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Oli Huggins
CEO and Founder
For SOC analysts
Tired of overpriced, outdated cyber training?
Prepare for the exams on your path in one place. Get you and your team the latest study material from our experts, from $10 a month.
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CISM
SY0-701
CISSP
CY0-001
PT0-003
Sound familiar?
It feels like there are 100 roads and no clear starting point.
Say you start with CompTIA Security+. Where do you go from there? Multiple vendors, a pile of courses and no real idea which exam to study for next.
So where do I start?
We turn the goal into skills you can measure
Moving up from Tier 1 is too vague a goal to plan around. Set the role you want as your target and ExpertEdge breaks it into the skills it takes.
Security+
Where you are
Cloud Security
Digital Forensics & Incident Response
Ethical Hacking & Penetration Testing
Identity & Access Management
Network Security & Defense
Security Compliance & Governance
Security Operations & Threat Intelligence
Cybersecurity Analyst
The goal
Is it current?
Study guides for the exam versions running now
Old guides hang around for years. Here's what's on ExpertEdge right now, by exam and framework, so you can check it against the official objectives.
Exam
Name
In the library
Status
CY0-001
CompTIA SecAI+
CompTIA SecAI+ (CY0-001) CertMike's Complete Certification CourseCurrent
SY0-701
CompTIA Security+
CompTIA Security+ Study GuideCurrent
PT0-003
CompTIA PenTest+
Ethical Hacking and CompTIA PenTest+ V3 (PT0-003) Exam PrepCurrent
CISSP
ISC2 CISSP
ISC2 CISSP Certified Information Systems Security Professional Official Study GuideCurrent
CSF 2.0
NIST Cybersecurity Framework
NIST CSF 2.0Current
27001
ISO/IEC 27001 controls
ISO 27001 ControlsCurrent
Does it cover my vendor?
The exams on your list, in one place
Security+ this year, SC-200 next, CISSP a few years down the line. You shouldn't have to buy a new subscription every time. We get you ready, and you book the exam.
CompTIA
Security+PenTest+SecAI+ISC2
CCCISSPCCSPISACA
CISMCRISCCISAMicrosoft
SC-200SC-100AZ-500Cisco
CyberOps 200-201AWS
Security Specialty
$10a month
Six exam providers, one login
Why not just use YouTube?
The usual options can leave you high and dry
Free videos
Where most people start, and genuinely good for Security+. The coverage thins out fast after that.
- Good for
- Solid, free coverage of the first exam most analysts sit
- Where it stops
- Little depth past Security+, and no way to check who's teaching you
Course marketplaces
Plenty of choice, one course at a time. Courses stay on sale long after the exam changes.
- Good for
- A course for almost every exam, often on sale
- Where it stops
- A new purchase for each exam, with no promise it matches the current version
Bootcamps
Intense, structured and usually excellent. They also cost thousands before you book the exam.
- Good for
- Structured, instructor-led prep that gets you ready fast
- Where it stops
- Thousands per exam, and you pay again for the next one
- A bootcamp
- $8,000+
- A year of ExpertEdge
- $120
Can you back that up?
Here's what's actually included
If you've studied for Security+, there's a good chance you learned it from one of our experts.
- cybersecurity titles
- 392
- added in 2025 and 2026
- 160+
- a month
- $10
Author
Mike Chapple
- SY0-701
- CISSP
- CISM
- CC
- CY0-001
Published by Wiley, Packt, ACI Learning and IT Governance
Meet the ExpertsStuck in Tier 1?
The way out of Tier 1 is clearer than you think
Every threat hunter and incident responder started out clearing the alert queue. Here's how they got out.
Cybersecurity Analyst
Role earned
Incident response
Contain it, find out what happened and report on it.
ECIH v2Threat hunting
Hunt with Sentinel, Defender and MITRE ATT&CK in the SOC.
SC-200CyberOpsCloud security
More of your alerts now come from AWS and Azure.
AZ-500CCSPAI security
A new specialism, with a new exam to match.
SecAI+
And the price?
One price, everything included
Monthly
Billed monthly
$15per month
Everything, month to month. Cancel anytime.
What's included
- Prep for every exam on this page
- The whole 3,400+ course library
- Skills and a passport that stay yours
Annual
Billed yearly ($120)
$10per month
Everything for a third less, paid once a year.
What's included
- Prep for every exam on this page
- The whole 3,400+ course library
- Skills and a passport that stay yours
No setup fees, no minimum seats. Invoicing available on plans of 20+ seats or more.
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