Choose Offensive Security Cybersecurity Courses and Certifications
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Offensive Security Cybersecurity Courses and Certifications is a reputable provider of cybersecurity training; their content is presented in a clear, comprehensive yet concise manner while also being practical, useful, hands on and applicable to the majority of real world scenarios that we are likely to encounter from real attackers; their labs allow us to quickly test our threat hunting methodology in a safe environment that closely resembles what we would encounter on a daily basis
Pros
- Content is comprehensively laid out in a clear manner
- Content is regularly kept up to date with the latest techniques seen today
- Content doesn't assume too much about the reader's existing knowledge levels
- Labs are representative and designed to emulate what could happen in real life
- Certifications are well respected and widely recognised in the security industry
- Prices are not that expensive compared to other vendors etc.
Cons
- The exams are quite hard to pass and some require a lot of hours to be spent on them which might leave some exhausted
- Some of the content can be hard to remember since there is a lot of syntax that might be intimidating to users not familiar with something similar from before
- Perhaps consider more specific, tailored courses rather than courses which cover many topics at once which might not necessarily be within the same niche
- More human to human interaction could be beneficial to prepare for the exams sometimes
Most Important Features
- Price is acceptable and good value for money compared to similar providers
- Lab time given is generous for the price paid
- Labs are realistic and allow us to try new things while also testing our threat hunting methodology
- Provider is well respected and recognised; Offensive Security Cybersecurity Courses and Certifications are highly sough after in the industry and provide job security
- Content is up to date and not that difficult to go through for experienced cyber security teams
Return on Investment
- Labs have allowed us to safely test new offensive as well as defensive techniques
- Certifications are widely recognised and allow us to showcase our team's maturity to external parties when required
- Content is very comprehensive so this lessens the need for covering the same topics in our internal knowledgebases
- The platforms that Offensive Security Cybersecurity Courses and Certifications have setup helped showcase the benefits and drive adoption of infrastructure as code in our own organisation
Alternatives Considered
Udemy for Business, LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com), CompTIA and Immersive Labs
Other Software Used
LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com), Udemy for Business, CompTIA, Immersive Labs