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Cybersecurity Career Pathway

Break into cybersecurity from Nigeria — real roles, free training, a CV that lands jobs.

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About this course

A career-focused roadmap that turns security curiosity into a hireable profile: understand the real roles (SOC analyst, GRC, pen-tester, security engineer), build the skills and certifications employers actually screen for, prove yourself with a free home lab and GitHub writeups, and target both Nigerian and global remote jobs that pay in naira and dollars. By the end you will have a personal 6-month plan, a portfolio-ready first project, and a security CV and LinkedIn that recruiters notice.

Cybersecurity is a city of jobs, not one job. Pick your street first — defence, offence, or governance — because that choice decides your certs, your lab, and your whole CV.

What you'll learn

Course syllabus — 7 lessons

  1. The map: real cybersecurity roles and which suit a beginner14 min
  2. The foundations employers screen for: networking, OS, Linux, security concepts15 min
  3. The certification roadmap: Security+, ISC2 CC, and beyond14 min
  4. Free training and your home lab: where you actually build skill15 min
  5. Proof of skill: your portfolio, GitHub, and writeups13 min
  6. The job market and the money: Nigeria, global remote, naira and dollars14 min
  7. The CV, LinkedIn, interviews — and the ethics and law that protect your career15 min

Your project

Your Personal Cybersecurity Career Plan

A single shared document link containing: your chosen target role with justification and target employers, a month-by-month 6-month skills + certification roadmap with a budget, a concrete home-lab first project and first writeup plan, a tailored CV summary and LinkedIn 'About' summary, and a short ethics-and-law statement.

Certificates on Skillnaija are earned, not issued for attendance: you submit this project, it is graded against a rubric, and passing issues a certificate anyone can verify.

Frequently asked questions

Is Cybersecurity Career Pathway free?

Yes. Cybersecurity Career Pathway is completely free on Skillnaija. You need a free account to open the lessons, and there is no charge for the course, the project, or the certificate.

How long does Cybersecurity Career Pathway take to complete?

6 weeks · ~4 hrs/week. There are 7 lessons, about 2 hours of material in total. You learn at your own pace and your progress is saved.

Do I need any experience to start Cybersecurity Career Pathway?

Intermediate. Some prior grounding in the subject will help you move faster.

What will I learn in Cybersecurity Career Pathway?

You will build practical skills in Mapping cybersecurity roles to your strengths, Core foundations: networking, OS, Linux, security concepts, Certification roadmap (Security+, ISC2 CC, specialisations), Free hands-on training (TryHackMe, Hack The Box, vendor courses), Building a home lab and documenting proof of skill, A security CV, LinkedIn, and portfolio that get interviews, Cyber ethics, the law, and the Nigerian/global job market. Every lesson is written for a Nigerian context, with examples drawn from how the work is actually done and paid for here.

Do I get a certificate for Cybersecurity Career Pathway?

Yes, but it has to be earned. You complete the course project — Your Personal Cybersecurity Career Plan and submit it for grading. Passing the project issues a verifiable certificate; finishing the lessons alone does not.

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