Cybersecurity II — Advanced Career Program

What this course is about

An advanced, sequenced pathway that takes you from foundational support skills to cyber operations, compliance and offensive security, combining specialized knowledge, hands-on labs and industry-recognized certifications. It ends in a capstone project and a portfolio you can show employers.

7 courses in one program

1. 1

   Helpdesk Specialist

   The fastest way into IT: real help desk workflows, troubleshooting and customer support.

2. 2

   Cybersecurity Fundamentals

   Your starting point in cybersecurity: core principles, practices and terminology across private-sector and Department of Defense environments.

3. 3

   Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs)

   Implement and document DISA STIGs the way DoD environments require — audit-ready.

4. 4

   CompTIA Security+

   The industry-standard foundation certification — and a DoD baseline requirement for many cyber and IT roles.

5. 5

   Risk Management Framework (RMF)

   The NIST RMF process federal and DoD systems live by — a direct path into ISSO and assessor roles.

6. 6

   CompTIA SecurityX (formerly CASP+)

   Advanced, hands-on security architecture and engineering for experienced professionals.

7. 7

   Certified Ethical Hacker (C|EH)

   Think like an attacker to defend like a pro — the world's best-known ethical hacking certification.

What you’ll be able to do

• Apply defense-in-depth across endpoints, networks and cloud
• Implement DISA STIGs and align work to RMF
• Detect and respond to threats with SOC playbooks and SIEM tools
• Design secure enterprise-scale solutions
• Run ethical hacking engagements with a five-phase methodology
• Earn stackable credentials and build a portfolio

What you’ll learn

• Endpoint and network hardening, IAM and logging
• SIEM, detection engineering and incident response
• Compliance, STIGs and RMF
• Cryptography and cloud security
• Penetration testing and capstone project