Invest in Capability That Compounds.

One subscription. Every course. Detection rules, architecture decisions, investigation playbooks, and hardening configurations you deploy at work and keep permanently. Less than a single day of consulting — and the artifacts are yours forever.

Free

Free

$0
No account needed
  • Free modules in every course
  • Full content — not previews
  • Run exercises in your environment
  • No credit card required
Specialist

Specialist

$289/year
or $29/month
  • Everything in Premium
  • M365 Security Architecture
  • Identity & Access Management
  • Purple Teaming (136 techniques)
  • Memory Forensics & Windows Forensics
  • Architecture decision records & ADRs
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Business

Business

$899/year
or $99.99/month · 5 seats
  • Everything in Specialist
  • 5 named user seats
  • Single billing account
  • Shared artifact library
  • Business-wide CPE tracking
  • Invoice for expense reporting
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Getting Your Employer to Pay

A Specialist subscription costs less than a single day of security consulting. Your team gets structured professional development that produces documented architecture decisions, tested detection rules, and validated security configurations — artifacts your organization keeps permanently.

Forward this page to your manager with one sentence: “This is a professional development subscription that produces operational security artifacts for our environment — detection rules, architecture documentation, and investigation playbooks. It costs less than one day of consultant time per year.”

Ridgeline subscriptions are commonly expensed as professional development, training, or continuing education. Annual subscriptions generate a single invoice suitable for expense reporting or purchase orders.

Common Questions

What's the difference between Premium and Specialist?
Premium gives you access to every course marked Premium — detection engineering, incident response, threat hunting, SOC operations, KQL, and more. Specialist adds five advanced courses: M365 Security Architecture, Identity and Access Management, Purple Teaming, Applied Memory Forensics, and Advanced Windows Forensics. You can see which tier a course requires on its course page.
Can I try before subscribing?
Every course includes free modules you can read without an account. No signup required. Read the content, run the exercises, and decide if the depth is right for your work.
Can my employer pay for this?
Yes. Annual subscriptions generate a single invoice. Most subscribers expense Ridgeline as professional development, training, or continuing education.
What if I cancel?
You keep access until the end of your billing period. No penalty. Cancel from your account page at any time. The artifacts you built during your subscription are yours permanently.
Do I need a lab environment?
You build one as part of the courses using free tools — Windows VMs, Linux VMs, and an M365 developer tenant. Your lab stays on your hardware and you keep it permanently. All free content is readable without a lab.
Is this a replacement for certification training?
No. Certifications test whether you can pass an exam. Ridgeline builds whether you can do the job. The focus is operational capability and deployable artifacts — not exam prep.