Every serious security engineer starts by understanding the thing they're securing. After CCNA the road forks: break things for a living, or build the defences that stop the people who do.
one road, two branches
at a working pace
full progression
The road
Every stage is taught live by a working engineer — and every stage assumes only the one before it.
1The Foundation
Network Engineer · NOC Engineer
How packets actually move — and the IOS muscle memory to make them move the way you want, drilled on real racks.
Why this stage
“You can't secure what you can't subnet. The attack surface is the network — learn it first.”
The road forks — pick a side
Find the way in before someone else does
The Arsenal
Penetration Tester · Security Analyst
Recon, scanning, exploitation, escalation — and a report a client can actually act on.
The Proving Ground
Red Teamer · Senior Penetration Tester
Compromise a network of unfamiliar hosts under exam conditions: chain exploits and pivot, don't run a scanner.
Destination
Red Teamer · Senior Penetration Tester
Build the walls, and watch what hits them
The Wall
Security Engineer
The defensive core: secure network access end to end, terminate VPNs cleanly, apply policy at the identity layer.
The Specialisation · pick one
Two vendors, one job. Pick the firewall your market hires for — either door leads to the same next stage.
Pick one — both lead on to CCIE Security
The Summit
Security Architect · Principal Engineer
Design, deploy and repair a full security architecture against the clock: network, identity and edge together.
Destination
Security Architect · Principal Engineer
Both branches lead to the same kind of role — one from the attacker's chair, one from the defender's. Plenty of our students eventually walk both.
The road is mapped and the first batch is live. Take the first step — or talk to us and find out which stage you're already standing on.
Your roadmap
12–24 monthsCCNA
The Foundation · 3–4 months
Offensive Security
CEH
The Arsenal · 2–3 months
OSCP
The Proving Ground · 4–6 months
Defensive Security
SCOR
The Wall · 3–4 months
Palo Alto or Check Point
The Specialisation · 3–4 months
CCIE Security
The Summit · 6–9 months
Red Teamer / Security Architect
where this road ends