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If you're a security student

A listening order for students: a short daily news habit, one story-driven show for motivation, one technical show, one career show, and an exam companion. Each step is free and none assumes a security job.

  1. 01

    Daily news habit, 5 to 10 minutes

    Three headlines a day in seven or eight minutes. After a month the names in your textbook start showing up in the news.

    Cybersecurity Headlines

    Rich Stroffolino · Sarah Lane · Steve Prentice

    Three security stories in about seven minutes, every weekday, plus a Friday live discussion with CISOs.

    Listen if you want the day's security news in under ten minutes.

    mixeddaily<30m
  2. 02

    One story for motivation

    Long-form stories about real hacks. This is the show that makes the subject feel worth the study hours.

    Darknet Diaries

    Pick

    Jack Rhysider

    Narrative true-crime stories from the cybersecurity world.

    Listen if you you like long-form narrative non-fiction, think This American Life for hacking.

    narrativebiweekly30–60m
  3. 03

    One technical show

    About 25 minutes a week with the researcher behind one real finding, usually from the vendor that published it. Short enough to replay when a term goes over your head.

    Research Saturday

    Dave Bittner

    One fresh threat research report a week, explained by the researcher who wrote it, in about 25 minutes.

    Listen if you work in a SOC or CTI role and want the week's notable malware and campaign research.

    interviewweekly<30m
  4. 04

    One career show

    A daily live news brief that stops on each story to say what an analyst should take from it, with a big career community around it. Episodes run 90 minutes, so listen while you work.

    Daily Cyber Threat Brief

    Gerald Auger

    A live weekday news stream that explains why each story matters, with a career community attached.

    Listen if you are a student or junior analyst who wants news explained, not just reported.

    mixeddaily60m+
  5. 05

    Exam companion

    Short Security+ lessons for the commute, from a feed covering both SY0-701 and SY0-801. Use it next to your study guide, not instead of it.

    Certified: The CompTIA Security+ Audio Course

    Dr. Jason Edwards

    A free, ad-free Security+ course in 12 to 20 minute audio lessons, now rebuilt for SY0-801.

    Listen if you are studying for Security+ and want objective-by-objective audio review.

    soloirregular<30m

Listening while you study for a certification

Podcasts do not follow an exam syllabus, so treat these as companions to your study guide, not substitutes. Each episode below is useful background for the domain it sits under. Domain names and weights are from the exam owner's page, checked 2026-09-30.

CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701)retires 2027-06-11

  1. Domain 1: General Security Concepts (12%)

  2. Domain 2: Threats, Vulnerabilities, and Mitigations (22%)

  3. Domain 3: Security Architecture (18%)

  4. Domain 4: Security Operations (28%)

  5. Domain 5: Security Program Management and Oversight (20%)

Official outline: www.comptia.org

CompTIA Security+ (SY0-801)from 2026-11-17

  1. Domain 1: General Security Concepts (16%)

  2. Domain 2: Threats, Vulnerabilities, and Attacks (24%)

  3. Domain 3: Security Architecture (19%)

  4. Domain 4: Security Operations (27%)

  5. Domain 5: Security Program Management and Oversight (14%)

Official outline: www.comptia.org

CompTIA CySA+ (CS0-004)

  1. Domain 1: Security Operations (34%)

  2. Domain 2: Vulnerability Management (26%)

  3. Domain 3: Incident Response and Management (24%)

  4. Domain 4: Reporting and Communication (16%)

Official outline: www.comptia.org

ISC2 CISSP (2024 outline)

  1. Domain 1: Security and Risk Management (16%)

  2. Domain 2: Asset Security (10%)

  3. Domain 3: Security Architecture and Engineering (13%)

  4. Domain 4: Communication and Network Security (13%)

  5. Domain 5: Identity and Access Management (IAM) (13%)

  6. Domain 6: Security Assessment and Testing (12%)

  7. Domain 7: Security Operations (13%)

  8. Domain 8: Software Development Security (10%)

Official outline: www.isc2.org