Your pathway into cybersecurity
Build strong foundations before choosing a specialization. Start with the Foundations pathway — available now — then grow into Defensive Operations and Governance, Risk & Compliance as they’re released.
Choose your pathway
Start with Foundations today. Specialized tracks unlock as their courses are built and battle-tested — no inflated promises.
From zero to a solid cybersecurity foundation.
A start-from-scratch pathway through the core of cybersecurity: fundamentals, threats and defense, and the technical foundations of network, system, and…
Detect, analyze, respond, and defend.
Develops practical blue-team skills in security operations, monitoring, log analysis, alert triage, vulnerability operations, incident response, and def…
Manage cybersecurity risk with confidence.
Develops organizational cybersecurity skills in governance, frameworks, risk assessment, policies, compliance, audit readiness, evidence management, and…
How you learn
Apply each concept in guided, in-browser exercises — no setup, no VM required.
Check your understanding before moving on; pass the quiz and complete the labs to finish a module.
Completion mints cryptographically-signed Open Badges you can share and anyone can verify.
Why SA Academy
A defined path from first principles up — you always know what comes next, and why it matters.
Scenario-driven lessons move you from concepts to practical security reasoning — assets, threats, risk, controls.
Built for motivated learners — technical or not — with credentials that demonstrate what you can actually do.
Progress & credentials
As you complete modules and courses, you earn professional, verifiable Open Badges — signed and hosted here, viewable in your wallet and verifiable by anyone at a public credential URL.
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