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  • Networking
  • Cisco Expert
  • Network Security
  • Enterprise Systems
  • Software Development
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Six focused programs, each structured around labs, mentoring and certification-aligned preparation.

Cyber Security
SecurityCyber Security

Develop practical skills in cybersecurity, threat detection, security operations and defensive security.

4–8 weeks Beginner to Advanced
Preview syllabus (13 modules)

1Introduction to Cybersecurity

Interactive Labs

  • What is cybersecurity and why it matters
  • Cybersecurity terminology and core components
  • Networking, server administration and SOC overview
  • The evolving threat landscape: headlines and real breaches

Hands-on lab targets

  • Map the core components of a security operations setup
  • Identify the roles on a real SOC team from a sample org chart

2Fundamentals of Networking

Interactive Labs

  • Network types: LAN, WAN, MAN, PAN
  • Topologies: bus, ring, star and hybrid
  • OSI and TCP/IP models
  • IP addressing, subnetting and VLAN concepts

Hands-on lab targets

  • Design a small office LAN with correct IPs and subnets
  • Trace a packet through the OSI/TCP-IP layers

3Network Protocols & Services

Interactive Labs

  • HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, SMTP, POP3, IMAP
  • DNS, DHCP, LDAP, SNMP
  • ICMP, ARP, Telnet and SSH
  • Routing protocols overview (RIP, OSPF, BGP basics)

Hands-on lab targets

  • Intercept and inspect HTTP/DNS traffic with Wireshark
  • Configure DHCP and DNS on a small lab server

4Windows Server Administration

Interactive Labs

  • Active Directory structure and user management
  • Group Policy and file services
  • Windows security baselines and patching

Hands-on lab targets

  • Create users, groups and Group Policy Objects in Active Directory
  • Apply and verify a Windows security baseline

5Linux Administration

Interactive Labs

  • Linux filesystem, users and permissions
  • Package management and services
  • Shell scripting for administration tasks
  • Hardening and log review on Linux

Hands-on lab targets

  • Manage users, permissions and packages on Ubuntu
  • Write a shell script to parse and summarise log files

6System & Network Troubleshooting

Interactive Labs

  • System, LAN and WAN connectivity issues
  • Packet capture and basic analysis
  • Documentation and escalation in a SOC context

Hands-on lab targets

  • Isolate a network fault using ping, traceroute and packet capture
  • Produce a clear troubleshooting report

7Introduction to Cloud Technologies

Interactive Labs

  • Cloud computing models: SaaS, PaaS, IaaS
  • AWS, Azure and GCP overview
  • Creating and securing cloud virtual machines

Hands-on lab targets

  • Provision and secure a cloud virtual machine
  • Apply a basic identity and access policy

8Information Security Basics

Interactive Labs

  • Confidentiality, integrity and availability (CIA triad)
  • Authentication, authorization and accounting
  • Security policies and acceptable use

Hands-on lab targets

  • Design an access control matrix for a sample company

9Cyber Threats & Attack Techniques

Interactive Labs

  • Host discovery, service enumeration and vulnerability scanning
  • Web attacks: directory traversal, XSS, SQL injection
  • Password attacks: brute force, dictionary, phishing
  • Man-in-the-middle, DoS and DDoS
  • Malware types: virus, worm, trojan, ransomware

Hands-on lab targets

  • Enumerate a lab target and find its exposed services
  • Reproduce an SQL injection in a controlled lab
  • Analyse a phishing email for red flags

10Incident Response

Interactive Labs

  • Incident response lifecycle
  • Containment, eradication and recovery
  • Evidence handling and reporting

Hands-on lab targets

  • Walk a simulated breach through the full incident response lifecycle
  • Preserve and document forensic evidence correctly

11Security Operations Centre (SOC)

Interactive Labs

  • SOC roles and responsibilities
  • Firewall, IDS, IPS, NGFW and UTM
  • SIEM concepts, log sources and correlation
  • Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)

