Cloud & Security Courses I recommend for total beginners 📖

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W J Pearce

Oct 19, 2025

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This Week: Cloud & Security Courses I recommend for beginners 📖

Courses are neat

If you’re just getting started, courses are cool. They offer insight into what a profession might include and a well trodden path of areas you should focus on to get where you need to be.

However…

Try not to indulge too much. You’ve heard the phrase “tutorial hell”! Basically, get what you need to know and start doing.

No self taught engineer got to where they are without getting stuck and breaking things first.

Here are some courses I would take (and have taken) if I was just starting out in Cloud Security.

Note: These are not affiliate links, I earn $0 commission from these. Unless it’s my own resource.

A great starting point for anyone wanting to learn AWS and tbh and the only resource, besides a study app I used to pass my AWS SAA

A solid walkthrough that goes over everything you need to get started with Terraform. Some say Terraform is on the way out, I disagree, I think it will evolve, regardless the core concepts of IaC are still worth learning.

Kubernetes: Link

KodeKloud is a great resource as it has a good mix of videos and hands on labs. This specific course teaches Kubernetes first principles, ideal for beginners.

Google Cloud Cyber: Link

Googles CompTIA Sec+ Rival…

“This is the first of five courses in the Google Cloud Cybersecurity Certificate. In this course, you’ll explore the essentials of cybersecurity, including the security lifecycle, digital transformation, and key cloud computing concepts. You’ll identify common tools used by entry-level”

HTB: Link

The Hack The Box CDSA certification path for learning defensive security, threat hunting, SOC operations. It’s super hands on! Letting you spin up dummy target environment etc so you can get a proper feel for how a role might look. You get a cert also which is nice for LinkedIn, if you’re into that.

Udemy: Link

The very first course I completed! The AWS Cloud Practitioner course helps build foundational cloud knowledge. It’s usually on sale so I wouldn’t pay full price here. Stepahne Maarek covers absolutely every last thing you would need for the AWS CCP Exam.

The single best starting point for learning Docker…Nana is an amazing teacher and explains things in way I try and emulate with my own stuff.

GHAS: Link

One I have completed recently. It will help you become familiar with GitHub’s Advanced Security features and best practices. As you learn about these features, you’ll identify critical areas for eliminating security gaps. If you’re interested in DevSecOps, this is a fantastic starting place.

TechOneTwenty: My very own resource and a fantastic starting place covering the following: