Cybersecurity-Projects

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Certification Roadmap by Role

1. SOC Analyst

Level	Certification	Organization	Link
Entry	Security+	CompTIA	Website
Core	CySA+	CompTIA	Website
Intermediate	GCIH (Certified Incident Handler)	GIAC	Website
Intermediate	CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker)	EC-Council	Website
Advanced	GCIA (Certified Intrusion Analyst)	GIAC	Website
Senior/Management	CISSP	(ISC)²	Website

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2. Penetration Tester

Level	Certification	Organization	Link
Foundation	Security+	CompTIA	Website
Entry-Level Pentest	PenTest+	CompTIA	Website
Intermediate	CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker)	EC-Council	Website
Advanced	OSCP (Gold Standard)	Offensive Security	Website
Expert	OSEP	Offensive Security	Website
Expert	GXPN (Exploit Researcher)	GIAC	Website

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3. Security Engineer

Level	Certification	Organization	Link
Foundation	Security+	CompTIA	Website
Intermediate	CySA+	CompTIA	Website
Advanced	SecurityX (formerly CASP+)	CompTIA	Website
Advanced/Expert	CISSP	(ISC)²	Website
Expert (Cloud-focused)	CCSP	(ISC)²	Website

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4. Incident Responder

Level	Certification	Organization	Link
Entry	Security+	CompTIA	Website
Core	CySA+	CompTIA	Website
Core IR Cert	GCIH (Certified Incident Handler)	GIAC	Website
Forensics/Advanced	GCFA (Certified Forensic Analyst)	GIAC	Website
Malware Analysis/Expert	GREM (Reverse Engineering Malware)	GIAC	Website

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5. Security Architect

Level	Certification	Organization	Link
Foundation	Security+	CompTIA	Website
Advanced	SecurityX (formerly CASP+)	CompTIA	Website
Architect/Management	CISSP (Required)	(ISC)²	Website
Cloud Architecture	CCSP	(ISC)²	Website
Security Architecture Framework	SABSA	SABSA Institute	Website
Enterprise Architecture	TOGAF	The Open Group	Website

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6. Cloud Security Engineer

Level	Certification	Organization	Link
Foundation	Security+	CompTIA	Website
AWS Cloud Security	AWS Security Specialty	AWS	Website
Azure Cloud Security	Azure Security Engineer	Microsoft	Website
Vendor-Neutral	CCSK	Cloud Security Alliance	Website
Advanced	CCSP	(ISC)²	Website
Advanced Practice	SecurityX (formerly CASP+)	CompTIA	Website
Expert/Management	CISSP	(ISC)²	Website

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7. GRC Analyst/Consultant

Level	Certification	Organization	Link
Foundation	Security+	CompTIA	Website
Audit Focused	CISA (Certified Information Systems Auditor)	ISACA	Website
Risk Management	CRISC (Risk and Information Systems Control)	ISACA	Website
Advanced	CISSP	(ISC)²	Website
Compliance-Heavy	ISO 27001 Lead Auditor	PECB (and others)	Website

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8. Threat Intelligence Analyst

Level	Certification	Organization	Link
Foundation	Security+	CompTIA	Website
Core	CySA+	CompTIA	Website
Cyber Threat Intelligence	GCTI	GIAC	Website
Intrusion Analysis	GCIA	GIAC	Website
OSINT (Optional)	GOSI	GIAC	Website
OSINT (Optional)	C|OSINT	McAfee Institute	Website

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9. Application Security

Level	Certification	Organization	Link
Foundation	Security+	CompTIA	Website
Foundation/Core	CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker)	EC-Council	Website
Foundation/Core	CySA+	CompTIA	Website
Secure Software Lifecycle	CSSLP	(ISC)²	Website
Web App Exploitation	OSWE	Offensive Security	Website
Web App Pentest	GWAPT	GIAC	Website

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10. Network Engineer (Security-Focused)

Level	Certification	Organization	Link
Foundation	Network+	CompTIA	Website
Foundation	Security+	CompTIA	Website
Associate	CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate)	Cisco	Website
Advanced	CCNP Security	Cisco	Website
Architect/Management	CISSP	(ISC)²	Website

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Does this layout look good? Clean tables, clickable links, organized by role.

Now we can add the project ideas section below this. Want to knock out the 25 project ideas next?