Adjacent Certifications¶
Concise, source-grounded overview pages for cybersecurity certifications. Several of these now have their own full study hubs (linked below); the pages here remain as one-screen orientations — what each cert is, its scope, exam format, and where it fits a career path.
Full hubs in this repo: CEH · Security+ · CySA+ · PenTest+ · OSCP · PNPT.
Each page ends with a short How to prepare it section that applies the repo-wide preparation method to that exam.
Certification specifics (exam codes, prices, durations, retirement dates) change often. Each page cites the provider and marks volatile details "verify on
" — always confirm current details on the official site before booking.
| Cert | Provider | Level / focus | Page |
|---|---|---|---|
| CompTIA Security+ | CompTIA | Vendor-neutral entry / baseline | overview · full hub → |
| OSCP / OSCP+ | OffSec | Hands-on offensive (24-hour exam) | overview · full hub → |
| PNPT | TCM Security | Practical offensive (5-day exam) | overview · full hub → |
| CISSP | ISC2 | Senior / managerial (8 domains) | cissp.md · study plan & tracker |
| Cloud security | Microsoft / AWS | Azure & AWS security (SC-500 / SCS-C03) | cloud-security.md · study plan & tracker |
Also as full hubs: CySA+ (blue-team / SOC analyst, CS0-003; successor CS0-004) and PenTest+ (vendor-neutral pentesting, PT0-003).
See the learning roadmap for how these slot in around the CEH and PAM tracks (CISSP and cloud security are the architect-level milestones), and the CEH hub's career & adjacent certs page.