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CYBER SECURITY
CERTIFICATION PATHS
To Advance Every Stage Of Your Career
Whether you’re new to the cyber security field or a seasoned veteran, explore the certification paths below to see what steps you should take to make it to the next stage of your career — and the next rung of the salary ladder.
INTERMEDIATE
FOUNDATION
CERTIFICATION & NATIONAL AVG. SALARY
$69,000
Security+ candidates should have existing foundational networking skills. Security+ is a great starter certification for those trying to break into the cyber security field.
Certified Ethical Hacker candidates must have 2 years of security-related experience and a strong practical working knowledge of TCP/IP.
$104,000
$132,000
RECOMMENDED LEARNING PATH TO ACHIEVE CERTIFICATION
EXPERIENCE NEEDED
Certified Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC) candidates must pass the CRISC exam and demonstrate 3 years of experience in the fields of risk management and IS control.
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ADVANCED
$134,000
$125,000
$137,000
Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) candidates must have 5 years of cumulative, full-time working experience in IT related to CCSP exam domains.
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CISSP candidates must have 5 years of experience as a security practitioner, manager, executive, or similar role. CISSP is a good certification option for those who are working toward long-term security engineer careers.
Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) candidates must have at least 5 years of information security experience as an information security officer, network administrator, security engineer, or similar role. CISM is good certification option for aspiring CISOs and IT executives.
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Network Security Training • Course 468 Network+ Exam Prep • Course 2708 Security+ Exam Prep • Course 446
Network+ Exam Prep • Course 2708 Penetration Testing Training • Course 537 CEH Exam Prep • Course 2031
Risk Assessment & Management Training • Course 2013 CySA+ Exam Prep • Course 2047 CRISC Exam Prep • Course 2037
Intro to Cloud Computing • Course 1200 Choose 1: Intro to AWS • Course 1205 – OR – Azure Security Training • Course 8530 CCSP Exam Prep • Course 1213
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Network Vulnerability Assessment Training • Course 589 Security+ Exam Prep • Course 446 CISSP Exam Prep • Course 2058
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Security+ Exam Prep • Course 446 CISSP Exam Prep • Course 2058 CISM Exam Prep • Course 2036
Sources: ZipRecruiter InfoSec Institute
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