// FORMAT 03 / SELF-PACED

Your clock.
Our environment.

Full async curriculum with 90 days of lab access, instructor office hours twice weekly, and the same CAS-005 exam preparation track. For senior practitioners who learn on their own schedule.

Self-Paced is the format for senior practitioners whose calendars cannot tolerate five fixed days, but who still want the same lab environment, the same exam preparation, and the same outcome.

You get 90 days of full lab access from your enrollment date, the complete recorded curriculum (eighteen modules), and a structured study plan calibrated by an advisor on day one. You set the pace; the system tracks progress.

Twice-weekly group office hours, Tuesday evenings and Saturday mornings, recorded, give you live instructor access without locking your week. Most self-paced candidates finish in 30 to 60 days.

// SELF-PACED SPECasync + live OH
Duration90 days lab access
LocationAnywhere
ScheduleYour own
Curriculum18 recorded modules
LabsHosted SOC environment
Office hoursTue eve · Sat morn (US)
AdvisorDay-1 study plan
Exam voucher✓ + retake
Typical finish30–60 days
Best fitSenior, self-directed
How most candidates pace it

A realistic rhythm.

Self-paced doesn't mean unstructured. The advisor builds a study plan on day one and the system surfaces it as you progress. Here is a typical breakdown for working professionals.

DAYS 01–07

Foundations

Domain 1 (GRC) and architecture primer. Six lab hours. Office hours on Saturday.

DAYS 08–21

Architecture

Domain 2 deep dive. Twelve lab hours. Two threat-modeling exercises submitted for review.

DAYS 22–35

Engineering

Domain 3, the heaviest. Twenty lab hours across IAM, PKI, containers, automation.

DAYS 36–49

Operations

Domain 4, detection engineering, IR, forensics. Capstone incident simulation.

DAYS 50–60

Exam Prep

Full-length simulations, weak-area drilling, voucher scheduling, exam-day tactics.

Rolling enrollment

Start this week.

Self-paced enrollment is rolling, your 90-day clock starts the day you enroll. Advisor call gets scheduled inside one business day.