Forge University

Courses

Self-paced exam prep, built by domain and mapped to the official exam outline.

Cybersecurity Track

CompTIA's cybersecurity certification path -- from foundational IT literacy through advanced security practitioner and analyst roles.

Microsoft 365 Track

Microsoft 365 administration certifications -- from Copilot and agent administration fundamentals through endpoint, Teams, and collaboration engineering specializations.

IT Infrastructure Track

CompTIA's infrastructure administration path -- server, Linux, and cloud administration for practitioners running on-premises and cloud infrastructure day to day.

Data & Analytics Track

CompTIA's data specialization path -- from foundational data literacy through database administration and applied AI for data professionals.

CISSP Concentrations

ISC2's advanced CISSP concentrations -- security architecture, engineering, and management specializations for practitioners who already hold an active CISSP.

Azure Track

Microsoft's Azure infrastructure certification path -- from cloud fundamentals through administration and network engineering specializations.

ISACA GRC Track

ISACA's governance, risk, compliance, and audit certification family -- IT audit, risk management, privacy engineering, and enterprise IT governance.

Microsoft Data & BI Track

Microsoft's data and business-intelligence path -- from core data concepts through hands-on Power BI analysis -- for practitioners turning raw data into governed, actionable reports.

IAPP Privacy Track

IAPP's global privacy certification family -- jurisdictional law (CIPP/E, CIPP/US), technology (CIPT), and program management (CIPM) credentials for privacy professionals.

EC-Council Track

EC-Council's hands-on offensive/defensive security certification family -- network defense, ethical hacking, digital forensics, incident handling, penetration testing, and security leadership.

AWS Certification Track

Amazon Web Services certification path -- from foundational cloud literacy through associate-level architecture and administration to the professional-level DevOps and Solutions Architect credentials, plus the security specialty.

Cisco Certification Track

Cisco's certification path -- from the foundational CCNA credential through the CCNP Enterprise (ENARSI) and CCNP Security (SNCF) concentration exams. ENARSI and SNCF each additionally require a separately-sold Cisco core exam (ENCOR / SCOR) not covered by these courses.

CCNP Security: SNCF (300-710)

Covers the full 300-710 SNCF blueprint for Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense: deployment modes and high availability (routed and transparent firewall modes, NGIPS passive and inline modes, port-channel and failover HA, ECMP routing, static route tracking, and clustering, plus on-premises and cloud-based virtual appliance management); configuration in Secure Firewall Management Center (system settings, access control and identity policy, network discovery and the Encrypted Visibility Engine, object and intrusion rule management, device and network settings, zero trust and VPN secure access, and Snort inspection); management and troubleshooting (Management Center and CLI diagnostics, dashboards and reporting, packet capture and Packet Tracer, risk and event reporting, and Cisco Security Cloud Control); and integration (Malware Defense, Secure Endpoint, Threat Intelligence Director, Cisco XDR, pxGrid, Rapid Threat Containment, and Splunk-based analytics). SNCF (300-710) is a CCNP Security concentration exam, not a standalone certification -- passing it alone earns only the Cisco Certified Specialist - Securing Networks with Cisco Firewalls credential. Full CCNP Security certification additionally requires passing the 350-701 SCOR core exam, sold and studied separately and not covered by this course, plus one concentration exam of which SNCF is one of several options (alongside SISE, SSCA, SDSI, and SACA). This course builds the firewall-and-threat-defense half of that requirement; SCOR remains a separate, required course for the full certification.

PMI Certification Track

Project Management Institute's certification path -- from the entry-level CAPM credential (no experience requirement) through the PMP, the industry's flagship project management credential. PMP additionally requires real, independently-documented project-leadership experience that this course cannot supply -- see the PMP course page for the exact eligibility paths.

