Don’t pay for basic IT or cybersecurity training
If you are new to tech and trying to transition into cybersecurity or some other areas of tech, you shouldn’t need to pay for any type of training. Unless the topic is very complex, all you need is a decent laptop and an internet connection.
There are plenty of free videos and resources online, and I’ve listed some free resources below to help get you started. All of these resources have been used by us in the past and we still use some of them frequently.
Resources for Learning
- Networking – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiQR5rTSshw
- More Networking – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLG49S3nxzAnksQpejrRxNZoRSo0pcKXkG
- Even More Networking – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIhvC56v63IJVXv0GJcl9vO5Z6znCVb1P
- Linux – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROjZy1WbCIA
- More Linux – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMy3OzvBWc0
- Windows Server – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYogJ_kxL1wTesq-vNxEc8tjDOHvszeWf
- More Windows Server- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUZTRmXEpBy32NP6z_qvVBOTWUzdTZVHt
- Python – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b093aqAZiPU
- More Python – https://securebitsblog.com/coding-foundations
- Golang – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyUHQIec83I
- Huge list of computer science resources (This one is great! Some links might not work, but I’m sure you can find them by doing a quick search) – https://github.com/Developer-Y/cs-video-courses
- Databases – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cWkVbC2bNE
- CompTIA Security+ – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLG49S3nxzAnnjucQ18QzbCrv-er2zH7d9
- CISSP – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1_v5HBVHWo
- Penetration testing – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Kq1MIfTWCE
- Web application testing – https://portswigger.net/web-security/learning-path
- Weekly HackTheBox series and other hacking videos – https://www.youtube.com/c/ippsec/videos
Resources for practicing what you learned
Network simulation software
Virtualization software
Linux operating systems
- https://ubuntu.com/download
- https://www.parrotsec.org/download/
- https://www.kali.org/get-kali/
- https://developers.redhat.com/products/rhel/download
Microsoft Operating Systems
Capture the flag
- https://overthewire.org/wargames/
- https://www.vulnhub.com/
- https://tryhackme.com/
- https://www.hackthebox.com/
After speaking with several people that were just getting started in their careers, they generally recommended for beginners to start with OverTheWire first, then TryHackMe, and then HackTheBox after you have a good understanding how things work. Good luck!
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