# gerryguy311/Free_CyberSecurity_Professional_Development_Resources

An awesome list of FREE resources for training, conferences, speaking, labs, reading, etc that are free. Originally built during COVID-19 for cybersecurity professionals with downtime can take advantage of to improve their skills and marketability to come out on the other side ready to rock. Now its taken on a life of its own and will persist, COVID be damned.

Repository: https://github.com/gerryguy311/Free_CyberSecurity_Professional_Development_Resources
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/free_cybersecurity_professional_development_resources
License Family: other
Last push: 2026-02-11T11:59:49+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 62/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 67, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2338, "days_push": 203, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2178, forks 303 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:23.039698+00:00)

## What it is
A curated awesome list of free cybersecurity professional development resources including training, conferences, labs, books, podcasts, and networking communities. Originally created during COVID-19 to help security professionals upskill, it is now maintained at SimplyCyber.io.

## Use cases
- find free cybersecurity training courses
- learn penetration testing for free
- discover free security conferences and webinars
- find cybersecurity books and podcasts
- upskill as a security professional without paying
- find bug bounty and web security learning resources

## When to choose
- you want a curated directory of free cybersecurity learning materials
- you are a security professional looking to improve skills at no cost
- you need pointers to labs, certifications, and communities in one place

## When to avoid
- you need structured, interactive training rather than a link list
- you need up-to-date conference listings, which are delegated to external sites
- you need paid or enterprise-grade training programs

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: developer-tools, documentation
- domain: security, education, awesome-lists
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: cybersecurity, awesome-list, free-resources, training, career-development

## Member repositories
- gerryguy311/Free_CyberSecurity_Professional_Development_Resources (main) score 62

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:23.039698+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:48:48.797665+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/gerryguy311/Free_CyberSecurity_Professional_Development_Resources (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:23.039698+00:00, sha 6116def6bffd)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.