Udemy & Paid Courses

Udemy & Other Paid Course Platforms — Mapping to AYSEC Modules

Recommended courses by topic. Always sale-shop on Udemy — full prices are misleading; courses go on sale to $10–$15 frequently.

Note: Udemy course names + instructors are public. This document doesn't reproduce course content — only recommends what to look for.

Top Udemy Instructors in Cybersecurity

Instructor	Specialty
Heath Adams (TCM Security)	Pentest, Bug Bounty, Linux, AD
Andrei Dumitrescu / Crystal Mind	Networking, Python, Linux
Jason Dion	CompTIA-track
Mike Meyers	CompTIA-track
Aron Lange	GRC, ISO 27001, CISA
Cyvitrix Learning	GRC, security management
Jose Apellaniz Sanchez	Crypto, blockchain
Stephane Maarek	AWS certifications
Tim Buchalka	Java/Python (general dev)
Daniel Lowrie / ITProTV	A+ / Net+ / Sec+
Loi Liang Yang	Pentest practical
Code with Mosh	Programming generally
Jonathan Hassell	Microsoft / Azure

AYSEC-000 Foundations

Module 01 — Networking

Networking Fundamentals — Mike Meyers
Practical Networking — Andrei Dumitrescu
Wireshark Crash Course — Andrei Dumitrescu
Coursera: The Bits and Bytes of Computer Networking (Google) — free aid

Module 02 — Linux

Linux Mastery — Andrei Dumitrescu
Complete Linux Training — Imran Afzal
Linux Command Line Bootcamp — Colt Steele
Bash Scripting and Shell Programming — Jason Cannon

Module 03 — Windows

Windows Server Administration — Vasilis Tzivaras
PowerShell — Jonathan Hassell

Module 04 — Python

Complete Python Bootcamp — Jose Portilla
Black Hat Python style courses — Heath Adams
Python for Security and Networking — varies

Module 05 — Security Fundamentals

Cybersecurity Foundations — multiple
Security+ Cert Prep — Jason Dion (excellent for Sec+)
ISC2 CC — Mike Chapple

AYSEC-101 Penetration Testing

★ Practical Ethical Hacking — Heath Adams (TCM Security) — the canonical course
Linux Privilege Escalation for Beginners — Heath Adams
Windows Privilege Escalation for Beginners — Heath Adams
Movement, Pivoting, and Persistence — Heath Adams
Practical Web Application Penetration Testing — Heath Adams
Buffer Overflow Prep — Heath Adams
External Pentest Playbook — varies

Cert prep

Practical Network Penetration Tester (PNPT) Course — Heath Adams (the official prep)
OSCP Path — multiple instructors; PWK is OffSec's own
eJPT Course — INE has theirs; Udemy mirrors

AYSEC-102 SOC / Blue Team

SOC Analyst Cybersecurity — Cyvitrix
Splunk Fundamentals — Splunk's free official is best
Microsoft Sentinel SC-200 Course — multiple
KQL Mastery — varies
Wireshark Mastery — Andrei Dumitrescu

Cert prep

CompTIA CySA+ Cert Prep — Jason Dion
SC-200 Microsoft Security Operations Analyst — multiple

AYSEC-103 DFIR

Limited Udemy. Better resources:

13Cubed YouTube (free)
DFIR Diva blog + linked courses
SANS DFIR (premium, $$$)
Cybrary DFIR path

AYSEC-104 GRC

★ ISO 27001:2022 Lead Implementer — Aron Lange
★ ISO 27001:2022 Lead Auditor — Aron Lange
CISA Exam Prep — Aron Lange / Cyvitrix
CRISC — Cyvitrix
CISM — Cyvitrix
NIST CSF 2.0 — multiple
SOC 2 — multiple
GDPR Compliance — multiple
CIPP/E Cert Prep — IAPP (off-Udemy is best)

AYSEC-105 Cloud Security

AWS

AWS Solutions Architect Associate — Stephane Maarek (THE course)
AWS Certified Security Specialty (SCS-C02) — Stephane Maarek + Zeal Vora
AWS Cloud Practitioner — Stephane Maarek

