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Cybersecurity Career Paths

Security is not one job. Here's what the main roles involve, where people typically enter, and which courses build toward each.

Cybersecurity roles, what they do, entry level and relevant courses
Role	What they do	Typical entry	Relevant courses
SOC Analyst	Monitors alerts, triages and escalates suspicious activity.	Common entry role	cybersecurity soc analyst network security
Incident Responder	Leads the response to confirmed incidents — scope, contain, recover.	After SOC experience	incident response digital forensics
Threat Hunter / Detection Engineer	Proactively searches for undetected activity and builds detections.	Mid-level	threat hunting blue teaming
Penetration Tester	Runs scoped, authorised attacks and reports exploitable weaknesses.	Requires demonstrable skill	ethical hacking penetration testing web application security
Application Security Engineer	Secures web, API and mobile applications with development teams.	Often from development	web application security api security mobile application security
Cloud Security Engineer	Secures identity, configuration and workloads in AWS / Azure.	Often from cloud / DevOps	cloud security network security
Digital Forensics / Malware Analyst	Investigates evidence and analyses hostile code.	Specialist	digital forensics malware analysis reverse engineering
Red Team Operator	Emulates real adversaries to test detection and response.	Senior	red teaming penetration testing

Where should a beginner start?

Most people begin with fundamentals, then move into a defensive role such as SOC analyst, because organisations hire monitoring staff in the greatest numbers. Offensive roles are popular but typically expect proven skill first. Our beginner career roadmap walks through the steps in detail.

What about salaries and placements?

We deliberately don't publish salary figures or placement statistics. Pay varies widely by role, employer, city and demonstrated skill, and generic numbers mislead more than they help. A course advisor can talk through your situation honestly.

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