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Find Your Path in Cybersecurity
Start with the work that pulls you in. Test a direction, build proof, and keep moving. Answer a few honest questions and get a personal next step by email.
Find My Starting PointNo polished answers needed. Tell us what you have tried, what interests you, and where you feel stuck. Finish the five short steps, and your personal next step arrives by email.
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Before you pick a path
You don’t need your career title figured out to begin. The assessment turns your answers into one practical next step. Sometimes that step is simply testing a direction to see whether it fits.
Work that comes naturally enough for you to grow quickly.
Problems you’d keep exploring after the assignment ends.
Work with real demand for the value you can create.
Where all three overlap is a direction worth testing. A path is a working hypothesis, not a permanent identity.
The six Cover6 paths
Pick a direction. Then prove you can work in it.
Cybersecurity has many roles. Cover6 organizes the learning into six paths. Threat intelligence and incident response are specializations within the SOC Analyst path. Security engineering grows out of Cloud Security.
Breaking Into Cyber
Learn the field. See the work. Get hands-on.
Build the foundation before you specialize.
Roles to aim for: SOC analyst, junior analyst
Start free: Breaking Into CyberSOC Analyst
Investigate alerts. Find what matters. Respond with evidence.
Threat intelligence and incident response are specializations you can grow into from here.
Roles to aim for: SOC Tier 1 and 2, threat hunter
Start free: Cover6: First WatchPenetration Tester
Test with permission. Prove impact. Explain the fix.
A clear findings report is part of the work, not an afterthought.
Roles to aim for: junior penetration tester, red team
Start free: Cover6: First ShellCloud Security
Build and secure the systems people depend on.
Security engineering develops here: identity, configuration, and logging.
Roles to aim for: cloud security engineer, DevSecOps
Start free: Cloud FoundationsGRC & Compliance
Translate risk into decisions a business can defend.
Turn requirements into policies, controls, and evidence people can act on.
Roles to aim for: GRC analyst, ISSO
Start free: GRC Analyst PrepvCISO
Run the program. Set priorities. Brief the people accountable for the risk.
This is the vCISO Pathway: the route toward leading a security program, for one organization or several.
Roles to aim for: security director, CISO, vCISO
Start free: Security Manager PrepSee what vCISO work looks like
Your first 90 days
Build proof in your first 90 days.
Momentum matters more than speed. Pick one path and stay with it long enough to make something real.
Learn your path’s vocabulary and finish one free foundation course.
Work through a lab, a CTF, or a guided scenario on systems you’re authorized to use. Keep notes as you go.
Turn one piece of work into a short write-up or demo, then walk someone through it.
Don’t build alone. Come to a Cover6 community event, join a CTF team, or find a study partner. A certification can help you get past a filter. Evidence of real work shows what you can do. Find a community event
Support along the way
Build your path with Chrysalus.
Chrysalus is Cover6’s free career platform. Choose the same path you’re exploring here, then record your labs, CTFs, projects, write-ups, certifications, and community work as you go. Your Core Score moves as you finish courses, pass final quizzes, and verify certifications, so your progress stays visible and your next step stays in view.
Free for candidates. No catch.
Employer discovery is opt-in. Your profile stays private until you turn it on, and employer access is opening to a small group of founding partners first. For now, Chrysalus gives you structure, a way to hold yourself accountable, and a record of your progress that’s yours first.
Keep going
Ready for what’s next?
The Academy holds the full course catalog, organized by path. The jobs board lists current openings.