Hands-on lab targets

  • Triage alerts in a SIEM dashboard
  • Review IDS/IPS events and decide on next steps

12SIEM & Log Analysis

Interactive Labs

  • SIEM architecture and use cases
  • Dashboards, alerts and tuning
  • Threat hunting fundamentals

Hands-on lab targets

  • Build a SIEM dashboard from real log sources
  • Run a basic threat-hunting query across events

13Best Practices in Cybersecurity

Interactive Labs

  • Defense in depth and least privilege
  • Patch management and vulnerability prioritization
  • Security awareness and continuous improvement

Hands-on lab targets

  • Harden a server against common misconfigurations
  • Prioritise a patching backlog by real risk
View complete syllabus
CCNA 200‑301
NetworkingCCNA 200‑301

Transform from networking newbie to confident engineer — master routing, switching, IP services, security fundamentals and automation through hands-on Cisco labs.

4 weeks No IT background needed
Preview syllabus (7 modules)

1Network Fundamentals

Interactive Labs

  • Network components: routers, switches, firewalls, APs, servers
  • Topology architectures: two-tier, three-tier, spine-leaf, SOHO
  • Physical interfaces and cabling: single-mode/multi-mode fibre, copper
  • OSI and TCP/IP models — packets, frames and encapsulation
  • IPv4 addressing, subnetting, VLSM and CIDR
  • IPv6 addressing, prefix and address types
  • Wireless principles: channels, SSID, RF, encryption
  • Virtualisation fundamentals: VRFs, containers, server VMs
  • Switching concepts: MAC learning, frame switching, flooding

Hands-on lab targets

  • Configure and verify IPv4/IPv6 addressing on Cisco devices
  • Calculate subnets using VLSM
  • Identify network components in a topology diagram

2Network Access

Interactive Labs

  • VLANs: access ports, voice VLANs, default VLAN
  • Trunking: 802.1Q, native VLAN, inter-VLAN routing
  • EtherChannel: LACP, PAgP, link aggregation
  • Spanning Tree: STP, RSTP, root bridge election
  • Layer 2 discovery: CDP and LLDP
  • Wireless architectures: autonomous, lightweight, WLC
  • AP modes and WLAN GUI configuration

Hands-on lab targets

  • Configure VLANs and trunk ports across multiple switches
  • Implement inter-VLAN routing with a Layer 3 switch
  • Set up EtherChannel and verify STP operation
  • Configure a basic wireless network on WLC

3IP Connectivity

Interactive Labs

  • Routing table components: protocol code, prefix, AD, metric
  • Router forwarding decisions: longest prefix match, AD, metric
  • Static routing: default, network, host and floating static
  • OSPFv2 single-area: adjacencies, DR/BDR, router ID
  • First-hop redundancy: HSRP and VRRP concepts
  • IPv6 static routing and OSPFv3 basics

Hands-on lab targets

  • Configure and verify static routes on Cisco routers
  • Implement single-area OSPF and verify adjacencies
  • Troubleshoot routing table issues using show commands

4IP Services

Interactive Labs

  • NAT: static, dynamic and PAT (inside source NAT)
  • DHCP client and relay configuration
  • DNS role within the network
  • NTP: client and server mode
  • SNMP: community strings and MIB concepts
  • Syslog: facilities, levels and forwarding
  • QoS: classification, marking, queuing, shaping
  • SSH for secure remote management
  • TFTP and FTP for device image management

Hands-on lab targets

  • Configure static and dynamic NAT/PAT on a Cisco router
  • Set up NTP synchronisation between devices
  • Configure SSH and disable Telnet for secure access

5Security Fundamentals

Interactive Labs

  • Threats, vulnerabilities, exploits and mitigation
  • Security program elements: awareness, training, physical controls
  • Device access control: local passwords and privilege levels
  • Password policies: complexity, MFA, certificates, biometrics
  • ACLs: standard and extended — wildcard masks and placement
  • Layer 2 security: port security, DHCP snooping, DAI
  • IPsec VPN: site-to-site and remote access concepts
  • Wireless security: WPA, WPA2, WPA3
  • AAA concepts: authentication, authorisation and accounting

