Overview

Once you have the security foundations, pick the role that matches your goal. Each role is a specialized discipline with its own tools, mindset, and career path.

Pick Your Role

Role	Track	Who It Is For
Penetration Tester / Red Teamer	Red Team by Example	Engineers who want to think like attackers — recon, exploitation, privilege escalation, adversary simulation
SOC Analyst / Detection Engineer	Blue Team by Example	Engineers who want to detect, investigate, and respond — log analysis, SIEM queries, threat hunting
Tech Lead / Security Manager	CISO by Example	Senior engineers growing into security leadership — risk management, compliance, board communication

Not Sure Which Role?

Go Red Team if you want to understand how attackers break into systems and write more defensively as a result.

Go Blue Team if you work in platform, SRE, or backend engineering and want to understand the security signals your systems generate.

Go CISO if you are a tech lead or senior engineer who needs to own compliance, vendor risk, or board-level security communication.

Prerequisite

All role tracks assume you have completed or are familiar with Foundations. If you are new to security, start there.

All Tracks Are Progressive

Every track has three levels — Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced — and assumes no prior role-specific experience. Start at Beginner regardless of your engineering seniority.