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Guided cyber security learning paths for SOC analysts, pentesters, DFIR practitioners, CTI analysts, AppSec testers, and beginners.

Use this page when you know the role, workflow, or learning goal you care about, but not which section to open first.

New to Cyber Security

Start with fundamentals, then branch into the color-coded sections as your interests sharpen.

Training and ResourcesYellow - NetEng/SysAdminYellow - Code and CLI

SOC Analyst / Blue Team

Use these pages for defensive operations, SIEM work, detection engineering, endpoint visibility, packet analysis, and hardening.

Blue - Defensive OperationsEvent DetectionYellow - Logging and Security Architecture

DFIR Practitioner

Use these pages for live response, forensic triage, event logs, memory forensics, malware analysis, and evidence handling.

Blue - DFIR: Digital Forensics and Incident ResponseWindows DFIR ChecksMemory Forensics

Cyber Threat Intelligence / OSINT

Use these pages for threat data, indicators, enrichment, source evaluation, domain and IP investigation, usernames, email, social media, and public records.

Cyber IntelligenceOSINTThreat Data

Pentester / Red Team

Use these pages for authorized offensive operations, active reconnaissance, exploitation, post-exploitation, lateral movement, password attacks, and red/purple team exercises.

Red - Offensive OperationsReconnaissance and ScanningExploitation and Targets

AppSec / Web Testing

Use these pages for web application testing methodology, Burp Suite, OAuth, API security, TLS, WAF testing, SQL injection, XSS, CSRF, XXE, and other web vulnerabilities.

Web App HackingBurp SuiteAttacks and Vulnerabilities

Cloud / Containers / Platform Security

Use these pages for AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Microsoft 365, Docker, Kubernetes, image scanning, runtime security, and cloud or container logging.

Yellow - CloudYellow - ContainersLogging - Cloud

Privacy / Tor / OPSEC

Use this section for personal privacy, Tor fundamentals, PGP, secure communication, and operational safety. The Jolly Roger page is preserved as a historical archive.

Grey - Privacy/TOR/OPSEC