Cybersecurity Starter Pack: Roadmap, Home Lab Guide, CV Templates, Projects & Interview Prep for 4 Career Paths

Want to start a cybersecurity career but don’t know where to begin, what to build, or how to show employers you can do the work?

This pack gives you the full path in one download: what to learn, a home lab to practice in, projects to complete, a CV and GitHub profile to prove it, and interview answers to back it up.

WHAT’S INSIDE

🗺️ Plan your path

• Cybersecurity Roadmap 2026
• Roadmap 2026 Weekly Tracker
• Beginner Cybersecurity Mistakes (what to avoid)

🧪 Build your home lab

• Step-by-step guide to building your own isolated cybersecurity lab on one laptop (Word document)
• Official download links for all the lab software
• Watch How to Build the 5VMs on my YouTube Channel @masteroneskill_africa

🛠️ Practice and build proof

• 10 home lab projects for each role, VMs to use while building it, why it matters, and how to document every one
• Beginner CV Projects by Role (5 projects each)

🎮 Learn by doing: 11 interactive simulators

Open them in your browser and learn by clicking, not just reading:

• OSI & TCP/IP layer explorer
• DNS, ports, and protocols
• IP addressing and subnetting
• Linux fundamentals (the shell)
• Shell scripting and package management
• Windows and Active Directory
• The CIA triad and core security concepts
• Cryptography basics
• Build your home lab, lab network topology, and SOC lab architecture and build guide

📄 Get hired

• CV templates for 4 roles
• GitHub documentation templates for 4 roles
• 10 essential tools per role, with what each one does
• 25 interview questions and model answers per role (100 in total), each with why the interviewer asks it

THE 4 ROLES COVERED

SOC Analyst · GRC / Risk & Compliance Analyst · Cloud Security Analyst (Azure) · Junior Penetration Tester

WHO IT’S FOR

• Students and graduates choosing a cybersecurity direction
• Career switchers from IT, support, or other fields
• Self-taught learners who want a clear structure and portfolio proof

WHAT YOU NEED

• A laptop with 8GB RAM or more (16GB recommended), about 60GB of free disk space, and virtualization enabled
• A web browser to open the simulators
• Free software only. Every download link is in the pack.

FORMAT

Instant digital download: PDFs, Word documents, and folders. Nothing is shipped.

GOOD TO KNOW

This pack gives you the structure, practice, and proof. It does not guarantee a job. Your results depend on the work you put in. All lab activities are done only on your own isolated machines.

Questions? Message me on Selar after purchase.