All levels
Foundation
Associate
Practitioner
Specialist
Advanced
Foundation
Wave 1
CTFFactory Cyber Foundations
12.0h estimated hours
Foundation-level certification covering essential CTF and cybersecurity skills across cryptography, forensics, encoding…
Associate
Wave 1
Cyber Security Operations Analyst
40.0h estimated hours
Associate-level certification aligned to CCSSF Cyber Security Operations Analyst. Covers SOC operations, PCAP analysis,…
Practitioner
Wave 1
Cyber Incident Responder
80.0h estimated hours
Draft
Practitioner-level certification for incident response professionals. Covers triage, network/host/file correlation, att…
Practitioner
Wave 1
Digital Forensics Analyst
35.0h estimated hours
Practitioner-level certification for digital forensics. Covers file artifacts, network forensics, and memory analysis.
Practitioner
Wave 1
Penetration Tester
90.0h estimated hours
Draft
Practitioner-level certification for penetration testers. The broadest path covering web, API, binary, crypto, cloud, a…
Practitioner
Wave 2
Security Testing & Evaluation Specialist
55.0h estimated hours
Draft
Practitioner-level certification for security testing specialists. Covers AppSec evaluation, API testing, cloud/contain…
Applied
Wave 2
Security Engineer / Technologist
60.0h estimated hours
Draft
Applied-level certification for security engineers. Covers cloud/container/platform security, crypto engineering, and s…
Applied
Wave 2
Security Architect
65.0h estimated hours
Draft
Applied-level certification for security architects. Covers cloud IAM architecture, AppSec patterns, identity architect…
Applied
Wave 3
Information System Security Officer / Generalist
25.0h estimated hours
Draft
Applied-level certification for ISSO/governance roles. CTF-supported content for technical controls; requires non-CTF g…
Specialist
Wave 1
OSINT & Cyber Threat Intelligence
30.0h estimated hours
Specialist certification in OSINT collection and cyber threat intelligence. Covers collection, pivoting, infrastructure…
Advanced
Wave 2
Red Team Operator / Corporate Pentest Capstone
25.0h estimated hours
Draft
Advanced certification for red team operators. Covers corporate pentest chain, pivot, post-exploitation, and reporting.
Specialist
Wave 3
Reverse Engineering & Malware Analysis
15.0h estimated hours
Draft
Specialist certification in reverse engineering and malware-adjacent analysis.
Specialist
Wave 2
Exploit Development & Binary Security
18.0h estimated hours
Specialist certification in binary exploitation covering stack, heap, format strings, and sandbox escapes.
Specialist
Wave 2
Applied Cryptography & Cryptanalysis
22.0h estimated hours
Specialist certification in cryptography covering classical ciphers, symmetric/asymmetric, KDF, JWT, and protocol flaws.
