Cybersecurity-Projects

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📋 Certification Roadmap by Role

1. SOC Analyst

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

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2. Penetration Tester

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

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3. Security Engineer

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

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4. Incident Responder

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

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5. Security Architect

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

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6. Cloud Security Engineer

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

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7. GRC Analyst/Consultant

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

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8. Threat Intelligence Analyst

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

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9. Application Security

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

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10. Network Engineer (Security-Focused)

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

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

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