Track your readiness for eleven industry-recognized certifications. Every stage you complete maps to real exam domains — see exactly where you stand and which stages to tackle next. Also check the PQC Migration tracker for quantum-readiness, or build a resume from your completed stages.
This path builds skills progressively. Network+ gives you the foundation; CySA+ is the analyst-level target for most SOC roles.
Track post-quantum cryptography migration readiness against the NSA/CISA/NIST roadmap — governance, CBOM discovery, risk, NIST FIPS 203/204/205, hybrid deployment, and validation. Your Quantum Era stages map to the six migration phases. Not a cert exam — quantum-safe skills are credentialed through the crypto, risk, and AI certs below.
The industry-standard entry certification for security professionals — vendor-neutral, DoD-approved, and globally recognized. Required by thousands of employers.
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General Security Concepts
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Threats, Vulnerabilities & Mitigations
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Security Architecture
28%
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Security Operations
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Security Program Management & Oversight
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ISC²'s entry-level certification. Currently free to take — designed to get your first cybersecurity job. Backed by the world's largest security membership body.
26%
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Security Principles
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Business Continuity, DR & Incident Response
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Access Controls Concepts
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Network Security
18%
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Security Operations
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The foundational networking certification. Every security professional needs a deep understanding of how networks are built, operated, secured, and troubleshot. Network+ proves it.
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Networking Fundamentals
20%
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Network Implementations
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Network Operations
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Network Security
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Network Troubleshooting
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The analyst-level security certification. CySA+ validates threat detection, vulnerability management, and incident response skills — the day-to-day work of a SOC analyst.
33%
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Security Operations
30%
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Vulnerability Management
20%
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Incident Response Management
17%
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Reporting & Communication
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The gold standard for IT audit professionals. CISA is recognized in 180+ countries and required by major audit firms, government agencies, and Fortune 500 internal audit teams.
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IS Auditing Process
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Governance and Management of IT
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IS Acquisition, Development & Implementation
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IS Operations and Business Resilience
27%
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Protection of Information Assets
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The management-level security certification. CISM bridges technical security and business leadership — the path from security practitioner to CISO. Globally recognized as the credential for security managers.
17%
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Information Security Governance
20%
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Information Security Risk Management
33%
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Information Security Program
30%
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Incident Management
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The definitive risk management certification. CRISC holders translate IT risk into business language, design and implement controls, and report risk to boards and executives. One of the highest-paying IT certs globally.
26%
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Governance
20%
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IT Risk Assessment
32%
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Risk Response and Reporting
22%
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Information Technology & Security
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The first vendor-neutral AI certification from CompTIA. AI+ validates skills in machine learning, generative AI, AI security, and responsible AI governance — the credential the industry needs as AI becomes every professional's tool.
15%
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AI Concepts
20%
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Data Science Fundamentals
20%
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AI Models and Training
30%
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AI Security, Ethics & Governance
15%
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AI Infrastructure & Operations
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AWS's foundational AI credential. Validates fluency in AI/ML concepts, generative AI, foundation-model applications, and — heavily — responsible AI and AI security. No coding required; built for any professional working alongside AI on AWS.
20%
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Fundamentals of AI and ML
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Fundamentals of Generative AI
28%
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Applications of Foundation Models
14%
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Guidelines for Responsible AI
14%
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Security, Compliance & Governance for AI
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Google Cloud's flagship ML credential. Covers the full ML lifecycle — architecting solutions, managing data and models, scaling and serving, automating pipelines, and monitoring AI in production. The professional-tier target for ML engineers.
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Architecting Low-Code AI Solutions
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Collaborating to Manage Data & Models
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Scaling Prototypes into ML Models
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Serving & Scaling Models
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Automating & Orchestrating ML Pipelines
13%
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Monitoring AI Solutions
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ISACA's audit-focused AI credential (launched 2025), built for CISA-track professionals. AAIA validates the ability to govern, assess, and audit AI and machine-learning systems — AI risk, AI operations, and the tools and techniques for auditing models, data, and agentic pipelines.
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AI Governance & Risk
30%
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AI Operations
35%
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AI Auditing Tools & Techniques
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ISACA's AI security-management credential (launched 2025) for CISM/CISSP-track leaders. AAISM validates building and running an AI security program — AI security governance, AI risk management, and the controls and operations that secure machine-learning systems in production.
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AI Security Governance & Program
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AI Risk Management
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AI Technologies, Controls & Ops
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Domain Breakdown
Stage-to-domain mappings reflect official exam blueprints (SY0-701, N10-009, CS0-003, CC v1.0, AI+, AIF-C01, GCP PMLE). ISACA AAIA and AAISM are new (2025) AI credentials — their domain weightings here are best-effort approximations pending the official exam content outlines. Completing all mapped stages does not guarantee exam passage — use this as a readiness guide alongside official study materials and practice exams.