Our Beginner Bootcamp has been designed for all those who work with computers every day to improve their digital literacy and cybersecurity abilities. With conventional training not quite ironing out the phishing errors and GDPR failures, we created our 1-day bootcamp to address this growing digital skills gap.

Our comprehensive and balanced bootcamp caters to all levels, including those who struggle with technology. The bootcamp is both practical and theoretical because we know nothing works better than show, tell and do.

Our participants gain access to our bespoke test environment to run their own simple cyber-attacks and get real industry backed knowledge in how hackers, gangs and criminals on the internet operate, to defend against it every time. They dramatically improve their entire way of working with technology both at work and home, putting security and data protection first.

• Participants learn how to keep their company and personal data secure with cyber security fundamentals exploring topics such as memorable password creation, controlling metadata, and exploring the different types and motives of hackers.
• Next, they learn how computer networks operate in our homes, businesses and worldwide creating the internet as well as how those 0’s and 1’s form and transmit emails, pictures, and programmes.
• We introduce the core programming language of hackers and the Linux operating system used to deploy it. A practical workshop to explore basic commands and operation to prepare them for ethical hacking.
• With the skills gained to carry out basic cyber-attacks, participants explore a diverse range of attack tools and engage in hands-on exercises to conduct their guided cyber-attacks in our controlled test environment. Some examples include: password hacking, phishing simulations, malware deployment, and social engineering tactics.
• Here we look at cryptography, the history of secret communications and how that works today. Without too much mathematics, participants will gain insight into how it works and why it’s necessary to keep all our data safe while on the move and stored away.
• We end the bootcamp by looking at the psychology of hackers, victims, and everyday users of the internet. Participants learn the methods, techniques and tools of social-engineering attacks and psychological methods to avoid them.

Our Intermediate course has been designed to give those with advanced computer or technical skills the ability to immediately begin cybersecurity practises in the workplace or in education.

7 hours of lectures are spread out over 5 subjects for a total of 35 hours teaching time with 24/7 remote access to our learning platforms, test environment, textbooks, with an extra 7 days of access for assessments.

Participants will learn how to secure data, systems, networks, applications and to begin monitoring and penetration testing immediately upon completion. The bootcamp ends with a guided assessment which forms a portfolio for each student showcasing their new abilities and technical talent.

For many industries the pace of technological advancement is incredibly fast and cybersecurity skills and practises are often left behind, putting companies at risk. Our advanced bootcamp will give technical staff and advanced computer operators the high-level cybersecurity skills required to mitigate risk with existing and future technology.

The course is extensive and so is highly advised as an aid to professional certificate examinations such as CompTIA Security+, Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) which our mentors can offer guidance.

Course Funding Advice & Resources

• Advanced Learner Loan
• Advanced Learner Bursary Fund
• Turn2Us
• NCFE