Credentials
Certifications
Every one of these I sat and passed myself. Each links to the study guide I wrote from the notes I used to prepare — the material I wish had existed when I started.
Cloud
Securing workloads that run on someone else’s hardware.
Amazon Web Services
AWS Certified Security – Specialty
Specialty-level exam on securing AWS workloads: identity, detection, incident response, infrastructure and data protection.
Defensive
Detection, analysis and incident response.
GIAC
GIAC Certified Incident Handler
Hands-on incident handling: detection, containment, eradication and recovery, plus the attacker techniques behind each.
CompTIA
CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+)
Behavioural analytics, threat detection, vulnerability management and incident response from the SOC analyst’s seat.
Leadership
Strategy, policy and running a security programme.
GIAC
GIAC Strategic Planning, Policy, and Leadership
Building a security strategy that survives contact with the business: strategic planning, writing policy people actually follow, and leading the team that delivers it.
Foundational
The groundwork everything else is built on.
Amazon Web Services
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Foundational AWS exam covering cloud concepts, core services, the shared responsibility model, billing and support.
CompTIA
CompTIA Security+
The baseline security certification: threats, architecture, operations, and governance, risk and compliance.