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This thread’ll be update through the year with FREE courses that lead to FREE certifications.

If we all grow, we all improve. :muscle:

Please help keep this thread updated throughout the year.

 

***** Updated 02 October 2023 *****

 

[Veeam]

Veeam University: Veeam surely.

https://www.veeam.com/free-on-demand-trainings.html 

 

[Kubernetes]

Free Kubernetes Training by Veeam, with 3 badges after completation: Apprentice, Defender, Helmsman

https://learning.kasten.io/

 

Kyverno is a policy engine designed for Kubernetes. With Kyverno, policies are managed as Kubernetes resources and no new language is required to write policies. This allows using familiar tools such as kubectlgit, and kustomize to manage policies. Kyverno policies can validate, mutate, and generate Kubernetes resources. The Kyverno CLI can be used to test policies and validate resources as part of a CI/CD pipeline.

https://learn.nirmata.com/courses/kyverno-fundamentals-certification/

 

[Cybersecurity]

CYBER THREAT INTELLIGENCE 101
The arcX Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) 101 course is a short selection of content taken from arxX CTI Practitioner course and has been designed as a very basic introduction to cyber threat intelligence: Threat actors, the Intelligence lifecycle and legal and ethical considerations surrounding CTI. Totally worth!

https://arcx.io/courses/cyber-threat-intelligence-101

 

(ISC)² is offering a free entry level certification: Cybersecurity Certification.

https://www.isc2.org/Certifications/CC

 

For those residing in Ireland, there’s this program of journey into cybersecurity from Beginner to Advanced, with a certification at every stage. I think it’s an amazing opportunity.

https://www.cyberquest.ie/

 

Ec-council released a free essentials series for beginners who wants to jump into cybersec, with the possibility to get certificate in Network Defense Essentials, Ethical Hacking Essentials and Digital Forensics Essentials:

https://codered.eccouncil.org/essentials-series-bundle/

 

Linux foundation has many course with final examination and certificate

https://training.linuxfoundation.org/resources/?_sft_content_type=free-course

 

Pratical Network Penetration Tester (PNPT) by TCM full 50h FREE course

https://community.veeam.com/cyber-security-space-95/pratical-network-penetration-tester-free-50h-course-2790

 

APIsec Certified Expert

The API Security Certified Expert and Foundamental course covers all the key topics to become an APIsec professional. This hands-on course provides detailed workshops on API hacking techniques and how to uncover vulnerabilities and logic flaws in APIs. 

https://university.apisec.ai/

 

Offensive Security's live Pen200 

is a scheduled and open streaming offering that will facilitate learning, improve engagement, and ultimately increase Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP) certification preparedness and achievement for those students enrolled in PEN-200.

https://www.offensive-security.com/offsec/offsec-live/

 

Ransomware Uncovered Specialist
ICTTF delivers a non-technical workshop outlining Cyber Threat Landscape, impact of Covid on Cyber Threats, Underground Economy of Cyber criminals, the Cyber Kill Chain and much more…

https://community.icttf.org/course/ransomware-uncovered-specialist-certificate

 

(Bonus without cert but super interesting)

Infosec Montly Challenge: Metasploit Framework, Secure and Insecure Protocols and Phyton are the topics of the month. Each path has a corresponding CPE credit.

https://www.infosecinstitute.com/skills/monthly-challenge-overview/

 

AttackIQ | Foundations of Purple Teaming

https://www.academy.attackiq.com/courses/foundations-of-purple-teaming


AttackIQ | Foundations of Breach & Attack Simulation

https://www.academy.attackiq.com/courses/foundations-of-breach-attack-simulation


AttackIQ | Foundations of Operationalizing MITRE ATT&CK v13

https://www.academy.attackiq.com/courses/foundations-of-operationalizing-mitre-attck-v13

 

[Cloud]

For all the women of this community, the "AWS She Builds - SkillUp with CloudUp - Cloud Practitioner" event gives free course and free voucher for the exam AWS Cloud Practitioner certification:

https://pages.awscloud.com/cloudup-for-her-cloud-practitioner.html

 

Microsoft Virtual Training Days: “Foundamental level” free certification after 2 webinars.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/trainingdays

 

Jumpcloud core certification

Core certification validates the strong foundational knowledge needed to execute standard implementation, configurations, and daily operations across the JumpCloud platform.

https://jumpcloud.com/university/certifications/core

 

(Bonus)

If you are unemployed, this courses are for you. They give a full 360 knowledge about AWS.

https://aws.amazon.com/it/training/restart/

 

[Virtualization]

Thanks to @victorwu 
“The VMware Skyline Advisor Pro Technologist badge validates skills for supporting, managing, and planning environments through proactive monitoring and issue remediation. The badge holder helps organizations use VMware Skyline Advisor Pro to proactively avoid issues before they occur, increase network reliability and security, ensure peak performance, and reduce time-to-resolution for service requests.”

https://blogs.vmware.com/kb/2022/02/get-your-vmware-skyline-advisor-pro-technologist-certification-today.html

Free course +  VMware Skyline Advisor Pro Technologist Certification after the course (with 70% of correct answers)

 

[Programming]

Harvard University is offering python course for free (with optional certification), the life changing CS50P, and it started in April 2022:

https://www.edx.org/course/cs50s-introduction-to-programming-with-python

 

Python Free course and certification at FreeCodeCamp:

https://www.freecodecamp.org/

 

Redis Certified Developer is our professional certification program for software developers who regularly work with Redis. Earning this certification is a great way to ensure that you've achieved a high level of Redis mastery. You can also use this certification to demonstrate your Redis expertise to prospective employers.

