CyberPro Ignite — 12-Week Curriculum

Beginner-friendly lessons that stack into real skills. Every week ends with a clear, hands-on task.

Start with Core

Week 1 — Foundations

Systems, accounts, policies, threats.

Orientation & environment setup
Security triad & policy basics
IgniteLab: baseline assessment

Week 2 — Assets & Data

Inventory, data classification.

Asset catalog + ownership
Data flows 101
IgniteLab: classify sample set

Week 3 — Risk Basics

Threats, likelihood, impact.

Simple risk register
Mitigation patterns
IgniteLab: mini-assessment

Week 4 — Controls

Frameworks & mapping.

NIST/ISO overview
Control statements
Checkpoint quiz

Week 5 — Policy Writing

Scope, roles, versioning.

Policy template
IgniteLab: author a policy
Peer review prompts

Week 6 — Vendors

Triage, questionnaires.

Criticality tiers
Findings & follow-ups
IgniteLab: mini-VRM

Week 7 — Monitoring

Alerts, triage, runbooks.

Signals & noise
Ticket hygiene
IgniteLab: runbook draft

Week 8 — Incidents

IR lifecycle, comms.

Playbook outline
Checkpoint quiz
IgniteLab: tabletop

Week 9 — Compliance

SOC2/ISO primer.

Controls → evidence
Audit prep
IgniteLab: evidence pack

Week 10 — Cloud

IAM, network basics.

Cloud config risks
Guardrails
IgniteLab: misconfig review

Week 11 — Program

Roadmaps & KPIs.

Quarterly plan
Metrics board
IgniteLab: roadmap

Week 12 — Synthesis

Capstone + eligibility.

Final assessment
Portfolio directions
CyberSim eligibility