This blog will introduce you to the best resources that are freely available on the internet to start your career in cybersecurity. This blog will be only for beginners who don’t have knowledge of cybersecurity but can be helpful to others too.
This blog is just a roadmap created by me and this is the best path for beginners as per my experience, so let’s begin.
Before just starting to learn ethical hacking, you should first have a basic idea of cybersecurity. Since this blog is for beginners, so i assume that none of you will be having any idea of cybersecurity and ethical hacking.
First, complete the course, “Introduction to Cybersecurity from SkillsforAll”
Course Link -
https://skillsforall.com/course/introduction-to-cybersecurity?userLang=en-US
Beginner friendly - Yes
Cost - Free
Creator - Cisco Networking Academy -
Certificate - Yes (Only after completing all the labs)
Difficulty Level - Easy
The reason for suggesting this course is this course will give you a basic idea of what is cybersecurity, why we need it, where we use it in real life, and a basic idea about some real attacks that organizations face almost daily. and a lot more. Also, this course is designed in such a way that you will love that learning and won’t get bored. Also, it includes quizzes and activities that make learning fun.
Once you complete this course, you will be having a basic idea of cybersecurity.
Now let’s discuss what skills you need to learn before start learning ethical hacking so that you don’t face any difficulty while learning.
The skills you need to learn prior are -
- How to use Google effectively -
As google is the best friend of ethical hackers and other cybersecurity experts, you must be good in using it effectively.
Go through my article, Google Dorks: An advanced hacking tool and you are good to go.
Once you feel comfortable in google dorking, you are good to proceed further.
- Basics of Networking
The next thing that you should be comfortable with is the basics of Networking.
For this, I suggest you go through, the following course, “Networking Basics”
Coures link - https://skillsforall.com/course/networking-basics?userLang=en-US
Beginner friendly - Yes
Cost - Free
Creator - Cisco Networking Academy -
Certificate - Yes (Only after completing all the labs)
Difficulty Level - Easy
This will teach you the basics of networking which will help you in understanding many topics of cybersecurity later on.
This course won’t make you an expert in networking but instead, it will make you comfortable in learning other topics.
- Basics of Kali Linux
After learning networking the next thing that you should do is make yourself comfortable with Kali Linux.
Since, there are a lot of tools for writing in kali Linux and a strong community that will always be there for your help. So, better to first kali Linux and later on you can shift to any other operating shift you love.
You can use any resource for learning kali Linux, that totally your choice, I am adding a few good resources which you can use for learning.
Linux for Ethical Hackers
Course Link -
Make yourself comfortable with kali Linux and that’s it. now you can start learning ethical hacking since you will be having a basic knowledge of all the pre-requisite that you needed.
“How to Learn Ethical Hacking ” will be discussed in my next blog, till then make yourself comfortable with google dorking and kali Linux.
I am adding a few resources below that you can go through for making yourself more comfortable.
References -
- Introduction to Cyber Security
- Introduction to Cybercrime
- https://github.com/dheerajydv19/Google-Dorks-Simplified
Always feel free to ask for any kind of help, whether you need guidance in learning or want some awesome resource to learn something new.
Just message me on any of my social media handles that are mentioned on the below link -
https://linktr.ee/dheerajydv19
Thank you guys for reading this, share it with who are interested in learning about cybersecurity and ethical hacking.
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