PMP: Project Management Professional

Full-spectrum PMP exam prep built against PMI's current Project Management Professional (PMP)(R) Examination Content Outline (July 2026), covering all three domains across both predictive and agile/hybrid delivery approaches -- People (fostering stakeholder vision and alignment, conflict resolution, team leadership and empowerment, stakeholder engagement and expectation management, knowledge transfer, and communication planning); Process (assessing complexity and choosing a delivery approach, building an integrated project management plan, scope, value-based incremental delivery, resource and procurement and vendor management, finance, quality planning and continuous improvement, schedule development and variance analysis, status evaluation, and closure); and Business Environment (project governance, compliance, change control, impediment and issue management, risk identification and response, continuous improvement, organizational change, and scanning the external business environment for regulatory/technology/market shifts). The exam itself is 180 questions (170 scored, 10 unscored/pretest) across a 240-minute session with two scheduled 10-minute breaks, using multiple-choice, multiple-response, matching, enhanced matching, pull-down list, point-and-click, and newer case/scenario and graphic-based item formats; PMI does not publish a numeric passing score, and none is stated here. Important eligibility note: PMP is not an entry-level credential, and this course cannot make you PMP-eligible on its own. To actually sit for PMI's PMP exam, a candidate must independently document one of four experience paths within a 10-year window before applying -- 60 months (5 years) leading projects with a high school diploma/GED or global equivalent, 48 months (4 years) with an associate's degree or vocational/technical diploma, 36 months (3 years) with a bachelor's degree or higher, or 24 months (2 years) with a degree from a PMI-GAC-accredited program -- plus, on every path, 35 contact hours of project management education. This course's structured lessons and graded end-of-course quizzes are designed to count toward that 35-contact-hour education requirement (PMI's current rules let a self-paced course with graded assessments satisfy it without the course itself needing special PMI accreditation, unlike live/instructor-led offerings). What this course cannot do is supply or substitute for the years-of-experience requirement -- that experience has to be real, and the candidate documents and submits it to PMI directly as part of their own application. Completing this course does not itself grant PMP eligibility; eligibility is determined by PMI, and candidates apply directly through PMI's own certification process.

Individual Certifications

CISM Certification Prep

Self-paced CISM exam-prep built against the Nov 3, 2026 ISACA exam outline, with an AI mentor grounded in every lesson.

CISSP Certification Prep

Self-paced CISSP exam-prep across all 8 domains of the current ISC2 CISSP outline, with an AI mentor grounded in every lesson.

ISC2 CCSP

ISC2's Certified Cloud Security Professional: the vendor-neutral standard for securing data, applications, and infrastructure across public, private, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments. Six domains spanning cloud architecture, data security, platform/infrastructure security, application security, security operations, and legal/risk/compliance -- CISSP's cloud-security specialization, built against ISC2's exam outline effective August 1, 2026.

CompTIA SecAI+

Specialty certification covering the intersection of AI and cybersecurity -- securing AI systems, using AI to enhance security operations, and the governance/risk/compliance obligations AI adoption creates. Sits alongside Security+, not a replacement for it.

ISACA AAISM: Advanced in AI Security Management

Advanced specialty certification for experienced security and risk leaders whose remit now includes AI -- governance and program management, risk management, and the technologies/controls specific to securing AI systems across the enterprise. Built for CISM/CISSP holders extending into AI risk, not an entry-level credential.

CompTIA CloudNetX

Expert-tier certification covering enterprise network architecture, security, and operations for practitioners designing and running complex hybrid/cloud networks.

ISC2 CGRC

Certification (formerly CAP) covering governance, risk, and compliance program management across the security and privacy risk lifecycle -- from framework selection through continuous compliance monitoring.

ISC2 CSSLP

Certification covering security across the entire secure software development lifecycle, from requirements and design through implementation, testing, deployment, and supply-chain considerations.

ISC2 SSCP

Certification covering hands-on operational security -- access controls, risk identification, incident response, cryptography, and network/communications security for practitioners implementing and monitoring an organization's security controls day to day.

CompTIA Project+

Vendor-neutral project management certification covering methodology selection (Waterfall/Agile/hybrid), the full project life cycle, PM tools and documentation, and the IT/governance basics every project manager needs. Standalone certification -- no fabricated track around one exam.

Microsoft AI-901: Azure AI Fundamentals

Entry-level certification covering core AI concepts and responsible-AI principles alongside hands-on generative AI, vision, speech, and information-extraction solutions built with Microsoft Foundry -- for those beginning a career in AI solution development. Replaces the retired AI-900; standalone certification, not yet part of a track.