Hands-on lab targets

  • Configure standard and extended ACLs
  • Implement port security and DHCP snooping
  • Configure device passwords and SSH hardening
  • Set up WPA2-PSK on a wireless LAN

6Automation & Programmability

Interactive Labs

  • Traditional vs controller-based networking
  • Software-defined architecture: overlay, underlay, fabric
  • Control plane and data plane separation
  • Northbound and Southbound APIs
  • Cisco DNA Center device management
  • REST APIs: CRUD, HTTP verbs, JSON encoding
  • Configuration management: Puppet, Chef, Ansible
  • JSON-encoded data structure recognition

Hands-on lab targets

  • Navigate Cisco IOS-XE REST APIs
  • Parse and construct JSON configuration payloads
  • Explore Cisco DNA Centre dashboard and templates

7Exam Preparation & Mock Labs

Interactive Labs

  • CCNA 200-301 exam blueprint walkthrough
  • Time management strategies for the 120-minute exam
  • Common exam pitfalls and how to avoid them
  • Full-length mock exam and performance review
  • Final doubt-clearing and confidence-building session
  • Certification pathway: what comes after CCNA — CCNP, CCIE Security

Hands-on lab targets

  • End-to-end lab scenario: design, configure and troubleshoot a routed/switched network
  • Simulated exam: 60 questions + 4 lab-based tasks
View complete syllabus
CCIE Security
Cisco ExpertCCIE Security

The crown-jewel of network security careers. Design, deploy and automate enterprise-grade security — Firewalls, VPNs, ISE identity, Threat Defense and more.

8–12 weeks CCNP-level knowledge recommended
Preview syllabus (11 modules)

1Security Concepts & Foundations

Interactive Labs

  • Common threat vectors: on-premises, hybrid and cloud
  • Defence-in-depth: layered security architecture
  • CIA triad applied to enterprise networks
  • Security policy frameworks and compliance standards
  • Risk assessment and threat modelling basics
  • Introduction to Cisco security architecture and product portfolio

Hands-on lab targets

  • Map a security architecture for a sample enterprise
  • Identify threat vectors in a network diagram

2Network Security — Perimeter & Firewall

Interactive Labs

  • Next-generation firewalls: Cisco FTD and FMC
  • Firewall policy design: zones, NAT, access rules
  • Network Address Translation: static, dynamic, PAT
  • Threat detection and blocking with IPS signatures
  • Integration of FTD with FMC for centralized management
  • Interface configuration: routed, transparent and inline modes

Hands-on lab targets

  • Deploy and configure Cisco FTD in routed mode
  • Build and apply firewall policies via FMC
  • Configure NAT rules for inbound and outbound traffic
  • Verify IPS signature hits and tune false positives

3Secure Connectivity & VPN Architecture

Interactive Labs

  • IPSec site-to-site VPN: IKE Phase 1 and Phase 2
  • Remote access VPN: AnyConnect SSL and IPSec
  • DMVPN and GET VPN for dynamic environments
  • Crypto maps, transform sets and key exchange
  • High-availability VPN with clustering and failover
  • VPN debugging: packet tracer and debug crypto

Hands-on lab targets

  • Configure a full IPSec site-to-site tunnel between two FTDs
  • Deploy AnyConnect remote access VPN with certificates
  • Troubleshoot VPN tunnel failures using CLI and FMC

4Network Segmentation & Micro-Segmentation

Interactive Labs

  • VRF-based segmentation and route leaking
  • VLAN and private VLAN segmentation
  • TrustSec and SGT-based micro-segmentation
  • Zero-trust network access principles
  • Segmentation policy design for multi-tenant networks

