As you progress through your cybersecurity training, it’s important to have a clear picture of your practical skills development. The Skills Coverage feature in your OffSec profile is designed to give you a clear, visual snapshot of your hands-on lab progress aligned with your chosen job role. It helps you understand what you’ve mastered and where to focus next.

How to Access Your Skills Coverage

To begin tracking your skills progress, follow these straightforward steps to find and navigate the Skills Coverage section in your profile:

1. Log in to your OffSec account.
2. Click on your profile icon in the top right corner, then select My Profile from the dropdown menu.
3. In your profile, click the Skills Passport tab. This section summarizes your progress, including labs completed and flags captured.
4. Within the Skills Passport, you’ll find the Skills Coverage dropdown. Choose your target job role from the list (e.g., Junior Penetration Tester, Red Team Operator, SOC Analyst).
5. After selecting a role, you will see a list of skill categories relevant to that job role, displayed with progress bars showing the percentage of lab completion.

This simple navigation gives you access to an organized overview of your hands-on achievements aligned with your professional goals.

What Does Skills Coverage Show You?

Skills coverage breaks down your hands-on lab experience by relevant skill areas, providing a detailed perspective on your technical strengths and gaps. Here’s what you will see in this section:

• Percentage Completion: Each skill category shows the percentage of labs you’ve completed out of all the available labs tied to that specific skill area.
• Lab Counts: Beneath each progress bar, the exact number of labs completed is displayed.
• Skill Categories: These include specific areas such as:
  • Cloud & Enterprise Pentesting
  • Privilege Escalation / Lateral Movement (cloud/on-prem)
  • Vulnerability Scanning
  • Post-exploitation Techniques
  • And many other relevant cybersecurity skill areas depending on the job role.

Important Details About Skills Coverage

To avoid confusion and set clear expectations, it’s important to understand exactly what counts toward your skills coverage:

• Only hands-on labs completed via the platform are tracked for skills coverage.
• Labs delivered as part of special events (like Gauntlet challenges) or labs embedded within modules do not contribute to the skills coverage metric.
• Progress bars give you a clear, visual way to spot where your strengths are, and importantly, which skills still need more practice and lab time.

Knowing these details ensures you interpret your skills coverage accurately and use it effectively to guide your learning.

Why Skills Coverage is Valuable for You

Skills coverage isn’t just a number, it’s a vital tool in your learning journey that helps you:

• Understand your practical skill breadth: See how comprehensively you’ve worked across lab content.
• Track your readiness for job roles: Align your hands-on experience with real-world cybersecurity demands.
• Identify gaps and learning priorities: Pinpoint specific skills that need more focus.
• Stay motivated through visible progress: Use clear feedback to maintain consistent effort and prove your mastery through real action.

Regularly reviewing your skills coverage empowers you to take control of your growth and advance confidently toward becoming an elite cybersecurity professional.