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501 certifications across 19 domains

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Certification roadmap matrix by domain and level
Level	Cybersecurity	Network Security	IAM & Zero Trust	Networking	Cloud	Security Architecture	GRC / Compliance	Penetration testing	Cloud Security	Security operations	SOC / SecOps	Forensics / DFIR	Pentest / Red Team Entry	Red Team / Exploit Dev	AppSec / DevSecOps	ICS / OT Security	Linux / *nix / OS	Threat Intel / CTI	Management / GRC+
EntryEntry	Security+CompTIA Security+	CNDCertified Network Defender CCTCisco Certified Technician A+CompTIA A+ Network+CompTIA Network+ Security+CompTIA Security+ CSCUEC-Council Certified Secure Computer User ECSSEC-Council Certified Security Specialist FCAFortinet Certified Associate Cybersecurityvia FCF FCFFortinet Certified Fundamentals Cybersecurity NSE 1Fortinet NSE 1 – Network Security Associate NSE 2Fortinet NSE 2 – Evolution of Cybersecurity GFACTGIAC Foundational Cybersecurity Technologies GISFGIAC Information Security Fundamentals CSX-FISACA Cybersecurity Fundamentals CCISC2 Certified in Cybersecurity ITF+IT Fundamentals+ JNCIA-SecJuniper Networks Certified Associate Security MICSMossé Introduction to Cybersecurity PCCETPalo Alto Certified Cybersecurity Entry-level Technician	MS-900Microsoft 365 Fundamentals SC-900Microsoft Security, Compliance and Identity Fundamentals	Network+CompTIA Network+	Cloud Digital LeaderGoogle Cloud Digital Leader AZ-900Microsoft Azure Fundamentals	Security+CompTIA Security+ ECESEC-Council Certified Encryption Specialist CSCUEC-Council Certified Secure Computer User ECSSEC-Council Certified Security Specialist FCFFortinet Certified Fundamentals Cybersecurity NSE 1Fortinet NSE 1 – Network Security Associate NSE 2Fortinet NSE 2 – Evolution of Cybersecurity GISFGIAC Information Security Fundamentals CISSP-ISSAP+ISC² Associate (path to CISSP)via CC CCISC2 Certified in Cybersecurity S-ISFSECO Information Security Foundation TOGAF FdnTOGAF Foundation	COBIT FdnCOBIT Foundation Security+CompTIA Security+ EXIN 27001FEXIN Information Security Foundation (ISO 27001) GISFGIAC Information Security Fundamentals CISSP-ISSAP+ISC² Associate (path to CISSP)via CC CCISC2 Certified in Cybersecurity ITIL FdnITIL 4 Foundation SC-900Microsoft Security, Compliance and Identity Fundamentals ISO 27001 FPECB ISO/IEC 27001 Foundation CAPMProject Management Certified Associate S-ISFSECO Information Security Foundation TOGAF FdnTOGAF Foundation TÜV CyAwareTÜV Cybersecurity Awareness Manager	—	AWS CPAWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Cloud Ess+CompTIA Cloud Essentials+ Cloud+CompTIA Cloud+ EXIN PCAEXIN Professional Cloud Administrator Cloud Digital LeaderGoogle Cloud Digital Leader KCNAKubernetes and Cloud Native Associate LFCTLinux Foundation Certified Cloud Technician LFCALinux Foundation Certified IT Associate MS-900Microsoft 365 Fundamentals AI-900Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals DP-900Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals AZ-900Microsoft Azure Fundamentals SC-900Microsoft Security, Compliance and Identity Fundamentals PCCETPalo Alto Certified Cybersecurity Entry-level Technician	—	CNDCertified Network Defender CCNA CyberOpsCisco CCNA CyberOps (legacy / equivalent) ECSSEC-Council Certified Security Specialist CSAEC-Council Certified SOC Analyst GFACTGIAC Foundational Cybersecurity Technologies CSX-FISACA Cybersecurity Fundamentals MICSMossé Introduction to Cybersecurity OPSWAT OTOPSWAT OT Security Essentials Splunk CUSplunk Core Certified User	—	CREST CPSACREST Practitioner Security Analyst CSTMCyberScheme Team Member EITPEC-Council Introduction to Pen Testing eJPTeLearnSecurity Junior Penetration Tester eJPT v2INE eJPT v2 PJPTPractical Junior Penetration Tester S-EHFSECO Ethical Hacking Foundation	—	ECESEC-Council Certified Encryption Specialist AI-900Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals	Dragos ICSDragos ICS/OT Cybersecurity Essentials ISA CFSISA/IEC 62443 Cybersecurity Fundamentals Specialist OPSWAT OTOPSWAT OT Security Essentials TÜV COSPTÜV Certified OT Security Professional	Apple ACSPApple Certified Support Professional BSD CertBSD Associate A+CompTIA A+ Linux+CompTIA Linux+ Server+CompTIA Server+ EXIN PCAEXIN Professional Cloud Administrator GFACTGIAC Foundational Cybersecurity Technologies ITF+IT Fundamentals+ KCNAKubernetes and Cloud Native Associate LFCTLinux Foundation Certified Cloud Technician LFCALinux Foundation Certified IT Associate LPIC-1Linux Professional Institute Level 1	—	COBIT FdnCOBIT Foundation Cloud Ess+CompTIA Cloud Essentials+ Project+CompTIA Project+ ITIL FdnITIL 4 Foundation PL-900Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals CAPMProject Management Certified Associate TÜV CyAwareTÜV Cybersecurity Awareness Manager
IntermediateIntermediate	CySA+CompTIA Cybersecurity Analystvia Security+ PenTest+CompTIA PenTest+via Security+	CESPCertified Email Security Professional CNDACertified Network Defense Architectvia CND CIOTSPCertNexus Certified IoT Security Practitioner CCSACheck Point Certified Security Administrator CCNACisco Certified Network Associate CCZTCSA Certificate of Competence in Zero Trustvia CCSK eNDPeLearnSecurity Network Defense Professional F5 CAF5 Certified Administrator FCP-NSFortinet FCP Network Securityvia FCA NSE 4Fortinet NSE 4 – FortiGate Security NSE 5Fortinet NSE 5 – FortiManager/FortiAnalyzer GSECGIAC Security Essentials JNCIS-SecJuniper JNCIS Securityvia JNCIA-Sec LPIC-2Linux Professional Institute Level 2via LPIC-1 AZ-700Microsoft Azure Network Engineervia AZ-104 AZ-500Microsoft Azure Security Engineervia AZ-104 Netskope CANetskope Certified Cloud Security Admin PCNSAPalo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Administrator SSCPSystems Security Certified Practitioner TÜV CySecTÜV Cybersecurity Specialist VCP NVVMware VCP – Network Virtualization WatchGuard NSPWatchGuard Network Security Professional	BeyondTrust AdmBeyondTrust Certified Administrator CCZTCSA Certificate of Competence in Zero Trustvia CCSK CyberArk SentryCyberArk Sentry ForgeRock CAForgeRock Certified Access Management Specialist HCP-VaultHashiCorp Certified: Vault Associate Okta AdminOkta Certified Administratorvia Okta Pro Okta ProOkta Certified Professional Ping IdentityPing Certified Professional SaviyntSaviynt Enterprise IAM Certified Saviynt CertSaviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud Certified Varonis CertVaronis Certified Professional	CCNACisco Certified Network Associate	AWS SAAAWS Certified Solutions Architect Associatevia AWS CP	AWS SAAAWS Certified Solutions Architect Associatevia AWS CP AI SafetyCertified AI Security Professional CNDACertified Network Defense Architectvia CND GSECGIAC Security Essentials ISA CDSISA/IEC 62443 Cybersecurity Design Specialistvia ISA CFS SABSA SCFSABSA Chartered Foundation S-ISPSECO Information Security Practitionervia S-ISF SSCPSystems Security Certified Practitioner TÜV CySecTÜV Cybersecurity Specialist	Axonius CAAxonius Certified Administrator CSAMCertified Security Awareness Manager CSCSCertified Security Compliance Specialist COBIT CertCOBIT Certifiedvia COBIT Fdn CCSK v5CSA CCSK v5 CCSKCSA Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge CISA-ECEC-Council Certified Information Security Analyst EXIN 27001PEXIN Information Security Management Professionalvia EXIN 27001F GDPR DPOGDPR Practitioner / DPO GEVAGIAC Enterprise Vulnerability Assessor HIPAA SecHIPAA Security Certified Professional ISA CAPISA/IEC 62443 Cybersecurity Audit Professionalvia ISA CFS MAD SOCAMITRE ATT&CK Defender – SOC Assessment OPSWAT CTOPSWAT Critical Infrastructure Protection Qualys PCQualys PCI Compliance Specialistvia Qualys VMDR Qualys VMDRQualys VMDR