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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: WALLIX/PAM · CEH · Security+ · CySA+ · PenTest+ · OSCP · PNPT.

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
Cloud security Microsoft / AWS Azure & AWS security (AZ-500 / SCS) cloud-security.md

Also as full hubs: CySA+ (blue-team / SOC analyst, CS0-003) and PenTest+ (vendor-neutral pentesting, PT0-003).

See the learning roadmap for how these slot in around the CEH and WALLIX/PAM tracks, and the CEH hub's career & adjacent certs page.