Below, I’ll be adding a list of various resources to help you throughout your journey. Everything from certifications, CPE opportunities, programming, networking, hacking, and anything InfoSec related to help you along the way. While this will not be an exhaustive list, I do plan on adding to it over time. If you have any recommended links, feel free to send them over and I’ll add them.
Certification Vendors:
- ISC2 – Vendor for the well-known CISSP certification, among others.
- CompTIA – I recommend the Security+ as a starting Cert, they also have several great industry certs.
- GIAC – Some great certifications, including GPEN, GCIH, and others.
- ISACA – A great vendor for Risk Management and Auditing certifications such as CISA & CISM.
- Offensive Security – Vendor that specializes in penetration testing certs, including the well-known OSCP.
- ECCouncil – Vendor most well-known for the CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker) cert.
CyberRanges & CTF’s:
- HackTheBox – Hack the box has VM’s set up for CTF’s as well as multiple various challenges. Great site to learn hacking techniques.
- HackThisSite – Hacking site with various challenges ranging from steganography to Javascript.
- Hacker101 CTF – Large list of web hacking challenges and also has some great learning resources.
- CTFTime – List of upcoming CTF events that you could join in.
- VulnHub – A site full of vulnerable VM’s designed to download and run locally that you can practice hacking against. Most are CTF style VM’s. One of my favorite sites.
Powershell & Python:
- LearnPython.org – Great site to learn the basics of Python through a list of hands-on tutorials.
- CodeAcademy – Great site for learning Python as well as various other languages.
- Python.org – Great beginner’s guide including other links to interactive courses to help you learn.
- YouTube – Shane Young – Great video series from Shane Young that will help you learn PowerShell.
- Channel9 – An older, but still relevant, series that has helped quite a few people get started with PowerShell, great resource.
- YouTube – Don Jones – Another great video series from Don Jones that will help you learn PowerShell.
People Skills:
- Udemy Free Communication Skills – A collection of Udemy classes to help you build your people skills.
- How to win friends and influence others – Dale Carnegie has written probably the most widely known people-skills book of all time, at least in my opinion. I read this book many years ago as part of a public speaking course in college. It has some great information in it.
- Openlearn.edu – Openlearn has a free online course you can take on the importance of interpersonal skills.
- Birkman method – While not a free course, I believe it helps detail different personality types and how you can address and work with them more effectively.