Free InfoSec Training Resources

Whether you are a seasoned professional or someone just getting started in Information Security, there probably has never been a better time for developing or honing your skills for little or no expense. This is due to the many free online resources like OpenCourseware and intructional videos that have been 
released in recent years. 

The list below represents materials that I've either used or have stumbled upon.


I do update this list periodically, so feel free to let me know if you spot a good training resource.


Now go learn something!

Full Courses / Lecture Videos

Subject Matter	Title of Material	Comment
Certification - Security+	ProfessorMesser's Free Security+ Training Course	Cover at high level broad Security+ topic areas
Cryptography	Udacity: Applied Cryptrogaphy	Advanced Course into Math behind modern cryptographic systems
Exploit Research	Security Tube: Exploit Research Megaprimer	Delves into some fundamental software vulnerabilites and attack methods.
Forensics	Write Blocked: DFIROnline	Video archive of monthly online meeting of digital forensic and incident response professionals.
Intrusion Detection	DOD - IDS Analysis (Pt1)	Introduction to IDS, alerts, and false positives.
Intrusion Detection	DOD - IDS Analysis (Pt2)	Lessons on Packet Sniffing, Client Side Attacks, Botnets, and Traffic Analysis.
Penetrating Testing	Dan Guido: Penetration Testing and Vulnerability Analysis	Amazing lectures and materials by leaders in Appsec and Vuln. Research.
Penetration Testing	SecurityTube: Metasploit Framework Expert Course Material	Overview of Metasploit Framework as well as info on researching and integrating new attacks into MSF.
Programming	MIT: Introduction to Computer Science and Programming	Good intro into fundamental CS concepts and coding in Python.
Programming	SecurityTube: Python Scripting Expert	Getting off the ground..not mand vids yet.
Programming	SecurityTube: Linux Assembly Language Megaprimer	Learn Assembly (x86) fundamentals within Linux
Programming	SecurityTube: Windows Assembly Language Megaprimer	Learn Assembly (x86) fundamentals within Windows
Wireless Security	SecurityTube: Wi-Fi Security Expert Course Materials	Great course into Wifi fundamentals, weaknesses, and attack vectors
Varied	Coursera Online Lectures	University Lecture Series on System,Security, and Networking

Ebooks / Free Docs

Subject Matter	Title of Material	Comment
Forensics	DOJ - Forensic Examination of Digital Evidence	High-level DOJ book on Computer Forensic Examination For US Law Enforcement.
Penetration Testing	Offensive Computer: Metasploit Unleashed	Great primer on all things Metasploit. Always seems up-to-date.
Varied	NIST Computer Security Division	NIST guidelines and standards publications covering several major areas of computer security.
Varied	SANS Reading Room	Huge collection of papers from SANS "Gold" certificate holders. Lot's of cool material / projects.

Labs / Challenges / Hands On

Subject Matter	Title Of Material	Comment
Forensics (Network)	Network Forensic Challenge	Great quizzes by LMGsecurity team. Most of the fun I had at Defcon was due to these folks.
Forensics	DC3 Forensic Challenges	Defense Cyber Crime Center Forensic Challenges and Competitions.
Web Application Security	HackThis Site!	Learn through direct online challenges and mock-ups.
Varied	Security Overide	Large assemblage of hacking challenges with progressive levels across different domains.

Magazines / Zines

Title of Material	Comments
HITB Magazine	Hack In the Box Magazine - Various Technical Security Articles
Hack This Zine	Computer Security, Privacy, Open Source Software
Phrack	Venerable Zine of the Computer Underground.
SC Magazine Archive	Issue Archive for SC Magazine

Tutorials

Subject Matter	Title of Material	Comment
Lockpicking / Physical Penetration	Basic operation and manipulation of Locks	Series of short videos by Schuyler Towne on lockpicking concepts and techniques.
Web Development	W3Schools	Great tutorials on web-coding and foundation for understanding web-app security.