Specialist SABSA SCFSABSA Chartered Foundation SaviyntSaviynt Enterprise IAM Certified Saviynt CertSaviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud Certified S-ISPSECO Information Security Practitionervia S-ISF Tanium OperTanium Certified Operator Tenable CNSTenable Certified Nessus Specialist TÜV COSMTÜV Certified OT Security Managervia TÜV COSP	PenTest+CompTIA PenTest+via Security+	AWS DevAWS Certified Developer Associatevia AWS CP AWS SAAAWS Certified Solutions Architect Associatevia AWS CP AWS SysOpsAWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associatevia AWS CP AWS SOA-C02AWS SysOps Administrator Associate v2via AWS CP CKACertified Kubernetes Administrator CKADCertified Kubernetes Application Developer CCSK v5CSA CCSK v5 CCSKCSA Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge CCZTCSA Certificate of Competence in Zero Trustvia CCSK PDSO CDADevSecOps Docker & K8s Assessor EXIN PCDEXIN Professional Cloud Developer FCP-PCSFortinet FCP Public Cloud Securityvia FCA GCLDGIAC Cloud Security Essentials GCP ACOGoogle Associate Cloud Operations GCP ACEGoogle Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer HCP-TerraformHashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate KCSAKubernetes and Cloud Native Security Associatevia KCNA AZ-104Microsoft Azure Administratorvia AZ-900 DP-203Microsoft Azure Data Engineer Associatevia DP-900 DP-100Microsoft Azure Data Scientist Associatevia DP-900 AZ-220Microsoft Azure IoT Developervia AZ-900 AZ-700Microsoft Azure Network Engineervia AZ-104 AZ-500Microsoft Azure Security Engineervia AZ-104 Netskope CANetskope Certified Cloud Security Admin Orca SecurityOrca Cloud Security Associate Qualys CSQualys Cloud Security Specialist RHCSA CntrRed Hat Container Admin Specialistvia RHCSA Rubrik CertRubrik Certified Engineer Snyk CertSnyk Security Certification Veeam VMCEVeeam Certified Engineer VCP DCVVMware VCP – Data Center Virtualization VCP NVVMware VCP – Network Virtualization Wiz CertWiz Cloud Security Certification	CySA+CompTIA Cybersecurity Analystvia Security+	Axonius CAAxonius Certified Administrator BTL1Blue Team Labs Level 1 Symantec CSBroadcom/Symantec DLP Specialist CCOACertified Cybersecurity Operations Analyst CESPCertified Email Security Professional CFRCertNexus CyberSec First Responder CPSA 2Check Point Certified Security Analystvia CCSA Cisco COACisco CyberOps Associate Claroty OTClaroty OT Security Professional CySA+CompTIA Cybersecurity Analystvia Security+ Corelight CACorelight Certified Analyst CREST CPIACREST Practitioner Intrusion Analyst CCFACrowdStrike Certified Falcon Administrator CCFECrowdStrike Certified Falcon Enabled Devo CertDevo Security Operations Certified ECIHEC-Council Certified Incident Handler CISA-ECEC-Council Certified Information Security Analyst CPSAEC-Council Certified Professional Security Analyst Elastic CAElastic Certified Analyst eCIReLearnSecurity Certified Incident Responder eNDPeLearnSecurity Network Defense Professional FCP-SOFortinet FCP Security Operationsvia FCA NSE 5Fortinet NSE 5 – FortiManager/FortiAnalyzer GCWNGIAC Certified Windows Security Administrator GMONGIAC Continuous Monitoring Certification GEVAGIAC Enterprise Vulnerability Assessor GPYCGIAC Python Coder GSECGIAC Security Essentials HTB CDSAHTB Certified Defensive Security Analyst IBM SOCAIBM Cybersecurity Analyst Professional QRadar AdminIBM QRadar SIEM Associate CSX-PISACA CSX Practitioner ArcSight AdmMicro Focus ArcSight Admin MAD SOCAMITRE ATT&CK Defender – SOC Assessment OSDAOffSec Defense Analyst OSIDOffSec SIEM Defender Orca SecurityOrca Cloud Security Associate PCDRAPalo Alto Certified Detection and Remediation Analyst Qualys CSQualys Cloud Security Specialist Qualys PCQualys PCI Compliance Specialistvia Qualys VMDR Qualys VMDRQualys VMDR Specialist Qualys WASQualys Web Application Scanning Specialistvia Qualys VMDR R7 CertifiedRapid7 Certified