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Free tools for breaking into cyber security
Four tools, built by a working CISO who hires for these roles. They exist because the honest feedback that would save you months is exactly what nobody gives you — recruiters go quiet, and job boards tell you nothing.
CV Checker — will yours survive the ATS?
An applicant tracking system does not read your CV. It pulls it apart into database fields, and whatever it cannot map to a field simply disappears. Tables get flattened, columns are read straight across into nonsense, and no text is extracted from images at all. Most people never find out this happened.
Upload your CV, pick your target role, and see where you stand:
- Can it be parsed — columns, tables, text boxes, images, charts, and content stranded in headers and footers
- Does it match the role — scored against what postings for your target actually ask for, not generic advice
- Does it prove anything — every bullet graded on Action, Proof and Impact, plus how many certificates you claim against how much evidence you link
Your CV file is never uploaded — it is analysed in your browser. Score on screen, full fix list emailed.
Check my CV →Career Path Assessment — which role actually fits you?
Most people burn months chasing the wrong role because nobody told them the paths differ enormously in what they demand day to day. Sixteen questions about how you genuinely think and work, matched against seven roles.
You get your best-fit role and why, what your previous career already gives you as an advantage, the first three steps to take this week, and an honest section on when this path is not for you.
3 minutes · No signup · 7 roles
Find my path →Security+ Practice Quiz — 200 questions, every answer explained
A score with a red X teaches you nothing. Half of SY0-701 is understanding why the plausible wrong answer is wrong, so every question here carries two explanations: why the correct option is correct, and why the distractors are not.
200 original questions written against the published objectives — not scraped from a dump. Twenty per round, weighted to the real exam domains, single and multiple answer, with a pass mark matching the live exam.
Free · No signup · Unlimited retakes
Take the quiz →Skills Gap Assessment — what is still missing?
Once you have chosen a role, the question changes from "which path" to "how ready am I". Rate yourself against the 167 skills, tools and projects that seven roles actually demand, and get your gaps back in the order that unblocks the most.
Each gap comes with what it takes: the realistic timeline, the actual cost, and the free resource to close it with.
5 minutes · No signup · Best used after the career assessment
Map my gaps →The tools tell you what. The community helps you do it.
Knowing what is missing is the easy half. Building the proof is where most people stall — weekly live Q&A with me, CV and portfolio reviews from the hiring side, and study groups by career path.
Join the community →