model
  • Ship retrieval-augmented generation, embeddings, tool use, and agents
  • Take LLM systems to production with evaluation, guardrails, and observability

$1150 or 3× $383

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The journey

  1. 1

    LLM Engineering Foundations

    Prompting, tokens, and the API

  2. 2

    Building LLM Applications

    RAG, embeddings, tools, and agents

  3. 3

    Productionizing LLM Systems

    Eval, guardrails, and deployment

  4. Capstone: build and ship an LLM application

    A working retrieval-augmented application with evaluation, guardrails, and a deployment and observability plan

Outcome → AI Auditor / AI Assurance AnalystIntermediate

AI Auditor & Assurance Analyst Path

Auditors and GRC professionals moving into AI assurance: govern, audit, and assure AI systems against the emerging standards.

  • Apply the NIST AI Risk Management Framework, the EU AI Act, and ISO 42001 to real systems
  • Audit an AI system for bias, explainability, robustness, and data governance
  • Build an AI assurance program and report AI risk to stakeholders

$950 or 3× $317

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The journey

  1. 1

    AI Governance Foundations

    AI RMF, EU AI Act, and ISO 42001

  2. 2

    Auditing AI Systems

    Bias, explainability, and model risk

  3. 3

    AI Assurance & Compliance

    Build the assurance program

  4. Capstone: audit an AI system

    An AI audit plan, a bias and explainability assessment, and an assurance report mapped to the NIST AI Risk Management Framework

4

Cloud & DevOps

5 live
Outcome → DevOps EngineerIntermediate

DevOps Engineer Path

Engineers who want to automate the path from code to production and run it reliably.

  • Apply DevOps culture and the flow from code to production
  • Build CI/CD pipelines with infrastructure as code and containers
  • Run production with Kubernetes, safe deploys, and observability

$1050 or 3× $350

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The journey

  1. 1

    DevOps Foundations

    Culture, flow, and version control

  2. 2

    CI/CD & Automation

    Pipelines, IaC, and Docker

  3. 3

    DevOps in Production

    Kubernetes, safe deploys, SRE

  4. Capstone: build a CI/CD delivery pipeline

    An automated pipeline from commit to production with infrastructure as code, a safe deployment strategy, and monitoring

Outcome → AWS Cloud EngineerIntermediate

AWS Cloud Engineer Path

Engineers who want to build and operate real workloads on Amazon Web Services.

  • Navigate AWS core services and the global infrastructure
  • Build on AWS with compute, storage, networking, and CloudFormation
  • Operate AWS workloads with monitoring, security, cost control, and Well-Architected reviews

$950 or 3× $317

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The journey

  1. 1

    AWS Fundamentals

    Core services and the console

  2. 2

    Building on AWS

    Compute, networking, CloudFormation

  3. 3

    Operating AWS Workloads

    CloudWatch, IAM, cost, scaling

  4. Capstone: build and operate an AWS workload

    A CloudFormation-defined AWS environment with networking, monitoring, security, and a cost and Well-Architected review

Outcome → Azure Cloud EngineerIntermediate

Azure Cloud Engineer Path

Engineers who want to build and operate real workloads on Microsoft Azure.

  • Navigate Azure core services and the global infrastructure
  • Build on Azure with compute, storage, networking, and Bicep
  • Operate Azure workloads with monitoring, security, cost control, and governance

$900 or 3× $300

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The journey

  1. 1

    Azure Cloud Fundamentals

    Core services and the portal

  2. 2

    Building on Azure

    Compute, networking, Bicep

  3. 3

    Operating Azure Workloads

    Azure Monitor, Entra ID, cost

  4. Capstone: build and operate an Azure workload

    A Bicep-defined Azure environment with networking, monitoring, security, and a cost and governance review

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Outcome → Cloud EngineerIntermediate

Cloud Engineer Path

Technical professionals who want to build, automate, and operate cloud infrastructure.

  • Engineer compute, storage, networking, and identity on the cloud
  • Build infrastructure as code with Terraform and automate it
  • Operate reliable systems with monitoring, high availability, and disaster recovery

$1050 or 3× $350

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The journey

  1. 1

    Cloud Engineering Foundations

    Compute, storage, networking, IAM

  2. 2

    Building Cloud Infrastructure

    Terraform, networks, automation

  3. 3

    Cloud Reliability & Operations

    Monitoring, HA, and DR

  4. Capstone: build cloud infrastructure as code

    A Terraform-defined environment with networking, autoscaling, monitoring, and a disaster-recovery plan

Outcome → Cloud Security AnalystIntermediate

Cloud Security Analyst Path

People moving into cloud security and compliance, bringing security or IT awareness into AWS and Azure environments. A practical route that pairs cloud fundamentals with security and governance.