Specialist Sentinel OneSentinelOne Certified Tech SentinelOneSentinelOne Certified Tech Splunk AdmSplunk Core Certified Adminvia Splunk CPU Splunk CPUSplunk Core Certified Power Uservia Splunk CU SSCPSystems Security Certified Practitioner Tanium OperTanium Certified Operator Tenable CNSTenable Certified Nessus Specialist Tenable SCTenable Certified SC Admin Tenable OTTenable OT Security Professional TÜV ICSTÜV ICS Cybersecurity Analyst Varonis CertVaronis Certified Professional Carbon BlackVMware Carbon Black Associate	BTL1Blue Team Labs Level 1 Cellebrite CACellebrite Certified Analyst CFRCertNexus CyberSec First Responder CHFIComputer Hacking Forensic Investigator Corelight CACorelight Certified Analyst CREST CPIACREST Practitioner Intrusion Analyst ECIHEC-Council Certified Incident Handler eCIReLearnSecurity Certified Incident Responder GCFEGIAC Certified Forensic Examiner MAD DFIRMITRE ATT&CK Defender – DFIR PJMRPractical Junior Malware Researcher PMPAPractical Malware Analysis and Triage	CEHCertified Ethical Hacker CySA+CompTIA Cybersecurity Analystvia Security+ PenTest+CompTIA PenTest+via Security+ eCPPTeLearnSecurity Certified Professional Penetration Testervia eJPT eMAPTeLearnSecurity Mobile Application Penetration Tester eWPTeLearnSecurity Web Penetration Tester GCPEHGIAC Certified Professional Ethical Hacker HTB CBBHHTB Certified Bug Bounty Hunter CSX-PISACA CSX Practitioner KLCPKali Linux Certified Professional MPTMossé Certified Penetration Tester OSWAOffSec Web Assessor R7 CertifiedRapid7 Certified Specialist S-EHPSECO Ethical Hacking Practitionervia S-EHF	PJMRPractical Junior Malware Researcher PMPAPractical Malware Analysis and Triage	AWS DevAWS Certified Developer Associatevia AWS CP AI SafetyCertified AI Security Professional CKADCertified Kubernetes Application Developer DevNet ACisco DevNet Associate PDSO CDADevSecOps Docker & K8s Assessor eMAPTeLearnSecurity Mobile Application Penetration Tester eWPTeLearnSecurity Web Penetration Tester EXIN PCDEXIN Professional Cloud Developer GPYCGIAC Python Coder HCP-TerraformHashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate HCP-VaultHashiCorp Certified: Vault Associate HTB CBBHHTB Certified Bug Bounty Hunter KCSAKubernetes and Cloud Native Security Associatevia KCNA DP-203Microsoft Azure Data Engineer Associatevia DP-900 DP-100Microsoft Azure Data Scientist Associatevia DP-900 OSWAOffSec Web Assessor PDSO CDPPractical DevSecOps Certified Professional Qualys WASQualys Web Application Scanning Specialistvia Qualys VMDR Snyk CertSnyk Security Certification Wiz CertWiz Cloud Security Certification	CIOTSPCertNexus Certified IoT Security Practitioner Claroty OTClaroty OT Security Professional GICSPGIAC Global Industrial Cyber Security Professional ISA CRASISA/IEC 62443 Cyber Risk Assessment Specialistvia ISA CFS ISA CAPISA/IEC 62443 Cybersecurity Audit Professionalvia ISA CFS ISA CDSISA/IEC 62443 Cybersecurity Design Specialistvia ISA CFS AZ-220Microsoft Azure IoT Developervia AZ-900 OPSWAT CTOPSWAT Critical Infrastructure Protection Tenable OTTenable OT Security Professional TÜV COSMTÜV Certified OT Security Managervia TÜV COSP TÜV ICSTÜV ICS Cybersecurity Analyst	AWS SysOpsAWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associatevia AWS CP AWS SOA-C02AWS SysOps Administrator Associate v2via AWS CP CKACertified Kubernetes Administrator DevNet ACisco DevNet Associate GCUXGIAC Certified UNIX Security Administrator GCWNGIAC Certified Windows Security Administrator GCP ACOGoogle Associate Cloud Operations GCP ACEGoogle Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer KLCPKali Linux Certified Professional LFCSLinux Foundation Certified System Administrator LPIC-2Linux Professional Institute Level 2via LPIC-1 AZ-104Microsoft Azure Administratorvia AZ-900 RHCSARed Hat Certified System Administrator RHCSA CntrRed Hat Container Admin Specialistvia RHCSA