Awesome Cybersecurity Learning resources

A single place to get every possible learning resources for cybersecurity that includes YouTube videos, GitHub repositories, books, videos, courses, labs, certifications, articles, newsletters etc. We would keep adding relevant learning references when we find them informative for our community.

Note

You can also star or fork our other important repositories listed below:

1. Security Study Plan
2. Security Interview Questions
3. Awesome AWS Security
4. Cybersecurity career roadmap
5. Cybersecurity FAQs
6. Cybersecurity Slides
7. Python for Cybersecurity

Tip

We have categorised the learning resources based on the below domains (subject to change):

1. Common Learning Resources
2. Penetration Testing learning resources
3. Network security learning resources
4. API security learning resources
5. Application security learning resources
6. DevSecOps learning resources
7. AI/ML security learning resources
8. Cloud security learning resources
9. GRC learning resources
10. Mobile Application Security resources

ToC

1. Books
2. Cybersecurity Videos
3. Free/Paid Cybersecurity Courses
4. Free/Paid Cybersecurity Labs
5. Certifications
6. Newsletters
7. Blogs/Articles
8. Security Events/Conferences

Must Read - Security Books

Books that you must read in your cybersecurity journey

1. Secure By Design - Highly Recommended
2. Security Engineering 3rd Edition
3. The Web Application Hacker's Handbook - This was my first book when I started working as a Penetration Tester in 2014
4. Thinking Security
5. Schneier on Security - Little old now, but still very much useful to give you an idea of overall security notion. I enjoyed reading it!
6. The Phoenix Project

Cybersecurity Videos

1. How to build a career in Cybersecurity
2. Cybersecurity Roadmap for Beginners
3. Most underrated skills in Cybersecurity
4. Top 3 skills for success career in Cybersecurity

Free/Paid Cybersecurity Courses

1. Foundation of Cybersecurity by Google
2. Google Cybersecurity
3. Certified in Cybersecurity Specialization by ISC2

Free/Paid Cybersecurity Labs

1. hackthebox - Recommended
2. tryhackme
3. vulnhub
4. portswigger web security academy - Must go through
5. Parrot CTF
6. Pico CTF
7. Lets Defend for Blue Teamers
8. CTF Time
9. Hacker101 by HackerOne

Security Certifications

We are keeping the certifications which are popular amongst security community and what HR asks.

1. CC from ISC2
2. CompTIA Security+
3. CISSP from ISC2

1. ISC²

1. CC - Entry-level Cybersecurity
2. CISSP - Leadership and Operations
3. CSSLP - Secure Software Development
4. SSCP - Security Administrator
5. CCSP - Cloud Security
6. CGRC - Governance, Risk and Compliance

2. EC-Council

1. C|EH - Ethical Hacker
2. E|CSA
3. C|HFI
4. C|CISO
5. C|Pent - Penetration Testing
6. C|SA - SOC Analyst
7. E|CIH - Incident Handler
8. E|CDE - DevSecOps
9. CASE.Net - Application Security
10. CASE.Java - Application Security

3. CompTIA

1. Security+
2. CySA+
3. Pentest+
4. CASP+

4. eLearn Security

1. eJPT
2. eWPT
3. eWPTX
4. eCPPT

5. Offensive Security

1. OSCP
2. OSEP
3. OSWP
4. OSWA
5. OSWE

6. Cloud Security Alliance

1. CCSK
2. CCAK

7. CNCF Certs

1. KCNA - Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate
2. CKA
3. CKS

8. SANS Certs

1. GCSA
2. GCLD
3. GCPN
4. GWEB
5. GCSA
6. GSEC
7. GWAPT
8. GSLC - GIAC Security Leadership

9. Practical DevSecOps Certs

1. CDP
2. CDE
3. CCSE
4. CCNSE
5. CTMP
6. CASP
7. CSSE
8. CSC
9. CAISP

10. APISec Certs

1. CASA - Certified API Security Analyst
2. ASCP - API Security Certified Professional

Security Newsletters

Instead of keeping it various locations in this repo, I kept it here for quick look and you can subscribe to the newsletter that is important for you and your career.

1. The Hacker News
2. TLDR Sec
3. CSO Online
4. Cyber Magazine
5. Dark Reading Recommended 👍
6. API Security
7. AWS Security
8. Cloud Security
9. One more for cloud security
10. SANS Newsletter
11. Schneier on Security -> Very interesting one 👌
12. Zero Day issues newsletter
13. Krebs on Security
14. Security Magazine

Security: Blogs/Articles

1. Reddit: How to get started in Cybersecurity
2. Quora: How do I start career in cybersecurity

Security Events/Conferences

You can try to present, attend and meet like-minded people in these security chapters or conferences. Look for the local chapters near you like Bsides bangalore, Null Hyderabad, Nullcon Goa etc.

Meetup/Conferences	Type
Null	Chapters
Nullcon	International
Defcon	International
Blackhat	International
OWASP	Chapters
Bsides	Chapters
CXO Cywayz	Chapters
The Hacker's Meetup	Chapters
Bi0s	Chapters
ISC2	Chapters
ISACA	Chapters
DevSecCon by Snyk	International

Note

This list is not holistic, but we can make it more comprehensive together. So, if you want to add any learning resources, fork the repository and send PR or contact Sanjeev on Linkedin