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Learning paths

Sequenced around a role, not a shopping list

A path takes you from where you are to a specific job, in the right order, with the career work built in. Each is priced below the sum of its programs.

2 programsLive cohort

SOC Analyst Path

Become a hire-ready security operations analyst

The complete route from no security background to working an enterprise alert queue with confidence, then moving beyond it into detection and response. This is the path most of our students take.

Ideal for

  • Fresh graduates and final-year students
  • Helpdesk and IT support professionals
  • Career switchers starting from zero
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The sequence

  1. 1SOC Analyst FoundationLearn how a real Security Operations Center runs — from alert to closed investigation.Foundation · 6 modules
  2. 2Threat Detection & Incident ResponseMove from working alerts to writing the detections and leading the response.Practitioner · 6 modules

You finish able to

  • Run investigations across phishing, endpoint and identity alerts unaided
  • Write and tune detection logic rather than only consuming it
  • Lead a contained incident from detection through post-incident review
  • Walk into an interview with a portfolio of documented investigations
2 programsLive cohort

Cloud Security Path

Secure and monitor enterprise cloud environments

For people whose organisations have already moved to cloud and now need someone who can defend it. Builds the cloud security model from the ground up, then goes deep into architecture and investigation.

Ideal for

  • Cloud and system engineers
  • Network engineers moving to cloud
  • Security analysts in cloud-first organisations
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The sequence

  1. 1Cloud Security FoundationIdentity is the new perimeter. Learn how cloud environments are actually secured.Foundation · 5 modules
  2. 2Cloud Security AdvancedArchitecture, workload protection and cloud-native intrusion investigation.Advanced · 6 modules

You finish able to

  • Design cloud identity and privileged access that survives real attack paths
  • Prevent configuration drift with guardrails rather than after-the-fact findings
  • Build detection coverage across a multi-cloud estate
  • Investigate a cloud-native intrusion across control and data planes
4 programsLive cohort

Enterprise Security Path

Cover the full breadth: operations, detection and cloud

Every program in the catalogue, in order. The widest route, and the one that opens the most roles — suited to people who want depth on both the operations and the cloud side rather than choosing early.

Ideal for

  • People targeting security engineering rather than a first analyst role
  • IT professionals with several years of infrastructure experience
  • Anyone who wants breadth before specialising
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Choosing

Still deciding between paths?

The right path depends on what you already know, what your employer runs, and what you want to be doing in two years. That is a conversation, not a quiz.

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Talk to someone who has done the job

Book a consultation and leave with a written plan mapped to your background and the roles you are targeting — whether or not you enrol.

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What the call actually is

  • 45 minutes, with a mentor rather than a sales team
  • A written recommendation you keep either way
  • An honest answer if a program is not right for you yet

We do not guarantee placement, and we will say so on the call. What we are accountable for is whether you finish able to do the work.