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Vulnerability Management Training Path

A practical pathway focused on asset visibility, vulnerability scanning, prioritisation, remediation workflows, and operational vulnerability management.

Path overview

Operational vulnerability management skills

Asset discovery
Scanning workflows
Risk prioritisation
Remediation tracking
Mentor-supported learning

This path is designed for learners who want practical exposure to modern vulnerability management operations across infrastructure and cloud environments.

Vulnerability management training
Risk rankingRemediationReporting

Path snapshot

Vulnerability Management Analyst Path

Learn how to discover assets, identify vulnerabilities, prioritise risk, and support remediation.

Level

Intermediate

Duration

6–8 weeks part-time

Modules

5 included

Who this is for

Designed for vulnerability management and exposure management learners

This path is suitable for learners who want to build practical skills around vulnerability assessment, prioritisation, remediation workflows, and reporting.

IT professionals moving into vulnerability management roles

Security analysts building exposure management capability

Infrastructure teams supporting remediation programmes

Modules included

Build practical vulnerability management capability

The path combines infrastructure awareness, scanning workflows, risk prioritisation, and remediation-focused operational security concepts.

Network Fundamentals

Build the networking knowledge needed to understand protocols, services, ports, traffic flows, segmentation, and packet analysis.

TCP/IPDNSHTTPPortsWireshark

Linux Fundamentals

Develop practical Linux knowledge including command-line usage, permissions, processes, packages, and remote access.

CLIPermissionsProcessesPackagesSSH

Introduction to Cyber Security

Learn core cyber security concepts including threats, malware, CIA triad, attacker behaviour, cyber kill chain, and IAM concepts.

CIA triadMalwareKill chainIAM

Vulnerability Management

Learn practical workflows for asset discovery, scanning, prioritisation, remediation coordination, reporting, and continuous improvement.

Asset discoveryScanningPrioritisationRemediationReporting

Exploitation Basics

Understand exploitation concepts well enough to prioritise vulnerabilities based on realistic attacker impact and exposure.

CVEsExploitationPrivilege escalationRisk context

Practical work

Practical work you will do

The path treats vulnerability management as an operating rhythm, not a scan report exercise.

Review scan output and separate urgency from noise
Prioritise remediation based on exposure and business context
Create reporting that helps owners act, not just observe

Skills you will build

Practical exposure management capability

The goal is to help learners understand how vulnerability management programmes operate in real organisations and how technical findings translate into operational risk.

Understand asset discovery and vulnerability scanning workflows
Interpret and prioritise vulnerabilities effectively
Support remediation tracking and operational follow-up
Understand exposure management and attack surface concepts
Communicate technical findings clearly to stakeholders
Build practical reporting and vulnerability lifecycle awareness

Prerequisites

Start at the right level

Foundation modules can be added or removed depending on the learner’s networking, Linux, and cyber security knowledge.

Recommended before starting

  • Basic IT knowledge
  • Basic networking awareness
  • Interest in operational security and risk reduction

Add these if needed

  • IT Fundamentals
  • Network Fundamentals
  • Linux Fundamentals

Useful optional modules

  • Windows Fundamentals
  • GRC
  • SOC / SIEM / Splunk

Delivery model

Guided training, scanning workflows, and instructor support

Learners follow structured training, practical scanning workflows, vulnerability analysis exercises, and mentor support designed to mirror real operational vulnerability management activity.