Security
Security fundamentals
Threats, vulnerabilities, controls, authentication, encryption basics and the vocabulary every security job assumes.
About 30 hours of study.
Where to learn it
Read
Security Engineering, 3rd edition
Ross Anderson
The free chapters
Several chapters are free to read on the author's site.
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Watch
CompTIA Security+ video course
Professor Messer
The Security+ course videos
The standard free entry point, used by most people starting in security.
The videos are free. The certification exam is paid and optional.
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Practise
Which roles ask for it
- Security analyst (SOC) to get hired
Before and after
Security fundamentals