From adjacent skills to a security seat
Breaking Into Security: The Career Pivot
A practical map for getting your first security role — from someone who reviews the resumes and runs the interviews. Which paths actually hire career-changers, what evidence beats certifications alone, how to build a home lab and portfolio that prove you can do the work, and how to interview like a practitioner instead of a course-taker.
Early-access pricing — final pricing set at launch. Secure checkout via Stripe.
Who this is for
Career-changers from IT, healthcare, ops, or any field; students and self-taught learners targeting their first security role
What you walk away with
- A realistic role map — which security jobs hire career-changers and which don't
- A working home lab and a portfolio of evidence a hiring manager will actually read
- A certification strategy that spends your money in the right order
- Standout completers get a first look at Diallo Talent Pathway opportunities
Curriculum
Module 1
The Map — Roles, Paths, and Honest Odds
What the security job market actually looks like from the hiring side: role families, realistic entry points, and where your existing background is an advantage.
- 20 min
Role Families and Entry Points
Pick a target role family based on real hiring patterns, not job-title mythology.
- 20 min
Your Unfair Advantage
Translate your existing career — IT, healthcare, ops, finance — into the security value it already carries.
Module 2
The Proof — Lab, Portfolio, and Certs in the Right Order
Evidence beats claims. The home lab that teaches you real skills, the portfolio artifacts worth a reviewer's time, and when each certification is actually worth the money.
- 20 min
The Home Lab That Teaches
Stand up a lab that produces portfolio evidence, not just screenshots.
- 20 min
Certification Strategy
Sequence Security+ and what follows so each credential buys interviews, not just wall art.
Module 3
The Search — Resume, Interviews, First 90 Days
Getting read, getting interviewed, and landing the seat — then keeping it: what strong first-90-days execution looks like in a security role.
- 20 min
The Resume and the Pipeline
Write the one-page resume a security hiring manager reads past, and run a search pipeline that compounds.
- 20 min
Interviews and the First 90 Days
Handle practitioner interviews honestly and plan a first 90 days that earns the second year.
Early-access pricing — final pricing set at launch. Secure checkout via Stripe.