Career Pathways

Everyone completes the core 30 days. The pathways tell you which lessons to go deeper on, which extra exercises to do, and which final toolkit to build for your portfolio.

• Path A — SOC Analyst

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  Authentication monitoring, Windows Security events, process and connection investigation, firewall auditing, security reporting.

  Final project: Security Investigation Toolkit

• Path B — Network Analyst

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  IP addressing and subnetting, routing, DNS, DHCP, TCP/UDP, packet capture, Wireshark, Nmap, network automation.

  Final project: Network Diagnostic Toolkit

• Path C — System Administrator

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  Users, files, storage, services, software, backups, logs, maintenance, remote administration and automation.

  Final project: System Health Monitoring Toolkit

Day emphasis by pathway

Day	SOC	Network	SysAdmin
1–5 Fundamentals	●●	●●	●●
6 Users	●●	●	●●●
7 Permissions	●●●	●	●●●
8 Processes & services	●●●	●	●●●
9 Storage	●	●	●●●
10 Packages	●	●	●●●
11–12 IP & connectivity	●●	●●●	●●
13 DNS	●●	●●●	●●
14 Ports	●●●	●●●	●●
15 Interfaces & capture	●●	●●●	●
16 Logs	●●●	●●	●●●
17 Authentication	●●●	●	●●
18 Firewall	●●●	●●●	●●
19 Auditing	●●●	●	●●
20 Network security	●●●	●●●	●
21–25 Scripting	●●	●●	●●●
26 Remote admin	●●	●●	●●●
27 Network investigation	●●●	●●●	●
28 Troubleshooting	●●	●●	●●●
29–30 Automation & capstone	●●●	●●●	●●●

● = core coverage · ●● = do the optional extensions · ●●● = master it; it is central to the role