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Cybersecurity Career Jumpstart

A practical beginner program built from How to Get Into Cybersecurity. Students leave with a role decision, a safe lab plan, a portfolio evidence pack, an AI-use policy, and a dated 90-day career contract.

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No job guarantee. A concrete lane, evidence system, and dated plan.

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YOU LEAVE WITH
01A primary and adjacent career lane
02A safe home-lab blueprint
03A sanitized portfolio evidence pack
04An AI-use policy and review gate
05A dated 90-day career contract
9Decision-to-action modules
18Focused lessons
5Required proof artifacts
90Days in the execution plan

Book-backed curriculum

Pick a lane. Build proof. Enter the market.

Every module is mapped to the Remnant Security field guide and ends with an artifact you can inspect, revise, and discuss.

01
Module 1

Choose Your Cybersecurity Lane

Replace title-chasing with a clear view of the work, mission, evidence, and entry route behind each major cybersecurity lane.

CAREER-READINESS2 lessonsPortfolio project
What you will be able to do
  • Explain the day-to-day work behind at least six security role families.
  • Compare a primary and adjacent lane using energy, evidence, access, and local opportunity.
  • Identify five realistic target titles and five bridge titles.
01.1
Cybersecurity Is Not One JobSOC, DFIR, threat intelligence, red team, GRC, cloud, insider risk, AI security, and consulting without the marketing fog.
01.2
Mission Before ToolsUnderstand how industry, risk, regulation, and business mission change the same job title.
Build proof

Career Lane Decision Pack

A scored lane comparison, local opportunity map, and ten-title target list.

  • Completed lane scorecard
  • One-page local opportunity map based on 20 job postings
  • Five target titles and five bridge titles
  • One-paragraph lane decision with assumptions
02
Module 2

Choose Your Learning Route

Decide what to learn, what to pay for, and what to postpone using cost, time, feedback, credential, and risk filters.

CAREER-READINESS2 lessonsPortfolio project
What you will be able to do
  • Compare degree, certification, bootcamp, and self-study routes without relying on marketing claims.
  • Calculate total cost and weekly time for three realistic learning scenarios.
  • Make a take, delay, or skip decision for the next certification.
02.1
Degree, Bootcamp, or Self-Study?Use a decision framework instead of buying speed or prestige before protecting study time.
02.2
Certifications as ToolsMap job evidence to exam objectives and choose credentials that support the next move.
Build proof

12-Week Learning Route

A budgeted, scheduled learning route tied to one lane and visible weekly outputs.

  • Three-scenario cost and time comparison
  • Certification take, delay, or skip decision
  • Twelve-week calendar with 8-12 protected hours per week
  • Recovery plan for a missed week
03
Module 3

Build the Minimum Technical Foundation

Trace the systems every lane touches: networks, operating systems, identity, cloud, logs, risk, and communication.

SECURITYPLUS2 lessonsPortfolio project
What you will be able to do
  • Trace a login from user action through identity checks, network flow, application response, and log record.
  • Explain assets, threats, vulnerabilities, controls, evidence, and recovery in plain language.
  • Create a bounded foundation checklist instead of collecting endless prerequisites.
03.1
Trace One LoginFollow addresses, DNS, protocols, identity, processes, permissions, cloud roles, and logs through one familiar event.
03.2
Evidence, Risk, and CommunicationTurn technical observations into a concise analyst note and an executive decision statement.
Build proof

Login Evidence Map

A diagram and two-level explanation of how one login works and where defenders find evidence.

  • System and data-flow diagram
  • Technical analyst note
  • Executive summary
  • Thirty-item foundation checklist
04
Module 4

Build a Safe Home Lab

Design an isolated, recoverable practice environment with explicit authorization, safe data, snapshots, and cleanup.

SECURITYPLUS2 lessonsPortfolio project
What you will be able to do
  • Write a scope and authorization statement for a personal lab.
  • Design an isolated virtual network with Windows, Linux, and log collection.
  • Prove recovery by restoring a clean snapshot.
04.1
Safe Lab ArchitectureChoose a host, hypervisor, isolated network, test identities, and synthetic data without exposing vulnerable systems.
04.2
Snapshots, Evidence, and CleanupCreate clean baselines, capture useful proof, recover from mistakes, and document teardown.
Build proof

Safe Home Lab Blueprint

A buildable lab design with scope, network diagram, test plan, and recovery evidence.

  • Authorization and scope statement
  • Network and system diagram
  • Synthetic data plan
  • Snapshot restore evidence and cleanup checklist
05
Module 5

Make a Portfolio Look Like Work

Convert a tutorial or lab into an evidence package a hiring team can inspect and discuss.