Rubrik CertRubrik Certified Engineer Splunk AdmSplunk Core Certified Adminvia Splunk CPU SCASUSE Certified Administrator SLES Tenable SCTenable Certified SC Admin Veeam VMCEVeeam Certified Engineer VCP DCVVMware VCP – Data Center Virtualization	Cisco COACisco CyberOps Associate CREST CRTIACREST Registered Threat Intelligence Analyst CPSAEC-Council Certified Professional Security Analyst Elastic CAElastic Certified Analyst GOSIGIAC Open Source Intelligence HTB CDSAHTB Certified Defensive Security Analyst IBM SOCAIBM Cybersecurity Analyst Professional MAD CTIMITRE ATT&CK Defender – Cyber Threat Intelligence MAD DFIRMITRE ATT&CK Defender – DFIR MOISMossé Certified OSINT Expert OSDAOffSec Defense Analyst OSIPOSINT Investigator Professional PCDRAPalo Alto Certified Detection and Remediation Analyst RFI-ARecorded Future Intelligence Analyst TIP AnalystThreatConnect TI Platform Analyst	Symantec CSBroadcom/Symantec DLP Specialist CSAMCertified Security Awareness Manager COBIT CertCOBIT Certifiedvia COBIT Fdn EDRPEC-Council Disaster Recovery Professional EXIN 27001PEXIN Information Security Management Professionalvia EXIN 27001F GDPR DPOGDPR Practitioner / DPO GCPMGIAC Project Management Certification HCISPPHealthCare Information Security and Privacy Practitioner HIPAA SecHIPAA Security Certified Professional ISA CRASISA/IEC 62443 Cyber Risk Assessment Specialistvia ISA CFS
AdvancedAdvanced	CISSPCertified Information Systems Security Professional	5G Security3GPP 5G Cybersecurity Expert AWS ANSAWS Advanced Networking Specialty (ANS-C01)via AWS SAA AWS NETAWS Certified Advanced Networking Specialtyvia AWS SAA AWS CSSAWS Certified Security Specialty CCMECheck Point Certified Maestro Expertvia CCSE CCSECheck Point Certified Security Expertvia CCSA CP CloudGuardCheck Point CloudGuard Specialistvia CCSE CCNP CollabCisco CCNP Collaboration CCNP DCCisco CCNP Data Center CCNP EntCisco CCNP Enterprise CCNP WirelessCisco CCNP Enterprise Wireless CCNP SecCisco CCNP Security ACI CiscoCisco DCACI Implementation Specialistvia CCNP DC DevNet SpecCisco DevNet Specialist – Network Automationvia DevNet A CASP+CompTIA CASP+ / SecurityX F5 CTS APMF5 CTS Application Performance Managervia F5 CA FCSS-NSFortinet FCSS Network Securityvia FCP-NS FCSS-SASEFortinet FCSS SASEvia FCP-NS FCSS-ZTAFortinet FCSS Zero Trust Access NSE 7Fortinet NSE 7 – Enterprise Firewall GAWNGIAC Assessing and Auditing Wireless Networks GCEDGIAC Certified Enterprise Defender GCIAGIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst GDSAGIAC Defensible Security Architecture GNPTGIAC Network Penetration Testing GCP PCNEGoogle Professional Cloud Network Engineervia GCP ACE GCP PCSEGoogle Professional Cloud Security Engineervia GCP ACE Illumio CSSPIllumio Core Security Specialist Illumio ZTIllumio Zero Trust Segmentation Specialist Juniper JNCIP-ENTJuniper JNCIP Enterprise JNCIP-SecJuniper JNCIP Securityvia JNCIS-Sec LPIC-3 305LPIC-3 Mixed Environmentsvia LPIC-2 AZ-104 SecMicrosoft Azure Security Engineer Addonvia AZ-500 OSWPOffSec Wireless Professional PCNSEPalo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Engineervia PCNSA PCNSCPalo Alto PCNSC Cloud Specialistvia PCNSA PCI ISAPCI Internal Security Assessor PECB PCIPECB Certified PCI DSS Lead Implementer QSAQualified Security Assessor Trainingvia CISA Zscaler ProZscaler Certified Professional	CDPSECertified Data Privacy Solutions Engineer CyberArk DefenderCyberArk Defendervia CyberArk Sentry F5 CTS APMF5 CTS Application Performance Managervia F5 CA FCSS-ZTAFortinet FCSS Zero Trust Access HCP-Vault-OHashiCorp Certified: Vault Operations Professionalvia HCP-Vault MS-102Microsoft 365 Administrator Expertvia AZ-104 AZ-104 SecMicrosoft Azure Security Engineer Addonvia AZ-500 SC-300Microsoft Identity and Access Administrator MS-SCMicrosoft SC-200 + SC-300 Bundlevia SC-900 Okta ConsultOkta Certified Consultantvia Okta Admin SailPoint