Career Pathways Built on Skills, Not Job Titles

Information security careers aren’t linear—and neither is the learning.
The courses here are designed to build core security skills that apply across many job roles. Instead of locking training to a single title, courses are organized into knowledge domains and programs such as governance, infrastructure, software, monitoring, and implementation.

These domains represent areas of expertise, not isolated careers. As a result, the same course may support multiple roles, and different pathways may begin from the same foundations.

We have designed special knowledge domains and courses for each career pathway as follows:

Board Member / Executives

Path Goal: Governance, accountability, and risk ownership

Core Knowledge Domains

Information Security Manager / ISMS Manager

Path Goal: ISMS operation, compliance, coordination

Core Knowledge Domains

GRC Specialist / Risk Analyst / Compliance Officer

Path Goal: Risk, controls, assurance

Core Knowledge Domains

Network Security Engineer / Infrastructure Security Engineer

Path Goal: Secure infrastructure & detection readiness

Core Knowledge Domains

Cloud / Platform / Virtualization Engineer

Path Goal: Secure modern platforms

Core Knowledge Domains

Secure Software Developer

Path Goal: Secure code by design

Core Knowledge Domains

Application Security Engineer

Path Goal: Secure application architecture & testing

Core Knowledge Domains

DevSecOps Engineer / Application Security Engineer

Path Goal: Secure CI/CD & automation pipelines

Core Knowledge Domains

Penetration Tester / Red Team Operator

Path Goal: Offensive security expertise

Core Knowledge Domains

SOC Analyst (Tier 1–3)

Path Goal: Detection, analysis, escalation

Core Knowledge Domains

Incident Responder / DFIR Specialist

Path Goal: Response, containment, investigation

Core Knowledge Domains

Threat Intelligence Analyst

Path Goal: Adversary understanding & intelligence-led defense

Core Knowledge Domains

Industrial / OT / ICS Security Specialist

Path Goal: Protect operational environments

Core Knowledge Domains

Physical Security / HR / Facilities Manager

Path Goal: People, facilities, insider risk

Core Knowledge Domains

Business Continuity / DR Manager

Path Goal: Resilience & recovery

Core Knowledge Domains

IT Manager / IT Operations Manager

Path Goal: Secure IT operations

Core Knowledge Domains

Project / Program Manager (IT / Security)

Path Goal: Secure delivery & governance

Core Knowledge Domains

Auditor / Assessor (Internal / External)

Path Goal: Assurance & compliance validation

Core Knowledge Domains

General Employees (All Staff)

Path Goal: Organizational security culture

Core Knowledge Domains