Roadmap
Certifications
complete CompTIA Security+ CE
complete Splunk Core Certified User
complete AWS Solutions Architect – Associate
planned, after field experience AWS Security Specialty
long-term CCSP, CISSP
Brushing Up On
in progress Linux & Bash (OverTheWire Bandit)
planned Python + boto3
planned Terraform + IaC Security
Projects
planned Automated IAM Audit (Python + boto3)
planned Secure Landing Zone (Terraform)
planned Detection Pipeline (CloudTrail → SIEM)
planned Automated Remediation (Lambda)
planned VPC Infrastructure as Code
Broadening the Toolkit
exploring PortSwigger Web Security Academy (offense/red team/"hacking")
exploring Home lab: Proxmox + pfSense + Splunk Free (networking/blue team/SIEM)
exploring Kubernetes basics (container orchestration)
exploring Linux administration, deeper (systems administration)