
Security Architect — career path
StationX Advanced
The designer of the whole defence: threat models, zero trust, identity and cloud architecture, backed by CISSP and a cloud architect certification.
The path
Step 1 — Security foundation
The vocabulary and controls every architecture is built from.
follows a certification path
Learn
- PathFollow the CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) path — the baseline; architects are expected to have it long behind them
Step 2 — Think like an architect
Model the threats before you draw the design.
2 courses
Learn
- CourseModeling Threats: Strategies in Threat Modeling 🔒 StationX Unlimited
8 sections · 26 lectures
- Course Overview 2
- Introduction 2
- Threat Modeling Methods and Types 7
- Advanced Threat Modeling 5
- Dealing with the Findings 4
- Conclusion 1
- Hands-on Activities 4
- Audio Version of Training 1
- CourseThe Complete Cyber Security Course! Volume 2: Network Security 🔒 StationX Unlimited
14 sections · 108 lectures
- Training Overview 2
- Introduction 6
- Goals and Learning Objectives - Volume 2 1
- Routers - Port and Vulnerability scanning 5
- Firewalls 14
- Network Attacks, Architecture and Isolation 5
- Wireless and Wi-Fi Security 8
- Network Monitoring for Threats 7
- How We Are Tracked Online 11
- Search Engines and Privacy 7
- Browser Security and Tracking Prevention 18
- Passwords and Authentication Methods 17
- Section: 12 BONUS Section... Whats Next?...Volume 3 and 4 6
- Audio Version of Training 1
Step 3 — Identity is the perimeter
Design access the way modern estates enforce it.
2 courses · 24 labs
Learn
- CourseIdentity & Access Management - Azure Active Directory 🔒 StationX Unlimited
3 sections · 46 lectures
- Training Overview 2
- Section 1: Introduction 43
- Audio Version of Training 1
- CourseSC-300 : Microsoft Identity and Access Administrator 🔒 StationX Unlimited
8 sections · 260 lectures
- Introduction 2
- Module 1: Implement and Identity Management Solution (25-30%) 62
- Module 2 - Implement an Authentication and Access Management Solution (25-30%) 61
- Module 3 - Plan and Design Integration of Enterprise Apps for SSO (25-30%) 35
- Module 4 - Plan and Implement Identity Governance Strategy (10-15 %) 42
- Azure Sentinel - Chapter 1 30
- Azure Sentinel - Chapter 2 8
- Azure Sentinel - Chapter 3 20
Practise
- Labs+Active Directory Domain Services — 24 labs 🔒 StationX Labs+
- Add and Manage Domain Controllers [Guided]
- Back Up Active Directory and SYSVOL [Guided]
- Can You Configure Active Directory in a Complex Environment? [Advanced]
- Can You Configure an Active Directory Domain Services Infrastructure? [Advanced]
- Can You Create and Manage Active Directory Users and Groups? [Advanced]
- Can You Implement and Manage Group Policy? [Advanced]
- Can You Maintain an Active Directory Domain Services Database? [Advanced]
- Can You Manage Active Directory Domain Services? [Expert]
- Can You Manage Active Directory Password Policy Settings, Account Lockout Policy Settings, Fine-Grained Password Policies, and Delegated Management? [Advanced]
- Can You Manage an Active Directory Domain Services Environment? [Expert]
- Configure Domain and Local Password Policy Settings [Guided]
- Configure Group Policy Processing [Guided]
- Configure Group Policy Settings and Preferences [Guided]
- Configure Multiple User Principal Name Suffixes [Guided]
- Configure a Forest Trust Relationship [Guided]
- Create and Manage Group Policy Objects [Guided]
- Delegate Password Settings Management [Guided]
- Deploy and Configure a Read-Only Domain Controller [Guided]
- Manage Active Directory Groups [Guided]
- Manage Active Directory Sites [Guided]
- Manage Active Directory Users [Guided]
- Manage Organizational Units [Guided]
- Perform an Offline Defragmentation of the Active Directory Database [Guided]
- Restore Objects in Active Directory [Guided]
Step 4 — The senior certification
The credential every architect advert lists.
follows a certification path
Learn
- PathFollow the CISSP — Certified Information Systems Security Professional path — eight domains, the architect's map of the whole field
Step 5 — Cloud architecture
Design securely for the platform the business is moving to.
follows a certification path
Learn
- PathFollow the Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect (SC-100) path — the cyber security architect certification, cloud-first
Where this leads
- CCSP — Certified Cloud Security Professional — Advanced
- AWS Certified Security — Specialty — Advanced
- CISM — Certified Information Security Manager — Advanced
Advanced · after the job
The AI-Driven Security Architect
Senior roles are going to the people who can direct AI to build security solutions. When you're working in the role and ready for that step, the AI Master's Program is where it's taught — an advanced, application-only programme.
See the AI Master's Program →Application-only. A separate programme for when you're ready.