Hands-on lab targets

  • Implement VRF-lite across a multi-site topology
  • Deploy SGT tagging and enforce segmentation policies
  • Design a zero-trust segmentation blueprint

5Identity Management — Cisco ISE

Interactive Labs

  • ISE architecture: personas, nodes and deployment
  • RADIUS and TACACS+ for device administration
  • 802.1X: MAB, webauth and profiling
  • Posture assessment and compliance
  • pxGrid for context sharing across Cisco platforms
  • BYOD onboarding: internal and external CA
  • Identity services for VPN and wireless
  • ISE policy sets and results for granular control

Hands-on lab targets

  • Install and configure ISE personas on a multi-node cluster
  • Implement 802.1X for wired and wireless endpoints
  • Configure MAB for IP phones and printers
  • Set up BYOD self-registration portal
  • Tune posture policies and remediation workflows

6Content Security — WSA, ESA & Umbrella

Interactive Labs

  • Web Security Appliance (WSA): URL filtering and AV
  • SSL/TLS decryption and inspection
  • Email Security Appliance (ESA): anti-spam, DLP, SandBlast
  • Cisco Umbrella: DNS-layer security and IGW
  • Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) concepts
  • Content filtering policies and reporting

Hands-on lab targets

  • Configure WSA with URL filtering and SSL decryption
  • Set up ESA mail flow with DLP and anti-spam policies
  • Enable Umbrella roaming security and DNS policies

7Endpoint Protection & Detection

Interactive Labs

  • Endpoint Protection Platforms (EPP) vs EDR
  • Cisco Secure Endpoint (AMP for Endpoints)
  • File trajectory and retrospective analysis
  • Host isolation and IoC extraction
  • Endpoint groups and dynamic profiling
  • Integration with Threat Grid for sandboxing

Hands-on lab targets

  • Deploy Cisco Secure Connector to endpoints
  • Analyze a malware detection event end-to-end
  • Perform host isolation and extract Indicators of Compromise

8Advanced Threat Protection & Visibility

Interactive Labs

  • Cisco Secure Network Analytics (Stealthwatch)
  • NetFlow analysis and behavioral detection
  • Encrypted Traffic Analytics (ETA)
  • Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics
  • Threat Grid for advanced sandboxing
  • Stealthwatch Management Console (SMC) dashboards
  • Cisco Cognitive Intelligence for ML-based detection

Hands-on lab targets

  • Configure NetFlow export on FTD and switches
  • Build custom alerts in Stealthwatch for lateral movement
  • Analyze a threat scenario using SMC dashboards
  • Submit a file to Threat Grid and interpret the report

9Secure Network Access & Control

Interactive Labs

  • TrustSec architecture and SGT enforcement
  • Network Access Control with ISE integration
  • Guest services, hotspot and self-registration
  • Profiling: DHCP, HTTP, NMAP, SNMP probes
  • CoA (Change of Authorization) and URL redirect
  • VPN-based NAC and postured remote access

Hands-on lab targets

  • Configure ISE guest portal and hotspot
  • Enable profiling policies and CoA on switches
  • Validate posture compliance for remote users

10Network Automation & Programmability

Interactive Labs

  • Python scripting for Cisco security devices
  • REST API interaction with FMC, ISE and Umbrella
  • Ansible playbooks for firewall configuration
  • Cisco vManage and SD-WAN APIs
  • Configuration management and idempotent automation
  • Logging and monitoring via SIEM integration

Hands-on lab targets

  • Write a Python script to pull policies from FMC API
  • Use Ansible to push ISE configuration changes
  • Build a simple monitoring dashboard with SIEM logs

11Lab Exam Strategy & Mock Labs

Interactive Labs

  • CCIE Security v6.1 lab exam format and scoring
  • Design vs deploy vs operate vs optimise question types
  • Time management across the 8-hour lab
  • Interpreting requirements and building a configuration plan
  • Common failure points and recovery strategies
  • Full mock lab: enterprise perimeter defense scenario

Hands-on lab targets

  • Complete 8-hour timed mock lab exam
  • Peer review and instructor scoring session
  • Post-exam debrief: strengths, gaps and study plan
View complete syllabus
Fortinet Firewall
Network SecurityFortinet Firewall

Master enterprise firewall engineering — policies, VPNs, IPS, SD-WAN and threat prevention — hands-on.

