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Cybersecurity Career & Professional Development

Free & Low Cost Online Cybersecurity Content

Explore a ton of resources for enhancing your cybersecurity knowledge, skills, and career prospects, including free and low cost online educational content covering various aspects of information technology and cybersecurity. Whether you’re an aspiring professional or an educator seeking to integrate cybersecurity into your curriculum, there are options available for you.

Career and Professional Development

1. Ascend Education: Offers a comprehensive library of cybersecurity and IT courses, including CompTIA certifications, Microsoft Azure, and more. Free evaluation access is available.
2. Amazon Cybersecurity Awareness Training: A 15-minute free training covering various cybersecurity topics.
3. Career Essentials in Cybersecurity by Microsoft and LinkedIn: A LinkedIn learning pathway providing foundational cybersecurity knowledge and a Career Essentials Certificate.
4. Center for Development of Security Excellence Cybersecurity eLearning: Free cybersecurity courses for Department of Defense personnel and contractors.
5. Certified in Cybersecurity (ISC2): A free self-study course and exam for the first one million participants, covering essential security principles.
6. Cisco Networking Academy: Offers a free Introduction to Cybersecurity awareness course and certification-aligned pathways.
7. Cyberbit Range Remote Training: Provides free remote training for SOC teams with simulated cyberattacks.
8. Cyber Million Program: Offers introductory courses and defense exercises for developing cybersecurity skills.
9. CybersecurityJobs.com Training Fund: Provides 12-month access to leading cybersecurity training provider StationX’s resources.
10. CyberTraining 365 Online Academy: Offers free courses and low-cost subscriptions covering various cybersecurity techniques.
11. Cyber Skyline Professional: Provides heavily discounted cybersecurity labs for students.
12. Cybrary: Offers free information technology and cybersecurity training.
13. EC-Council: Provides free webinars, blogs, and online video training for the information security community.
14. Elastic: Offers free on-demand courses on Elastic Stack, observability, and security.
15. Ethically Hacking Space YouTube Channel: Features free training videos focused on cybersecurity operations and resilience in space.
16. Evolve Academy: Offers a free Cybersecurity Fundamentals course to lay the foundation for a cybersecurity career.
17. Federal Virtual Training Environment (FedVTE): Provides free online cybersecurity training for government employees and veterans.
18. Fortinet: Offers free access to essential training courses.
19. Google Cybersecurity Certificate: Prepares for a career as a cybersecurity analyst through a professional certificate program.
20. Hacker101: Offers a free class for web security.
21. Hands-On Cybersecurity Training — FREE Career Info Session: Provides free info sessions to explore cybersecurity career opportunities.
22. Holistic Information Security Practitioner Institute (HISPI): Offers heavily discounted online Cyber Security Management Course with code HISPI-COVID-19.
23. Hopper’s Roppers Security Training: Provides free courses for beginners in the security field.
24. IBM (hosted by Coursera): Offers a suite of free courses on IT Fundamentals for Cybersecurity Specialization.
25. Immersive Labs: Offers a human cyber readiness platform with a free Community Edition.
26. Infosec Skills: Provides free access to hundreds of courses, learning paths, and labs.
27. Introduction to Software Security: Covers secure design, coding, and vulnerability assessment tools.
28. (ISC)2 Webinars and Courses: Offers free technical webinars and courses for members.
29. ITProTV: Provides free membership with access to IT training content.
30. Microsoft Cyber Security Architecture: Presents best practices in a series of video trainings.
31. Mossé Cyber Security Institute: Offers free exercises covering various cybersecurity areas.
32. NICCS Education and Training Catalog: Database of free and low-cost online courses.
33. Open P-TECH: Offers free digital learning on tech skills.
34. PentesterLab: Provides free exercises for learning web security.
35. Pluralsight: Offers free access to expert-led video courses.
36. Project Ares by Circadence: Provides low-cost gamified cybersecurity learning.
37. RangeForce Community Edition: Offers free training courses in an on-demand cyber range.
38. SANS: Provides free cybersecurity community resources and programs.
39. SANS Cyber Aces Online: Offers a free online course on cybersecurity fundamentals.

Thank you for exploring these valuable resources to enhance your cybersecurity knowledge and skills. I hope you find them beneficial for your career advancement and professional development as I have.

Stay safe and secure online!

Denise B.