Pluralsight SecureReady
Your people are your best security asset
With SecureReady, you get an end-to-end security program built for modern enterprises.
Security exposure threats are escalating faster than security teams can hire
US breach costs have skyrocketed to an unprecedented $10.22 million per event.1
60% of cybersecurity breaches involved a human element—not simply software flaws.2
Application security was the most important skill cited by software engineering leaders.3
Build security readiness and operational skills with one unified and affordable platform
Strengthen your security posture
Grow expert talent from within
Reduce cyber insurance premiums
Eliminate redundant costs
SecureReady prepares your workforce to detect, defend, and respond to real-world threats
Assess readiness. Prioritize operational skills.
SecureReady uses a structured, three-stage approach:
Stage 1
We'll meet with your security leaders to identify key priorities.
Stage 2
We launch a confidential, role-based self-assessment with both leaders and individual contributors to evaluate framework-based readiness, skill development goals, and organizational alignment.
Stage 3
You receive a detailed report outlining strengths, gaps, and misalignment. These results will inform program customization for the following 12 months.
Structure teams to defend against emerging risks
Following your annual security readiness review, we’ll align key skill capabilities from Pluralsight’s built-in security role paths to your team’s org chart so team members can focus on the skills that matter most to them.
Supported frameworks include:
- NIST NICE Workforce Framework
- DoD Cyber Workforce Framework (DCWF)
Practitioner skills inventory
Use targeted Skill IQ assessments to gauge practitioner capability, identify critical gaps, and guide role-specific learning.
On-demand security skill paths
Advance your team with 100+ specialized paths aligned to key security skills—like security event triage, pen testing, and incident response—delivered through:
Rapid-response courses
Expert-guided courses designed to address the specific emerging threats targeting your industry and tech stack.
CVE emulation and detection series
Within 48 hours of a major CVE disclosure, we release training and hands-on labs that replicate the exploit. Teams gain experience detecting and mitigating threats before they impact your environment.
Certification-aligned paths
Rigorous prep for ISC2, CompTIA, AWS, Microsoft, and others that include expert-led coursework, hands-on labs, and included certification practice exams.
Go beyond simple scenario challenges
SecureReady includes 350+ advanced labs that truly emulate enterprise-grade conditions:
End-to-end adversary simulation
Execute the full offensive workflow—from external mapping to Active Directory takeover—in environments designed to mirror the complexity and scope of modern cyberattacks.
Attack and defend in the same lab
Pivot immediately from “making the exploit work” to “proving you can catch it.” Use forensic tools like Autopsy and Volatility to trace attacker activity and build the intuition needed for high-stakes threat response.
Real-world data analysis
Simulate the true friction of a breach using real SIEM telemetry (Splunk, ELK, Zeek). Learners practice correlating signals, filtering noise, and operating as part of an active SOC workflow.
See what your team can actually do
Track skill progression and validate hands-on readiness through:
Challenge labs
Shift from training to testing with unguided scenarios that force learners to solve problems with zero assistance, providing objective validation of independent execution.
Security sandboxes
Assess role-specific skills and cross-functional execution to generate the performance data CISOs need to measure organizational collective response.
Transform learning into collaborative capability
Address org-wide objectives with live workshops add-ons:
Intensive multi-day security workshops
Select from over 40 hands-on and collaborative workshops for your security team—like a four day digital forensics and incident response workshop, a three-day AI threat session, or smaller focused workshops on critical areas.
Security for engineering
When you need to extend and augment your security posture beyond your core practitioners, you can engage with Pluralsight instructors to teach courses on DevSecOps, language-specific secure coding, and security architecture.
Rapid certification prep
SecureReady includes access to security prep coursework and practice exams across every major hyperscaler, plus access to top-tier certifications like CISSP, CompTia Security+, and SC-900. But when you want to get your entire team certified in record time, we can also host live certification training for 5 days of intensive learning.
What you get with SecureReady
For CISOs and security leaders
For CISOs and security leaders
Security skill development isn’t one-size-fits-all. We’ll work with your team to map standard capability frameworks (such as NICE or DCWF) to your org chart, so we can ensure every team member is focused on what matters most to them—and so your org isn’t leaving skill blind spots. Our team will review this annually as organizational needs evolve so you stay ahead of the curve.
Program governance and operationalization
Structured training programs make it easy to run a consistent cadence across onboarding, refreshers, and attestations without starting from scratch each cycle.
Skill measurement and benchmarking
Built-in skill assessments establish baselines, identify gaps, and demonstrate measurable improvement over time.
Annual security awareness enablement
Pluralsight’s unique approach starts with an annual readiness assessment where leaders and security professionals both evaluate team strengths and opportunities across 16 key security capabilities. Our team will report back on potential areas to focus efforts, in addition to areas of misalignment between groups—which often highlight under-recognized risk.
For security teams
Role-tailored skill paths
Curated learning paths mapped to security work roles and industry frameworks (including DCWF and NIST) are designed to standardize training expectations across security, IT, and engineering.
Rapid-response CVE seminars
Get rapid insights on new, critical CVEs and expert analysis on emerging threats, breaches, and techniques shaping today’s cybersecurity landscape.
Hands-on labs
350+ expert labs enable learners to apply skills in realistic environments, turning training into evidence of operational capability.
Instructor-led workshops
Expert-led sessions are designed around real threats, common attack paths, and your team’s environment. Topics range from phishing and social engineering to incident response and adversary emulation.
SecureReady FAQs
What security leaders are asking
SecureReady is for organizations that need to measurably improve their security posture by building role-based execution capability across SOC, engineering, and GRC teams.
Most platforms deliver content. SecureReady delivers readiness, combining advanced labs, live seminars, assessments, and program management so teams can prove they can detect, respond, and defend in real-world scenarios.
Organizations track improvements in role readiness, lab performance, certification attainment, workshop outcomes, and operational metrics like MTTD, patch velocity, and audit readiness.
SecureReady begins with a role readiness review and assessment, allowing us to tailor paths, labs, and workshops by role and maturity level.
Role-based readiness aligned to frameworks like NICE and DCWF, combined with certification paths and reporting, provides defensible evidence of workforce preparedness for SOC 2, ISO 27001, and regulatory reviews.
Pluralsight releases rapid-response training within 48 hours of major CVEs and continuously updates labs and courses to reflect today’s trends and threats.
Defend your org
Close skill gaps. Reduce risk. Measure team performance.
Talk with our team about your goals, and we’ll show you exactly how to align learning to frameworks, threats, and outcomes that matter.
Book a demo to see SecureReady in action