  • Explain cloud architecture and the shared-responsibility model across AWS and Azure
  • Configure identity, posture (CSPM), encryption and logging to secure a cloud environment
  • Map NIST, CMMC, FedRAMP and ISO 27001 controls onto AWS and Azure

$1,199 or 3× $439

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The journey

  1. 1

    Cloud Computing Foundations

    How the cloud works, vendor-neutral

  2. 2

    AWS Cloud Practitioner Prep

    Core AWS, the entry credential

  3. 3

    Microsoft Azure Fundamentals Prep

    Core Azure (AZ-900)

  4. 4

    Cloud Security & Governance

    Secure and govern the cloud

  5. Capstone: secure a cloud environment

    Posture review, IAM, control mapping, evidence pack

5

Data & Analytics

1 live
Outcome → Data EngineerIntermediate

Data Engineer Path

Technical professionals who want to build the pipelines and platforms that power analytics and AI.

  • Explain the modern data stack and pipeline architectures
  • Build ETL and ELT pipelines with orchestration and dbt
  • Run data platforms with warehouses, streaming, and data quality

$1000 or 3× $333

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The journey

  1. 1

    Data Engineering Foundations

    The role and the modern stack

  2. 2

    Building Data Pipelines

    ETL/ELT, Airflow, and dbt

  3. 3

    Data Platforms & Quality

    Warehouses, streaming, quality

  4. Capstone: build a data pipeline

    An orchestrated ETL or ELT pipeline into a warehouse with transformations, tests, and a data-quality plan

6

IT & Infrastructure

1 live
Outcome → Network EngineerIntermediate

Network Engineer Path

Hands-on people who want to build and run the networks everything else depends on. The most durable infrastructure career, and the ladder security roles stand on.

  • Explain how traffic actually moves across a modern network
  • Configure, troubleshoot and document routing and switching
  • Secure the network and support the teams that monitor it
  • Work confidently toward professional-level network certification

$1,199 or 3× $439

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The journey

  1. 1

    CompTIA A+ Prep

    Hardware, operating systems and the fundamentals underneath the network.

  2. 2

    CompTIA Network+ Prep

    Vendor-neutral networking: protocols, topologies, operations and security.

  3. 3

    Cisco CCNA Prep

    The credential employers name most for network roles.

  4. 4

    Cloud Computing Foundations

    Where the network now extends: cloud connectivity and shared responsibility.

  5. Capstone: network build pack

    A documented network design, addressing plan and troubleshooting runbook.

7

Business, People & Delivery

2 live
Outcome → Project ManagerIntermediate

Project Manager Path

Organizers and coordinators who want a portable, well-paid career running projects, in technology or beyond. No technical background required.

  • Run a project from initiation to close with real artifacts
  • Plan scope, schedule, cost, risk and quality credibly
  • Lead stakeholders and communicate status that executives trust
  • Work in predictive, agile and hybrid delivery approaches

$1,199 or 3× $439

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The journey

  1. 1

    Professional Certificate in Project Management

    Run a project end to end: charter, plan, risk, stakeholders, status and closure.

  2. 2

    PMP Certification Prep

    The credential employers name, once you can already run the work.

  3. 3

    ITIL 4 Foundation Prep

    Service management: how the work you deliver gets run and supported.

  4. 4

    Governance & Cybersecurity for Executives

    The risk and governance vocabulary senior stakeholders expect.

  5. Capstone: full project pack

    Charter, plan, risk register, status reporting and closure documents.

Outcome → Scrum MasterIntermediate

Scrum Master Path

People-focused organizers who want to lead agile delivery teams: facilitation, unblocking and continuous improvement rather than command and control.

  • Facilitate every Scrum event so it is actually useful
  • Coach a team through impediments and conflict
  • Partner with a Product Owner on a healthy backlog
  • Show delivery progress with metrics that do not distort behavior

$999 or 3× $369

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The journey

  1. 1

    Professional Certificate in Scrum Master & Agile Delivery

    The Scrum framework, facilitation, coaching, metrics and scaling, taught through a real delivery team.

  2. 2

    PMP Certification Prep

    The wider delivery toolkit, including predictive and hybrid approaches.

  3. 3

    ITIL 4 Foundation Prep

    How delivered work is operated and supported afterwards.

  4. Capstone: agile delivery pack

    A facilitation guide, working agreements, and a delivery metrics dashboard.

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