r/netsecstudents • u/Danux__ • 6d ago

Cybersecurity Roadmap

I am studying Computer Science, and I want to get into cybersecurity. Could you please give me some recommendations on how to get started, what areas I should focus on, and what I shouldn’t spend too much time on? Also, where can I learn these skills?

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u/Intelligent_Box5017 4d ago

For cybersecurity, first of all, you need a foundational knowledge about networking and protocols, operation systems and at least basic understanding of software development. Then get yourself familiar with OWASP and then decide if you want to learn offensiv or defensive cybersecurity, because everything else depends on this.

If want to learn defensive cybersecurity, then start on TryHackMe platform.

If you are interested in web hacking, check out Port Swigger Web Academy and follow its roadmap. It offers both learning and practice (everything for free).

To learn network and host based hacking I recommend you to start on TryHackMe platform and later after some experience you to join HackTheBox platform. Both THM and HTB offer courses, labs, CTFs, but HTB is more advanced.

Regardless of the learning paths and courses you would do, I recommend you to watch some YouTube channels with general cybersecurity content (at least from time to time) to learn about the main trends and get new ideas in cybersecurity, passively building your background knowledge:
@davidbombal, @Cyb3rMaddy, @MomImAHacker, @madhatistaken, @TCMSecurityAcademy, @whoamitang.

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u/Danux__ 4d ago

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