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Cybersecurity / Cloud Security

Defend cloud environments at scale

IAM design, threat detection, vulnerability management, incident response, compliance (SOC 2, ISO 27001). Cloud security is one of the highest-paid + fastest-growing tech specializations. Strong overlap with cloud engineering — you can dual-track.

AWS Security HubGuardDutyInspectorIAMTerraformSIEM (Splunk/Elastic)Compliance frameworks

Salary range

$80k – $150k

entry → mid US

Time to complete

14 wk

28 wk part-time

Lessons

15

4 phases

Capstone

Yes

real cloud account

Salary range is sourced from BLS Information Security Analysts + Levels.fyi 2026 cloud-security postings. Your specific outcome depends on location, experience, interview performance, and market conditions.

Roles this path prepares you for

  • Cloud Security Engineer
  • Security Analyst
  • DevSecOps Engineer
  • GRC Analyst
  • AWS Security Specialty / CompTIA Security+ cert prep

Curriculum

1

Security Foundations

Free preview

Security thinking, OWASP Top 10, network security, cryptography basics.

4 lessons

2

AWS Cloud Security

Locked

IAM mastery, GuardDuty, Security Hub, CloudTrail forensics, KMS, secrets management, zero trust.

7 lessons

3

Incident Response + GRC

Locked

Detection, triage, containment, recovery, plus compliance and threat modeling.

3 lessons

4

Career Launch (Sec)

Locked

Security interviews, hands-on lab portfolio, certification prep.

1 lessons

Capstone project + completion certificate

Hardening + incident response on a vulnerable AWS environment

Deploy a deliberately-vulnerable AWS stack, then harden it: IAM, network controls, monitoring, alerting. Then simulate an incident and run the playbook.

Deliverables

  • ·Initial vulnerability assessment report
  • ·Hardening Terraform modules applied
  • ·GuardDuty + Security Hub configured
  • ·Incident playbook executed end-to-end with timeline
Completion certificate. Finish every lesson in this path and we auto-issue a CloudPath Cybersecurity / Cloud Security certificate to your account, with a shareable verification URL. Show it on LinkedIn, your portfolio, or in a recruiter conversation.

Before you start

  • ·Cloud Foundations or equivalent AWS familiarity
  • ·Comfortable with terminal + scripting

What you walk out with

  • Architect secure AWS environments
  • Lead an incident response from detection to post-mortem
  • Pass AWS Security Specialty + Security+ certs
  • Interview for cloud security roles confidently

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