🔥 The Ultimate Cybersecurity Certification Ranking for 2025 (Popularity + Impact)
⭐ Tier 1. The Most Important for Beginners:
These certs get people noticed fast.
1. Security+
Still the gold standard. HR trusts it. Every SOC team recognizes it.
2. ISC2 CC
Cheap, fast, and exploding in popularity. A solid confidence booster.
3. Google Cybersecurity
Hands-on labs, real projects, strong for portfolio building.
4. AZ-900 (Azure Fundamentals)
Cloud is unavoidable now. Azure dominates large companies.
5. AWS Cloud Practitioner
Right behind AZ-900 in relevance.
⭐ Tier 2. Strong Boosters After Your First Cert
Not required on day one but make your resume stronger.
6. CySA+
Great for SOC and detection. Better after Security+.
7. EDR Vendor Training
CrowdStrike. Sentinel One. Defender.
Actual tools used in SOC environments. Recruiters love this.
8. Splunk Core User or Power User
Still one of the most used SIEMs in the world.
⭐ Tier 3. Role-Specific Certs
Good, but only if you are following that path.
9. Cisco CCNA
Great for networking based positions.
10. Pentest+ / CEH
Only if you want offensive security.
11. Azure Security Engineer AZ-500
Solid but not for complete beginners.
12. AWS Security Specialty
Strong but advanced.
💬 What Do You Think?
- Would you change the ranking?
- What cert helped you the most?
- What should beginners realistically start with in 2025?
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🔥 The Ultimate Cybersecurity Certification Ranking for 2025 (Popularity + Impact)
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