CAREER-READINESS2 lessonsPortfolio project
What you will be able to do
  • Structure a repository around problem, scope, method, evidence, result, limits, and next step.
  • Sanitize secrets, personal information, and unsupported claims.
  • Explain the same project to a technical reviewer and an executive stakeholder.
05.1
The Evidence PackageBuild a README, safe sample data, tests, screenshots, decision memo, and short demo.
05.2
Honest Claims and Useful FeedbackSeparate original work from guided work, document limitations, and ask for focused review.
Build proof

Starter Portfolio Evidence Pack

A sanitized repository that proves one completed lab with working evidence and bounded claims.

  • README with problem, scope, method, result, and limitations
  • Safe sample data and expected output
  • Screenshots or two-minute demo
  • Technical note and executive summary
06
Module 6

Use AI Without Losing Judgment

Use AI to explain, draft, challenge, and practice while preserving authorization, evidence, privacy, and human review.

AI-SECURITY2 lessonsPortfolio project
What you will be able to do
  • Classify data before using an AI tool.
  • Verify generated claims, citations, code, and detections against authoritative evidence.
  • Document prompts, changes, decisions, and human-review gates.
06.1
Four Safe AI PatternsExplain, draft, challenge, and practice without treating generated text as evidence.
06.2
Build a Human Review GateThreat-model an AI-assisted workflow and test hallucination, prompt injection, data leakage, and unsafe automation.
Build proof

AI-Assisted Security Work Note

A tested prompt workflow with data rules, validation evidence, failure cases, and a review checklist.

  • Four non-negotiable AI rules
  • Data classification decision
  • Prompt and output change log
  • Failure test and human review checklist
07
Module 7

Build the 90-Day Execution Plan

Turn the course into twelve weeks of visible proof gates, feedback, and recovery rules.

CAREER-READINESS2 lessonsPortfolio project
What you will be able to do
  • Sequence foundation, role proof, market entry, and feedback across 90 days.
  • Define objective proof gates for days 30, 60, and 90.
  • Recover from a missed week without restarting the plan.
07.1
Days 1-60: Foundation and Role ProofBuild the first lab, writing samples, role evidence, and practitioner feedback loop.
07.2
Days 61-90: Enter the MarketFinish the capstone, prepare stories, apply selectively, and measure response quality.
Build proof

90-Day Career Scoreboard

A dated twelve-week board with outputs, proof gates, feedback, and recovery actions.

  • Twelve-week scoreboard
  • Day 30, 60, and 90 proof gates
  • Weekly time blocks
  • Accountability and recovery plan
08
Module 8

Become Visible and Credible

Use LinkedIn, GitHub, communities, and teaching to make useful proof discoverable without becoming noisy.

CAREER-READINESS2 lessonsPortfolio project
What you will be able to do
  • Choose channels based on the job each channel performs.
  • Publish one useful lesson and participate in two specific conversations.
  • Build a rare-skill combination map for the next two years.
08.1
The 20-Minute Visibility LoopShare proof, make helpful comments, and follow up with one specific question each week.
08.2
Build Career LeverageCombine depth, an adjacent skill, communication, and trust into a durable market signal.
Build proof

Professional Visibility Kit

A credible public profile system tied to real proof rather than engagement metrics.

  • Role-aligned LinkedIn headline and About section
  • Pinned GitHub portfolio README
  • One teaching post based on completed work
  • Two-year skill-combination map
09
Module 9

Resume, Interviews, and the Career Contract

Translate practice into honest evidence stories, role-aligned resume bullets, better interview questions, and a signed next-step contract.

CAREER-READINESS2 lessonsPortfolio project
What you will be able to do
  • Write resume bullets that show action, environment, evidence, and result.
  • Deliver six Problem, Action, Result, Lesson stories without inflating lab work.
  • Compare opportunities using scope, learning, compensation, risk, and manager quality.
09.1
Resume and Interview EvidenceBuild role-aligned bullets and mature stories that make decisions, uncertainty, and escalation visible.
09.2
Sign the Career ContractCommit to a lane, target list, project, weekly schedule, proof gates, feedback person, and ethics pledge.
Build proof

Career Evidence Package

A complete application and interview package backed by inspectable work.

  • Three role-aligned resume bullets
  • Six Problem, Action, Result, Lesson stories
  • Employer question bank and offer scorecard
  • Signed 90-day career contract

Beta launch

Start with the next 90 days—not another endless library.

Career Jumpstart is the low-cost entry to the academy. Finish it with a clear lane and evidence plan, then continue into technical portfolio labs or the full bootcamp.

Career Jumpstart beta
$97$47one time
  • 18 focused video lessons
  • Downloadable worksheets and transcripts
  • Five required proof artifacts
  • 90-day execution scoreboard
  • Completion certificate after required work
Get beta launch accessEnrollment opens after the first lesson package passes content and playback QA.