Thinking of a roadmap to starting your Cybersecurity journey? This can be your study schedule for the next 60 days: Week 1 (Days 1–7): Module 1 Introduction to Cybersecurity ✅ Day 1–2: Read “Key Elements” + “Domain Landscape” in the module. ✅ Day 3: Study CIA Triad (Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability). ✅ Day 4: Study Defense-In-Depth strategies. ✅ Day 5: Learn about AAA Services (Authentication, Authorization, Accounting). ✅ Day 6: Explore Domain Landscape: overview of different security domains (AppSec, NetSec, etc.). ✅ Day 7: Review the module; write a summary and identify 2 weak spots to revisit. Week 2 (Days 8–14): Module 2 Networking ✅ Day 8: Study LAN / WAN; OSI Model. ✅ Day 9: TCP / IP model; IPv4 & IPv6. ✅ Day 10: Protocols — TCP, UDP, ICMP; Ports & Services. ✅ Day 11: Routing & Switching; NAT / PAT. ✅ Day 12: DNS, Network segmentation, Subnetting, VLANs. ✅ Day 13: Tools: practice with Kali Linux, TCPDUMP, Netstat, Dig, Nslookup, Whois. ✅ Day 14: Tools continued: Packet Tracer, Nmap, Wireshark; review and lab. Week 3 (Days 15–21): Module 3 Security Program ✅ Day 15: Cybersecurity governance & strategy. ✅ Day 16: Risk management & rating methodologies. ✅ Day 17: Compliance: Legal & Regulatory (e.g. HIPAA, PCI-DSS). ✅ Day 18: Introduction to NIST Cyber Security Framework. ✅ Day 19: CIS Top 18 Framework. ✅ Day 20: Map governance, risk, compliance interrelations. ✅ Day 21: Draft a small security program (governance + risk + compliance) for a mock org. Week 4 (Days 22–28): Module 4 OSINT & Social Engineering ✅ Day 22: Information gathering via open sources. ✅ Day 23: Network & Domain enumeration. ✅ Day 24: Anonymization techniques (VPN, TOR). ✅ Day 25: Security awareness / social engineering theory. ✅ Day 26: Social engineering types: Email / Phishing, etc. ✅ Day 27: Tools: Whois, DNS records, Traceroute, GoPhish. ✅ Day 28: Tools: Shodan, theHarvester, OSINT Framework; mini project. Week 5 (Days 29–35): Module 5 Threat Intelligence ✅ Day 29: Threat sources & events. ✅ Day 30: Adversarial vs Non-adversarial threats. ✅ Day 31: Threat motivations: monetary, hacktivism, IP theft. ✅ Day 32: Tools: Data Breach Reports. ✅ Day 33: Tools: MITRE ATT&CK. ✅ Day 34: Apply ATT&CK framework to a known breach. ✅ Day 35: Review and quiz yourself. Week 6 (Days 36–42): Module 6 Scripting for Security ✅ Day 36: Client-Server model; basics of programming. ✅ Day 37: Functions & classes. ✅ Day 38: API connections; regular expressions. ✅ Day 39: Tools set up: Python, Jupyter, Git, VirtualENV. ✅ Day 40: Write small scripts for basic security tasks. ✅ Day 41: Further scripting practice (automate simple scans or logs). ✅ Day 42: Project: develop a script combining two modules learned. Week 7 (Days 43–49): Module 7 Security Operations Architecture ✅ Day 43: Network architecture design; VPC concepts. ✅ Day 44: Firewalls, proxies, remote access, VPNs. ✅ Day 45: Access control & infrastructure as code. ✅ Day 46: Cloud architecture & VPC deployment. ✅ Day 47: Cloud infrastructure auditing & systems hardening. ✅ Day 48: Tools: AWS, Terraform, ScoutSuite, DUO, Lynis. ✅ Day 49: Lab: design a secure architecture combining cloud + on-prem. Week 8 (Days 50–56): Module 8 Security Operations Detection ✅ Day 50: Traffic analysis fundamentals. ✅ Day 51: Logging & log management. ✅ Day 52: SIEM principles. ✅ Day 53: IDS / IPS overview. ✅ Day 54: Data Loss Prevention (DLP). ✅ Day 55: Tools: IPtables, Snort. ✅ Day 56: Tools: SIEM dashboards, ELK stack; lab. Week 9 (Days 57–63): Module 9. Cryptography ✅ Day 57: Boolean logic & modulus arithmetic. ✅ Day 58: Symmetric & asymmetric encryption, hashing. ✅ Day 59: TLS / SSL; disk encryption. ✅ Day 60: Key derivation, digital signatures, PKI. ✅ Day 61: Key management, password cracking, rainbow tables. ✅ Day 62: Tools: OpenSSL, CertBot, Nginx.