You will find here:

• Assignments
• Short answers
• Lecture notes (a few as I write my notes by hand using pen and paper or my iPad)

Where to start?

Courses

You can take this courses from coursera in order as follows:

1. Google IT Support Professional Certificate - https://www.coursera.org/professional-certificates/google-it-support
2. Google Cybersecurity Professional Certificate - https://www.coursera.org/professional-certificates/google-cybersecurity

Professional certifications

courses above (especially 2nd one) is preparation for Security+ certificate.

• CompTIA A+ certificate
• CompTIA Network+ certificate
• CompTIA Security+ certificate

Books

• https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CGTHPPXV?ref=yb_qv_ov_kndl_dp_rw - CompTIA Security+ Get Certified Get Ahead: SY0-701 Study Guide

Chat & study groups

Contains many materials that are related to cybersecurity. Hey have also dedicated section fo WGU students.

• https://discord.com/channels/990718367176474674/990774794523901982 - Try Hard Security - Hacknow Discord channel

Hands-on labs and projects

There are many sites where you can train your skills

• http://flaws.cloud/ - AWS pentest site
• http://flaws2.cloud/ - AWS pentest/defender site
• https://tryhackme.com/ - online platform for learning cyber security, using hands-on exercises and labs
• https://www.hackthebox.com/ - ethical hacking website that puts your hacking skills to the test
• https://academy.hackthebox.com/ - similar to tryhackme and more beginner friendly than the standard hackthebox. This is a difference website than the standard hackthebox so login information will be different
• https://portswigger.net/web-security - Free, online web security training from the creators of Burp Suite
• https://letsdefend.io/ - Hands-on blue team training
• https://www.offsec.com/labs/individual/ - real-world hacking in a simulated environment (mainly Linux)
• https://www.wiz.io/academy - cloud security education
• https://overthewire.org/wargames/ - game-centric security training
• https://picoctf.org/ - capture-the-flag (CTF) training
• https://www.hacker101.com/ - free class for web security with CTF and video lessons
• https://www.cisa.gov/cybersecurity-training-exercises - CISA sponsored cybersecurity lessons/training
• https://www.sans.org/security-resources/ - cybersecurity resources from SANS
• https://github.com/digininja/DVWA - Damn Vulnerable Web Application (DVWA), website to test and gain web application security skills
• https://github.com/juice-shop/juice-shop - test and gain web application security pentest skills
• https://academy.tcm-sec.com/ - pentesting learning and certification platform for $30/month
• https://blueteamlabs.online/ - gamified platform for defenders to practice their skills in security investigations and challenges covering; Incident Response, Digital Forensics, Security Operations, Reverse Engineering, and Threat Hunting
• https://go.rangeforce.com/community-edition-registration - limited number of hands-on cybersecurity training modules for free, forever
• https://cyberdefenders.org/blueteam-ctf-challenges/ - blue team training platform focused on the defensive side of cybersecurity
• https://www.alteredsecurity.com/ - Red Team lab platform focusing on Enterprise Security, Active Directory and Azure
• https://redteamvillage.io/ - offensive security training
• https://ctftime.org/ - CTF events
• https://prompting.ai.immersivelabs.com/ - learn about the dangers of injection attacks