Azure

AZ-104 Azure Administrator — Scott Duffy / Tim Warner
SC-200, SC-300, SC-100 — Tim Warner
AZ-500 / SC-500 Azure Security — varies (note: AZ-500 retiring Aug 2026 → SC-500)

GCP

Google Cloud Professional Cloud Security Engineer — varies
GCP Associate Cloud Engineer — Dan Sullivan

Multi-cloud

Cloud Security Specialist — Cyvitrix
CCSP Cert Prep — Mike Chapple

AYSEC-106 AppSec / Bug Bounty

★ Bug Bounty Hunter Methodology — Heath Adams
Web Security & Bug Bounty — Aleksa Tamburkovski
Burp Suite Mastery — multiple
OWASP Top 10 — multiple
Practical Web Application Penetration Testing — Heath Adams
Bug Bounty: Web Hacking — varies
Hacking APIs — Corey Ball (book + Udemy course)

Cert prep

eWPT Cert Prep — INE
Burp Suite Certified Practitioner Prep — multiple

AYSEC-150 IoT / OT

IoT Security — varies
ICS / SCADA Cybersecurity — Cyvitrix / DeepGreen
GICSP Prep — limited; SANS course is gold standard

AYSEC-151 AI Security

Newer area; courses are limited but growing:

Generative AI for Cybersecurity — multiple
LLM Security — multiple (quality varies — verify reviews)
Hands-on Adversarial ML — varies

AYSEC-152 Cryptography

Cryptography I — Dan Boneh on Coursera (gold standard, free aid)
Practical Cryptography — multiple Udemy
PKI Bootcamp — multiple

AYSEC-201 Red Team

Movement, Pivoting, Persistence — Heath Adams
Practical Phishing Course — Heath Adams
External Pentest Playbook — Heath Adams
Active Directory Pentesting — multiple (ZeroPointSec / RTO is paid but elsewhere)

Cert prep

CRTO Course — Zero-Point Security (off-Udemy)
OSEP Prep — OffSec proper

AYSEC-202 RE & Malware

Reverse Engineering & Malware Analysis — Paul Chin
Reverse Engineering: x86 / x64 Assembly — varies
Malware Analysis Fundamentals — varies

Free / off-Udemy

FLARE-VM courses — Mandiant publishes some.
OpenSecurityTraining2 — free.
NSA Ghidra training — free.

AYSEC-203 Threat Hunting

Threat Hunting Fundamentals — multiple
Splunk Threat Hunting — Brian Davis / others
Sigma Rules and Threat Hunting — limited

AYSEC-204 Mobile AppSec

Hacking Android Apps — Vinod Senthil
iOS Mobile App Penetration Testing — varies

Free Alternatives

For students on a budget, free or cheap alternatives:

Coursera — Google Cybersecurity Cert (~$49/mo or free aid).
edX — RIT Cybersecurity MicroMasters.
Cybrary — free tier with curated paths.
YouTube — NetworkChuck, John Hammond, IppSec, LiveOverflow, 13Cubed, The Cyber Mentor.
PortSwigger Web Security Academy — 100% free.
APISec University — 100% free.
HackTheBox Academy — Tier-0 free.
TryHackMe — large free tier.

Coursera Specializations Worth Mentioning

Specialization	Map to
Google Cybersecurity Professional Certificate	Foundations + early SOC
IBM Cybersecurity Analyst Professional Certificate	SOC track
(ISC)² Systems Security Certified Practitioner	Broad
Cryptography I (Stanford / Dan Boneh)	AYSEC-152
AWS Cloud Practitioner Specialization	AYSEC-105
GRC Specialization (Multiple)	AYSEC-104

Updates

Udemy / Coursera course catalogs change. Always check:

Reviews and recency (≤ 2 years old preferred for tech).
Whether the cert version (SC-500 vs AZ-500, OWASP 2017 vs 2021) is current.
Discount cycles — Udemy regularly drops to $10–$15.