Certification practice paths

Choose the certification you are preparing to own.

Choose a certification to open its practice path, domain overview, and focused next steps. The free readiness check is available if you are still deciding.

Security+

CompTIA Security+

Build practical security judgment across core concepts, operations, and risk with focused readiness checks and practice.

Foundational 8-week plan
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CISSP

CISSP

Prepare for strategic security leadership decisions with a structured readiness path across the CISSP domains.

Advanced 10-week plan
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CCSP

CCSP

Create a measured path through cloud security architecture, data protection, operations, and compliance objectives.

Professional 8-week plan
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CEH

CEH

Practice ethical hacking decision-making across reconnaissance, vulnerability analysis, system security, and reporting concepts.

Professional 8-week plan
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CISM

CISM

Focus on the governance, program, risk, and incident leadership decisions that underpin security management readiness.

Management 8-week plan
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SecurityX

CompTIA SecurityX

Advance technical security judgment for SecurityX across enterprise architecture, operations, governance, risk, and research scenarios.

Advanced 12-week plan
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Network+

CompTIA Network+

Strengthen practical networking judgment across connectivity, implementation, operations, security, and troubleshooting scenarios.

Foundational 10-week plan
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CISA

Certified Information Systems Auditor

Build practical audit and assurance judgment across governance, acquisition, operations, protection, and reporting scenarios.

Professional 10-week plan
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ISSEP

Information Systems Security Engineering Professional

Develop secure systems engineering judgment across requirements, architecture, implementation, verification, and lifecycle assurance scenarios.

Advanced 12-week plan
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CC

Certified in Cybersecurity

Build practical cybersecurity foundations across security principles, business continuity, access control, network security, and security operations scenarios.

Foundational 6-week plan
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SSCP

Systems Security Certified Practitioner

Build practical security operations judgment across access controls, risk, cryptography, network security, monitoring, incident response, and systems protection scenarios.

Professional 10-week plan
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PMP

Project Management Professional

Build practical project delivery judgment across integration, scope, schedule, cost, quality, resources, communications, risk, procurement, and stakeholder management scenarios.

Professional 12-week plan
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