3–4 weeks Intermediate
Preview syllabus (9 modules)

1Fortinet Platform Overview

Interactive Labs

  • FortiGate architecture and licensing
  • Initial setup, interfaces and routing
  • Centralized management concepts

Hands-on lab targets

  • Layer out interfaces and routing on a fresh FortiGate
  • Harden admin access and enable central management

2Firewall Policies & Objects

Interactive Labs

  • Policy order, inspection modes and logging
  • Addresses, services, schedules and VIPs
  • User identity and FSSO integration

Hands-on lab targets

  • Build a policy set with objects, schedules and NAT
  • Trace a packet against a policy chain

3Network Address Translation

Interactive Labs

  • Source and destination NAT
  • Central NAT vs policy-based NAT

Hands-on lab targets

  • Configure source and destination NAT across two zones
  • Troubleshoot a misrouted NAT translation

4Application Control & Web Filtering

Interactive Labs

  • Application signatures and categories
  • URL filtering and SSL inspection basics

Hands-on lab targets

  • Apply application control profiles and verify hits
  • Enable URL filtering and SSL inspection

5Intrusion Prevention (IPS)

Interactive Labs

  • IPS vs IDS in FortiGate
  • Profiles, exceptions and tuning
  • Botnet and credential stuffing defenses

Hands-on lab targets

  • Enable and tune IPS against a real lab exploit
  • Set up botnet and credential-stuffing defences

6VPN Technologies

Interactive Labs

  • Site-to-site IPsec VPN
  • Remote access SSL VPN and split tunneling
  • High availability (HA) clusters

Hands-on lab targets

  • Build a site-to-site IPsec tunnel
  • Stand up remote-access SSL VPN with split tunnelling

7Secure SD-WAN & Routing

Interactive Labs

  • SD-WAN rules and performance SLAs
  • BGP/OSPF on FortiGate

Hands-on lab targets

  • Configure SD-WAN rules with performance SLAs
  • Peer OSPF/BGP on a FortiGate

8Logging, Reporting & SIEM

Interactive Labs

  • FortiAnalyzer / cloud logging overview
  • Export to SIEM and alert workflows

Hands-on lab targets

  • Send logs to FortiAnalyzer or the cloud and build a report
  • Forward events to a SIEM with alert workflows

9Hardening & Best Practices

Interactive Labs

  • Administrative access and two-factor auth
  • Firmware upgrades and backup/restore
  • Design workshops for enterprise segmentation

Hands-on lab targets

  • Enforce two-factor admin login
  • Back up, restore and plan a firmware upgrade
  • Design a segmented enterprise policy set
View complete syllabus
SAP BASIS
Enterprise SystemsSAP BASIS

Learn SAP system administration, monitoring, configuration and enterprise infrastructure management.

6–8 weeks Intermediate
Preview syllabus (9 modules)

1SAP Architecture & Landscape

Interactive Labs

  • SAP system IDs, clients and instances
  • Central vs distributed systems
  • Solution Manager overview

Hands-on lab targets

  • Diagram a three-system SAP landscape
  • Walk through an end-to-end client and instance concept

2Installation & Post-Install

Interactive Labs

  • Software provisioning manager basics
  • Post-install configuration and checks
  • License and system rename concepts

Hands-on lab targets

  • Provision a system with Software Provisioning Manager
  • Run and verify post-installation checks

3Client Administration

Interactive Labs

  • Client copy, export and import
  • Client settings and protection

Hands-on lab targets

  • Perform a client copy and verify it with SCC4
  • Set client protection and profiles

