Description:
Below is the Howard Cyber Center list of core skill domains. Hands-on labs, challenges, and capture-the-flag (CTF) events are very popular approaches for developing these skills (see link). Each skill domain below has links to recommended content, activities, tools, and reference information:
Cybersecurity Skill Domains:
- General Foundational Skill Areas:
- Secure IT Architectures
- Secure Software
- Data Concepts and Numbering Systems
- Secure Network
- Linux Basics (Command Line)
- Personal Lab (Kali Linux)
- Open Source Intelligence
- Cryptography
- Log Analysis
- Scanning
- Web Exploitation
- Password Cracking
- Network Traffic Analysis
- Vulnerability Analysis (Recon, Scanning, Enumeration & Exploitation
- Wireless Security
- Forensics
Learning Roadmap – Knowledge Unit Alignment:
The attached roadmap is an example guide of the learning path for cybersecurity knowledge units by starting with fundamental hands-on skills. Cybersecurity learning is not linear and this diagram is meant only as a guide.
References: