Cheat Sheets

Active Directory Hardening

Essential GPO settings and account policies.


Zero Trust Starter Guide

A checklist for implementing Zero Trust principles.


Common Ports & Protocols

Quick reference for networking exams and troubleshooting.


Tool Recommendations

Nmap

Free

Network discovery and security auditing.


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Wireshark

Free

The world's foremost network protocol analyzer.


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Burp Suite

Freemium

Web vulnerability scanner and proxy tool.


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Learning Pathways

I.T. Fundamentals

1

Hardware & OS Basics

Understanding CPU, RAM, and File Systems.

2

Networking 101

IP addressing, DNS, and DHCP.

3

Security Essentials

Password policies and basic antivirus.

SOC Analyst Beginner

1

Log Analysis

Reading Windows Events and Syslog.

2

SIEM Fundamentals

Introduction to Splunk or ELK Stack.

3

Incident Response

The PICERL framework lifecycle.