4User Management & Security

Interactive Labs

  • Users, roles and authorizations
  • Profile generator and trace
  • Secure Network Communication (SNC) basics

Hands-on lab targets

  • Create roles with PFCG and assign authorisations
  • Trace authorisation issues with SU53

5Transport Management System

Interactive Labs

  • Change and transport system (CTS)
  • Transport routes and imports
  • Troubleshooting failed transports

Hands-on lab targets

  • Configure transport routes between systems
  • Import a transport and troubleshoot a failure

6Background Processing & Spool

Interactive Labs

  • Job scheduling and monitoring (SM37)
  • Spool administration and output devices

Hands-on lab targets

  • Schedule and monitor a job with SM37
  • Configure output devices and manage the spool

7Monitoring & Performance

Interactive Labs

  • ST06, SM21, SM50/SM66 workload analysis
  • Performance traces and tuning basics
  • EarlyWatch and health checks

Hands-on lab targets

  • Run workload analysis with ST06 / SM50 / SM66
  • Create and analyse a performance trace

8Database & Backup

Interactive Labs

  • Backup strategies for HANA/Oracle/MaxDB overview
  • Restore concepts and recovery testing

Hands-on lab targets

  • Plan a backup strategy and test a restore
  • Review HANA/Oracle backup logs

9Kernel, Patches & Upgrades

Interactive Labs

  • Kernel updates and SPAM/SAINT
  • Note implementation workflow
  • Upgrade project overview

Hands-on lab targets

  • Implement a hotfix with the SPAM/SAINT workflow
  • Apply a note and update a kernel
View complete syllabus
AI + MERN Stack Development
Software DevelopmentAI + MERN Stack Development

Build modern full-stack applications using MongoDB, Express, React, Node.js and AI-powered development.

8–12 weeks Beginner to Advanced
Preview syllabus (8 modules)

1Modern JavaScript & TypeScript

Interactive Labs

  • ES modules, async/await and error handling
  • TypeScript types for React and Node
  • Tooling: npm, Vite and ESLint

Hands-on lab targets

  • Set up a Vite + TypeScript project and build a typed module
  • Refactor async code with robust error handling

2React Front End

Interactive Labs

  • Components, props, state and hooks
  • React Router and form handling
  • UI patterns with accessible components

Hands-on lab targets

  • Build a stateful React feature with forms and routing
  • Make a component keyboard-accessible

3Node.js & Express

Interactive Labs

  • REST API design and validation
  • Middleware, error handling and security headers
  • Environment configuration

Hands-on lab targets

  • Build a validated REST API with middleware
  • Add security headers and proper error handling

4MongoDB & Data Modeling

Interactive Labs

  • Documents, schemas and indexing
  • Mongoose ODM and aggregation basics
  • Data relationships and migrations

Hands-on lab targets

  • Design schemas with indexes
  • Write aggregation pipelines against real data

5Authentication & Authorization

Interactive Labs

  • JWT sessions and refresh tokens
  • Role-based access control
  • OAuth/social login overview

Hands-on lab targets

  • Implement JWT auth with refresh tokens
  • Add role-based access control to an API

6Testing & Quality

Interactive Labs

  • Unit and integration testing basics
  • API testing and CI pipeline intro

Hands-on lab targets

  • Add unit and API integration tests
  • Create a CI job that runs them

7AI in the Development Workflow

Interactive Labs

  • Prompting for code, tests and documentation
  • Reviewing AI-generated code safely
  • Optional AI features in the capstone (chat, search, summaries)

Hands-on lab targets

  • Prompt, review and refactor AI-generated code
  • Add an AI feature to your capstone project

8Deployment & DevOps Basics

Interactive Labs

  • Docker intro and environment parity
  • Deploying MERN apps to cloud platforms
  • Monitoring and logging fundamentals

Hands-on lab targets

  • Containerise the app with Docker
  • Deploy to a cloud platform and verify monitoring
View complete syllabus

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