EngSailPoint Certified IAM Engineer Zscaler ProZscaler Certified Professional	—	—	ASIS CPPASIS Certified Protection Professional CISSPCertified Information Systems Security Professional CCMECheck Point Certified Maestro Expertvia CCSE CCSECheck Point Certified Security Expertvia CCSA CCNP CollabCisco CCNP Collaboration CCNP SecCisco CCNP Security CASP+CompTIA CASP+ / SecurityX CyberArk DefenderCyberArk Defendervia CyberArk Sentry F5 BIG-IQF5 Certified Technology Specialist BIG-IQvia F5 CA FCSS-NSFortinet FCSS Network Securityvia FCP-NS NSE 7Fortinet NSE 7 – Enterprise Firewall GDSAGIAC Defensible Security Architecture GISPGIAC Information Security Professional Illumio CSSPIllumio Core Security Specialist Illumio ZTIllumio Zero Trust Segmentation Specialist CSSLP+ISC² CSSLP Refresher JNCIP-SecJuniper JNCIP Securityvia JNCIS-Sec LPIC-3 303LPIC-3 Securityvia LPIC-2 Okta ConsultOkta Certified Consultantvia Okta Admin Oracle OCIOracle Cloud Infrastructure Security Professional PCNSEPalo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Engineervia PCNSA ISO 27032 LCMPECB ISO 27032 Lead Cybersecurity Manager NIST CSF2PECB NIST CSF 2.0 Lead Implementer NIST CSFPECB NIST CSF Lead Implementer NIST SP800PECB NIST SP 800-53 Implementer SABSA SCPSABSA Chartered Practitionervia SABSA SCF SCESUSE Certified Engineer SLESvia SCA TOGAF CertTOGAF Certifiedvia TOGAF Fdn VCAP DCVVMware VCAP – DCV Designvia VCP DCV	SOC 2 AuditorAICPA SOC 2 Auditor ASIS CPPASIS Certified Protection Professional CCSP(ISC)CCSP Cloud Security Professional CFECertified Fraud Examiner (ACFE) CGRCCertified in Governance, Risk and Compliance CRISCCertified in Risk and Information Systems Control CISMCertified Information Security Manager CISRMCertified Information Security Risk Manager CISACertified Information Systems Auditor CISSPCertified Information Systems Security Professional CIACertified Internal Auditor (IIA) CSA STARCSA STAR Certificatevia CCSK EXIN PCSMEXIN Professional Cloud Security Manager GCCCGIAC Critical Controls Certification GHICGIAC Healthcare Information Security GISPGIAC Information Security Professional GLEGGIAC Law of Data Security & Investigations GSLCGIAC Security Leadership Certification GSNAGIAC Systems and Network Auditor CIPMIAPP Certified Information Privacy Manager CIPP/EIAPP Certified Information Privacy Professional / Europe CRMAIIA Certified Risk Management Assurance ITIL MPITIL 4 Managing Professionalvia ITIL Fdn GRCPOCEG GRC Professional PCI ISAPCI Internal Security Assessor PECB PCIPECB Certified PCI DSS Lead Implementer ISO 27001 LAPECB ISO 27001 Lead Auditorvia ISO 27001 F ISO 27001 LIPECB ISO 27001 Lead Implementervia ISO 27001 F ISO 27005 LRMPECB ISO 27005 Lead Risk Manager ISO 27032 LCMPECB ISO 27032 Lead Cybersecurity Manager NIST CSF2PECB NIST CSF 2.0 Lead Implementer NIST CSFPECB NIST CSF Lead Implementer NIST SP800PECB NIST SP 800-53 Implementer PMPProject Management Professional QSAQualified Security Assessor Trainingvia CISA SABSA SCPSABSA Chartered Practitionervia SABSA SCF CTPRPShared Assessments CTPRP TOGAF CertTOGAF Certifiedvia TOGAF Fdn	OSCPOffSec Certified Professional	AWS ANSAWS Advanced Networking Specialty (ANS-C01)via AWS SAA AWS NETAWS Certified Advanced Networking Specialtyvia AWS SAA AWS DAAWS Certified Data Analytics Specialtyvia AWS SAA AWS DBAWS Certified Database Specialtyvia AWS SAA AWS DevOpsAWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professionalvia AWS Dev AWS MLAWS Certified Machine Learning Specialtyvia AWS SAA AWS CSSAWS Certified Security Specialty CCSP(ISC)CCSP Cloud Security Professional CCSPCertified Cloud Security Professional CCTIACertified Cloud Threat Intelligence Analyst CKSCertified Kubernetes Security Specialistvia CKA CP CloudGuardCheck Point CloudGuard Specialistvia CCSE CCNP DCCisco CCNP Data Center ACI CiscoCisco DCACI Implementation Specialistvia CCNP DC CASP+CompTIA CASP+ / SecurityX CSA STARCSA STAR Certificatevia CCSK EXIN PCSMEXIN Professional Cloud Security Manager FCSS-PCSFortinet FCSS Public Cloud Securityvia FCP-PCS FCSS-SASEFortinet FCSS SASEvia FCP-NS GCFRGIAC Cloud Forensics Responder GCPNGIAC Cloud Penetration Tester GCSAGIAC Cloud Security Automation GCTDGIAC Cloud Threat Detection GPCSGIAC Public Cloud Security GCP PCDE2Google Professional Cloud Data Engineervia GCP ACE GCP PCDEGoogle Professional Cloud DevOps Engineervia GCP ACE GCP PCNEGoogle Professional Cloud Network Engineervia GCP ACE GCP PCSEGoogle Professional Cloud Security Engineervia GCP ACE GCP PCMLGoogle Professional ML Engineer HCP-Vault-OHashiCorp Certified: Vault Operations Professionalvia HCP-Vault CNCF KCSPKubernetes Security Assessor (Program)via CKS Lacework CertLacework Cloud Security Professional LPIC-3 304LPIC-3 Virtualization and High Availabilityvia LPIC-2 MS-102Microsoft 365 Administrator Expertvia AZ-104 AZ-400Microsoft DevOps Engineer Expertvia AZ-104 Oracle OCIOracle Cloud Infrastructure Security Professional PCCSEPalo Alto Certified Cloud Security Engineer PCNSCPalo Alto PCNSC Cloud Specialistvia PCNSA RH-CloudRed Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShiftvia RHCSA RHCSA ExtRed Hat RHCSA Extendedvia RHCSA VCAP DCVVMware VCAP – DCV Designvia VCP DCV Zscaler ProZscaler Certified Professional	—	BTL2Blue Team Labs Level 2via BTL1 CCDCertified CyberDefender Cisco COPCisco Certified CyberOps Professional CREST CHIACREST Certified Host Intrusion Analyst CREST CNIACREST Certified Network Intrusion Analyst CCFHCrowdStrike Certified Falcon Huntervia CCFR CCFRCrowdStrike Certified Falcon Respondervia CCFA Elastic CEElastic Certified Engineer Elastic SIEMElastic Certified SIEM Specialistvia Elastic CA eCTHPeLearnSecurity Certified Threat Hunting Professional FCSS-SOFortinet FCSS Security Operationsvia FCP-SO GCDAGIAC Certified Detection Analyst GCEDGIAC Certified Enterprise Defender GCIHGIAC Certified Incident Handler GCIAGIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst GCTDGIAC Cloud Threat Detection GDATGIAC Defending Advanced Threats GEIRGIAC Enterprise Incident Responder GMLEGIAC Machine Learning Engineer GFACT+GIAC Security Operations (New) GSOCGIAC Security Operations Certified QRadar AdvIBM QRadar SIEM Administratorvia QRadar Admin QRadar AdmIBM QRadar SIEM Administrator Defender ExpMicrosoft Defender Expert Certificationvia SC-200 MS-SCMicrosoft SC-200 + SC-300 Bundlevia SC-900 SC-200Microsoft Security Operations Analyst MTHMossé Certified Threat Hunter PCSAEPalo Alto Certified Security Automation Engineervia PCDRA Cortex XSIAMPalo Alto XSIAM Specialistvia PCDRA SPLK-3001Splunk ES Certified Adminvia Splunk Adm	AMEAccessData Certified Examiner BTL2Blue Team Labs Level 2via BTL1 Cellebrite CECellebrite Certified Expertvia Cellebrite CA CCECertified Computer Examiner (ISFCE) CREST CHIACREST Certified Host Intrusion Analyst CREST CNIACREST Certified Network Intrusion Analyst CCFRCrowdStrike Certified Falcon Respondervia CCFA CSFACybersecurity Forensic Analyst (ISFCE) eCDFPeLearnSecurity Certified Digital Forensics Professional GCFE+GIAC Advanced Forensics Examiner GASFGIAC Advanced Smartphone Forensics GBFAGIAC Battlefield Forensics and Acquisition GCFAGIAC Certified Forensic Analyst GCIHGIAC Certified Incident Handler GCIAGIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst GCFRGIAC Cloud Forensics Responder GEIRGIAC Enterprise Incident Responder GIMEGIAC iOS and macOS Examiner GNFAGIAC Network Forensic Analyst GRIDGIAC Response and Industrial Defense MCTAMandiant Cyber Threat Analysis MDFIRMossé Certified DFIR Specialist EnCEOpenText EnCase Certified Examiner	BSCPBurp Suite Certified Practitioner CPTECertified Penetration Testing Expert CPENTCertified Penetration Testing Professional CREST CCTCREST Certified Infrastructure Testervia CREST CRT CREST CCACREST Certified Web Application