https://university.redis.com/certification/

 

[Automation]

The Dynatrace Master Certification is a journey that leads to industry recognition of your current skills, competencies, and experience through the demonstration that you are a true master of the entire Dynatrace platform.

https://university.dynatrace.com/overview#certification

 

[Security]

As a Kaspersky Certified Professional, I can only happily recommend the full course of training + exam that is free and very well made.

https://support.kaspersky.com/learning/certification

 

[Monitoring & Analytics]

A monitoring platform, with free course and exam with last certification.

https://www.sumologic.com/learn/training/

 

No need of presentation. Here’s Google Analytics folks.

https://analytics.google.com/analytics/academy/

 

A graph and analytics program with course and exam, plus a free t-shirt.

https://neo4j.com/graphacademy/neo4j-certification/

 

[Linux]

The Linux professional institute offers: book for the LPI Linux Essentials and relative LPI certification exam for free

https://www.lpi.org/


77 comments

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Thank you for these links! They are going to be massively helpful.

Userlevel 7
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Thanks for sharing, but where is the time again? 

Userlevel 7
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Thanks for sharing, but where is the time again? 

Less sleep, more caffeine. :joy:

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Thanks for sharing, but where is the time again? 

Less sleep, more caffeine. :joy:

Time for cloning to do all this stuff. :joy:

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[UPDATE]

Microsoft Virtual Training Days: “Foundamental level” free certification after 2 webinar.

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[UPDATE]

Microsoft Virtual Training Days: “Foundamental level” free certification after 2 webinar.

Just an information: The Webinar isn’t enough to pass the exam! I will urge us to study other materials and possible questions before taking the exam… 

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[UPDATE]

Microsoft Virtual Training Days: “Foundamental level” free certification after 2 webinar.

Just an information: The Webinar isn’t enough to pass the exam! I will urge us to study other materials and possible questions before taking the exam… 

Like for any other cert @chris_eromosele , I never did an exam where official course/webinar was enough to pass.

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[UPDATE]

Microsoft Virtual Training Days: “Foundamental level” free certification after 2 webinar.

Just an information: The Webinar isn’t enough to pass the exam! I will urge us to study other materials and possible questions before taking the exam… 

Like for any other cert @chris_eromosele , I never did an exam where official course/webinar was enough to pass.

Nope and you need hands on too. 😉

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Thanks for sharing 

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[UPDATE]

Microsoft Virtual Training Days: “Foundamental level” free certification after 2 webinar.

Those virtual trainings are also available in different languages; for example german:

https://www.microsoft.com/de-de/techwiese/events/microsoft-training-days.aspx#mavtdf

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[update]

This weekend.

https://app.itpro.tv/course/security-sy0601/overview-securityplus-sy0601

https://app.itpro.tv/course/certified-ethical-hacker-v11/overview-ceh11

https://app.itpro.tv/course/cysa-cs0002/overview-cs0002

https://app.itpro.tv/course/accelerated-cissp-2021/overview-cissp2021

:slight_smile: ​​​​​​​

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[UPDATE]

This weekend.

 

Hello @marcofabbri , could you please share a link to this effect? Thank you

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[UPDATE]

This weekend.

 

Hello @marcofabbri , could you please share a link to this effect? Thank you

Just edited!

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[UPDATE]

This weekend.

 

Hello @marcofabbri , could you please share a link to this effect? Thank you

Just edited!

Thank you!

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[UPDATE]

This weekend.

 

Hello @marcofabbri , could you please share a link to this effect? Thank you

Just edited!

Thank you!

You’re welcome!

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Harvard University is offering python course for free (with optional certification), the life changing CS50P, and it start in April 2022:
https://www.edx.org/course/cs50s-introduction-to-programming-with-python

 

Python Free course and certification at FreeCodeCamp:

https://www.freecodecamp.org/

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Harvard University is offering python course for free (with optional certification), the life changing CS50P, and it start in April 2022:
https://www.edx.org/course/cs50s-introduction-to-programming-with-python

 

Python Free course and certification at FreeCodeCamp:

https://www.freecodecamp.org/

Thanks for sharing 

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Harvard University is offering python course for free (with optional certification), the life changing CS50P, and it start in April 2022:
https://www.edx.org/course/cs50s-introduction-to-programming-with-python

 

Python Free course and certification at FreeCodeCamp:

https://www.freecodecamp.org/

Thanks for sharing.  Might need to check this one out possibly when time permits. :joy:

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Thank you for sharing!:heart_eyes:

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Thank you for sharing!:heart_eyes:

You’re welcome. Hope this thread can help this amazing community.

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Harvard University is offering python course for free (with optional certification), the life changing CS50P, and it start in April 2022:
https://www.edx.org/course/cs50s-introduction-to-programming-with-python

 

Python Free course and certification at FreeCodeCamp:

https://www.freecodecamp.org/

Thanks for sharing.  Might need to check this one out possibly when time permits. :joy:

Thanks for this @Chris.Childerhose 

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Thanks @Link State , I’ll refresh this topic with updated links!

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[UPDATE]

Cisco released a new cybersecuity course with related certification, it talks about “Threat Hunting, Risk Management, Network Firewall” and it will prepare for the role of “Cybersecurity Technician, Junior Cybersecurity Analyst, Tier 1 Help Desk Support”.
Just launched as free.

https://skillsforall.com/career-path/cybersecurity

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Check this out 

https://www.coursera.org/specializations/cybersecurity-developing-program-for-business 

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