Learning Resources

Security Certification Roadmap

✍️ Ongoing | 🎯 To-do | ✅ Done

OU Studies Tracker 📋

BSc (Honours) Cyber Security🎯

• TM470 The computing and IT project (02/2028) 🎯

• TM357 Cisco networking (CCNA) part 2 (to be replaced) (10/2028) 🎯

• TM359 Systems penetration testing (02/2027) 🎯

• TM311 Information security (10/2027) 🎯

Diploma of Higher Education (DipHE) ✍️

• TM252 Web technologies (02/2026) 🎯

• TM255 Communication and information technologies (10/2026) 🎯

• TM257 Cisco networking (CCNA) part 1 (10/2024) ✅

• TM256 Cyber security (2024) ✅

Certificate of Higher Education (CertHE) ✅

• TM129 Technologies in practice (2023) ✅

• MST224 Mathematical methods (2022) ✅

• MST124 Essential mathematics 1 (2022) ✅

• TM112 Introduction to computing and information technology 2 (2021) ✅

• TM111 Introduction to computing and information technology 1 (2021) ✅

• M140 Introducing statistics (2021) ✅

2025 Goals

Certs

• Certified Red Team Professional (CRTP) ✍️

• OffSec Certificed Professional (OSCP) ✅

Courses

• Certified Red Team Professional (CRTP) ✍️

• PEN-200: Penetration Testing with Kali Linux (OSCP) ✅

2024 Goals

Certs

• OffSec Web Assessor (OSWA) ✅

Courses

• Red Teaming LLM Applications ✅

• Mainframe Offensive Security Specialist (MOSS) ✅

• WEB-200: Foundational Web Application Assessments with Kali Linux (OSWA) ✅

• PEN-103: Kali Linux Revealed ✅

• Create REST APIs with Spring and Java ✅

• API Development with Swagger and OpenAPI ✅

• Learn JavaScript ✅

• Learn Node.js ✅

• Practical API Hacking ✅

• The Definitive GRC Analyst Master Class ✅

• Practical Web Hacking ✅

• Practical Bug Bounty ✅

• API Security Fundamentals ✅

• API Penetration Testing Course (ASCP) ✅

• API Authentication ✅

• Penetration Tester Job Role Path (CPTS) ✅

• Bug Bounty Hunter Job Role Path (CBBH) ✅

• API Attacks ✅

• Postman API Fundamentals Student Expert certification 🆓✅