Testervia CREST CRT CREST CRTCREST Registered Penetration Testervia CREST CPSA CSTLCyberScheme Team Leadervia CREST CRT eAPTeLearnSecurity Advanced Penetration Testervia eCPPT GAWNGIAC Assessing and Auditing Wireless Networks GWEBGIAC Certified Web Application Defender GCPNGIAC Cloud Penetration Tester GMOBGIAC Mobile Device Security Analyst GNPTGIAC Network Penetration Testing GPENGIAC Penetration Tester GWAPTGIAC Web Application Penetration Tester HTB CPTSHTB Certified Penetration Testing Specialist OSCPOffSec Certified Professional OSCP+OffSec PEN-200 OSCP+ (2025 edition) OSWPOffSec Wireless Professional PNPTPractical Network Penetration Tester S-EHESECO Ethical Hacking Expertvia S-EHP	CPTECertified Penetration Testing Expert CRTOCertified Red Team Operator GRTPGIAC Red Team Professional MAD RedMITRE ATT&CK Defender – Red Team S-EHESECO Ethical Hacking Expertvia S-EHP	AWS DAAWS Certified Data Analytics Specialtyvia AWS SAA AWS DBAWS Certified Database Specialtyvia AWS SAA AWS DevOpsAWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professionalvia AWS Dev AWS MLASAWS Certified Machine Learning – Specialty AWS MLAWS Certified Machine Learning Specialtyvia AWS SAA BSCPBurp Suite Certified Practitioner CASE-NETCertified Application Security Engineer (.NET) CASE-JCertified Application Security Engineer (Java) CKSCertified Kubernetes Security Specialistvia CKA CSSLPCertified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional DevNet ProCisco DevNet Professional DevNet SpecCisco DevNet Specialist – Network Automationvia DevNet A CREST CCACREST Certified Web Application Testervia CREST CRT GWEBGIAC Certified Web Application Defender GCSAGIAC Cloud Security Automation GMLEGIAC Machine Learning Engineer GMOBGIAC Mobile Device Security Analyst GWAPTGIAC Web Application Penetration Tester GCP PCDE2Google Professional Cloud Data Engineervia GCP ACE GCP PCDEGoogle Professional Cloud DevOps Engineervia GCP ACE GCP PCMLGoogle Professional ML Engineer HCP-Vault-OHashiCorp Certified: Vault Operations Professionalvia HCP-Vault CIPTIAPP Certified Information Privacy Technologist CSSLP ISC2ISC² CSSLP Refresh 2026 CSSLP+ISC² CSSLP Refresher CNCF KCSPKubernetes Security Assessor (Program)via CKS Lacework CertLacework Cloud Security Professional AZ-400Microsoft DevOps Engineer Expertvia AZ-104 PCSAEPalo Alto Certified Security Automation Engineervia PCDRA PDSO ExpertPractical DevSecOps Certified Expertvia PDSO CDP PDSO CDEPractical DevSecOps Expertvia PDSO CDP RHCERed Hat Certified Engineervia RHCSA	5G Security3GPP 5G Cybersecurity Expert FCSS-OTFortinet FCSS OT Securityvia FCP-NS GICSP AdvGIAC Advanced ICS/OT Securityvia GICSP GCIPGIAC Critical Infrastructure Protection GRIDGIAC Response and Industrial Defense	DevNet ProCisco DevNet Professional Elastic CEElastic Certified Engineer F5 BIG-IQF5 Certified Technology Specialist BIG-IQvia F5 CA QRadar AdvIBM QRadar SIEM Administratorvia QRadar Admin QRadar AdmIBM QRadar SIEM Administrator LPIC-3 306LPIC-3 High Availability and Storage Clustersvia LPIC-2 LPIC-3 305LPIC-3 Mixed Environmentsvia LPIC-2 LPIC-3 303LPIC-3 Securityvia LPIC-2 LPIC-3 304LPIC-3 Virtualization and High Availabilityvia LPIC-2 RHCERed Hat Certified Engineervia RHCSA RH-CloudRed Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShiftvia RHCSA RHCSA ExtRed Hat RHCSA Extendedvia RHCSA SCESUSE Certified Engineer SLESvia SCA	OSINT OpsAdvanced OSINT Operator CCTIACertified Cloud Threat Intelligence Analyst CCDCertified CyberDefender CTIACertified Threat Intelligence Analyst Cisco COPCisco Certified CyberOps Professional CCFHCrowdStrike Certified Falcon Huntervia CCFR eCTHPeLearnSecurity Certified Threat Hunting Professional FCSS-SOFortinet FCSS Security Operationsvia FCP-SO GCDAGIAC Certified Detection Analyst GCTIGIAC Cyber Threat Intelligence GDATGIAC Defending Advanced 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