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From fundamentals to threat hunting in 16 weeks

An intensive program with hands-on experience in industry-standard tools and current security techniques: penetration testing, threat intelligence, cloud security, OSINT and SecOps.

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Duration
16 weeks
Format
Live online
Capstone
Red vs blue
Outcome
Certificate

Why choose this program

Practise on the attacks and tools you will meet in the job, with professionals beside you.

  • Hands-on cyber defence

    Real-world attack simulations, threat hunting and vulnerability assessments.

  • Industry-relevant scenarios

    Offensive security labs, cloud breach simulations and endpoint protection cases.

  • Security toolkits

    Curated tools for penetration testing, threat analysis and cloud security audits.

  • 24/7 expert support

    Guidance from cybersecurity professionals and mentors throughout.

  • Certification

    A recognised certificate in cybersecurity, threat intelligence and cloud protection.

Curriculum

Four months, sixteen weeks, ending in a full red vs blue team exercise.

1

Fundamentals and core concepts

Month 1

Week 1: Cybersecurity foundation

  • Modern threat landscape and attack vectors
  • CIA triad, defence in depth, zero trust
  • Career pathways and certifications
  • Compliance frameworks (GDPR, ISO 27001, NIST)

Week 2: Network security essentials

  • OSI model and TCP/IP protocol analysis
  • Advanced packet analysis with Wireshark
  • Next-gen firewalls, IDS/IPS and VPNs
  • DNS security and poisoning techniques

Week 3: Cryptography and secure communications

  • Modern encryption algorithms and implementations
  • PKI, SSL/TLS and certificate management
  • Hashing and digital signatures
  • Secure messaging and email encryption

Week 4: System security and incident response

  • Linux and Windows hardening
  • Attack methodologies and defence strategies
  • Digital forensics and evidence preservation
  • SIEM implementation and monitoring
2

OSINT, reconnaissance and threat intelligence

Month 2

Week 5: Advanced OSINT

  • Professional OSINT with Maltego and theHarvester
  • Social engineering reconnaissance and profiling
  • Dark web intelligence gathering
  • Digital footprint and threat assessment

Week 6: Reconnaissance and vulnerability assessment

  • Reconnaissance with Nmap and Shodan
  • Automated subdomain discovery
  • Web application testing with Burp Suite
  • Network mapping and service identification

Week 7: Penetration testing fundamentals

  • Web exploitation (SQLi, XSS, CSRF)
  • Metasploit and exploit development
  • Password attacks and hash cracking
  • Post-exploitation and persistence

Week 8: Cyber threat intelligence

  • Threat intelligence lifecycle and IOC analysis
  • MITRE ATT&CK in practice
  • APT tracking and attribution
  • Threat hunting with SIEM platforms
3

Cloud security and modern infrastructure

Month 3

Week 9: Cloud computing foundations

  • Multi-cloud architecture and service models
  • Hybrid and edge computing security
  • Comparing the major cloud providers
  • Cloud networking and virtual infrastructure

Week 10: Cloud security architecture

  • The shared responsibility model
  • Advanced IAM and zero trust
  • Cloud compliance and governance
  • Encryption and key management

Week 11: Cloud security tools

  • AWS GuardDuty, Security Hub and Config
  • Azure Security Center and Sentinel
  • Container and Kubernetes security
  • API security and CASB

Week 12: Cloud incident response and forensics

  • Cloud assessment and penetration testing
  • Logging and monitoring strategy
  • Cloud security posture management (CSPM)
  • Incident response in the cloud
4

Security operations and team exercises

Month 4

Week 13: Endpoint security and detection engineering

  • Next-gen EDR/XDR deployment
  • Memory forensics and malware analysis
  • Ransomware detection and automated response
  • Behavioural and anomaly detection

Week 14: DevSecOps and secure development

  • DevSecOps pipeline integration
  • Infrastructure-as-code security scanning
  • Container security and Kubernetes hardening
  • Secure CI/CD and GitOps

Week 15: Security operations centre

  • Enterprise SIEM and SOAR management
  • Log analysis and correlation
  • Response automation and playbooks
  • Threat hunting methods and tools

Week 16: Capstone, red vs blue

  • Purple team exercises
  • Advanced persistent threat simulation
  • Real-world SOC operations
  • Final certification and portfolio presentation

15+ tools and platforms

The tools security teams use every day, from packet capture to cloud SIEM.

  • TryHackMe
  • Wireshark
  • Burp Suite
  • Nmap
  • Maltego
  • Splunk
  • ELK Stack
  • AWS Security Hub
  • Azure Sentinel
  • Volatility
  • Hashcat
  • John the Ripper
  • Nikto
  • Shodan
  • theHarvester
  • Terraform
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes

30 skills and techniques

Offence, defence and the operations that connect them.

  • Penetration testing
  • Risk assessment
  • Network security
  • Security architecture
  • OSINT techniques
  • Threat intelligence
  • Digital forensics
  • Incident response
  • Cloud security
  • AWS security
  • Azure security
  • Container security
  • DevSecOps
  • SIEM management
  • Log analysis
  • Threat hunting
  • Cryptography
  • PKI management
  • Social engineering
  • Phishing analysis
  • Malware analysis
  • Endpoint security
  • Red team operations
  • Blue team defence
  • Purple team exercises
  • MITRE ATT&CK
  • Vulnerability assessment
  • Compliance management
  • Web application security
  • Zero trust implementation

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