EC-Council Cybersecurity Certification Roadmap
One structured roadmap for ethical hacking, penetration testing, SOC operations, incident handling, forensics, cloud security, intelligence, and cyber resilience tracks.
✓ CEH to CCISO Progression | ✓ SOC, IR, Forensics and TI Skills | ✓ Enterprise Security Career Mapping
What You Build
- Ethical hacking, penetration testing, and web security assessment skills
- SOC monitoring, threat intelligence, and incident handling capabilities
- Forensics investigation and evidence handling practices
- Cloud security engineering and critical infrastructure defense readiness
- Network defense, disaster recovery, and operational resilience knowledge
- Leadership pathway from technical defense to CISO-level strategy
Best For
Security analysts, blue team and SOC professionals, pentesters, incident responders, forensics investigators, and aspiring security leaders.
Certification Mix
Balanced track across offensive security, defensive operations, cloud and infrastructure protection, and strategic cybersecurity leadership.
Delivery Modes
Online, weekend, and corporate formats with practical labs, attack simulations, detection use cases, and exam-oriented mentoring.
Outcome
Clear progression from cybersecurity fundamentals to specialist and leadership-level EC-Council certifications.
Certification Roadmap Courses
1) Certified Ethical Hacker v13 (AI) CEHModern ethical hacking with AI-enhanced offensive security workflows.
Focus: Recon, exploitation, post-exploitation, and attack simulation skills.
2) Certified Penetration Testing Professional v1 (CPENT)Advanced penetration testing methodologies in enterprise environments.
Focus: Network, web, and system-level advanced pentesting capabilities.
3) Certified Chief Information Security Officer v3 (CCISO)Security leadership, governance, risk, and strategic cyber program management.
Focus: Executive-level cybersecurity management and decision-making.
4) Certified Ethical Hacker v12 (CEH)Core ethical hacking lifecycle and adversary simulation fundamentals.
Focus: Baseline penetration testing and attacker mindset development.
5) Certified SOC Analyst v1 (CSA)SOC operations, threat monitoring, alert triage, and investigation workflow.
Focus: Blue-team operations and incident triage readiness.
6) EC-Council Certified Incident Handler v3 (ECIH)Structured incident response process and playbook-driven handling.
Focus: Detection-to-recovery incident lifecycle execution.
7) ICS/SCADA CybersecurityProtection strategies for industrial control systems and operational technology.
Focus: Critical infrastructure and OT security defense practices.
8) Web Application Hacking and Security (WAHS)Web application assessment, OWASP threats, and secure testing approaches.
Focus: Web vulnerability discovery, exploitation, and remediation insight.
9) Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator (CHFI) v11Digital forensics investigation, evidence preservation, and reporting workflows.
Focus: Forensic acquisition, analysis, and legal-ready investigation output.
10) Certified Cloud Security Engineer v2Cloud infrastructure security controls and secure architecture operations.
Focus: Cloud threat mitigation and hardening best practices.
11) Certified Threat Intelligence Analyst v2 (CTIA)Threat intelligence lifecycle, analysis models, and intelligence operations.
Focus: Threat intelligence production and security decision support.
12) Certified Blockchain Professional v2 (CBP)Blockchain ecosystem fundamentals and secure implementation concepts.
Focus: Security considerations in blockchain-enabled environments.
13) Certified Network Defender v3 (CND)Defensive network security operations and layered security controls.
Focus: Enterprise network protection and monitoring effectiveness.
14) EC-Council Disaster Recovery Professional v3 (EDRP)Disaster recovery planning, resilience controls, and business continuity readiness.
Focus: Operational recovery and continuity management for cyber events.
15) Certified Cybersecurity Technician v1Foundational cybersecurity operations and security control implementation.
Focus: Entry-level practical cybersecurity capability building.
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