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Cybersecurity 4-piece defensive portfolio + certificate; Security+ ready
Length 24 weeks · 5 hrs a week
Curriculum 24 weeks · 120 hours
How it is taught online or physical or hybrid What you'll learn Read network traffic, and administer and harden Linux systems Defend against the OWASP Top 10 and the phishing that actually works here Build monitoring and detections, and work a SOC alert queue Run authorised vulnerability assessment and web testing in a lab you control Write the report that makes a non-technical director act Week by week Every week, what you can do by the end of it.
1 Security foundations + ethics 5h CIA triad; threat landscape; security domains; career map (blue/red/GRC). Sign the code of conduct
ChatGPT to explain concepts
2 Networking essentials I 5h TCP/IP model; IP addressing; ports; core protocols (HTTP/S, DNS, DHCP)
AI to explain protocols
3 Networking II + Linux I 5h Subnets, routing, NAT, firewalls (concept)
4 What you'll build You leave with work you can show, not only a certificate.
P1 — Security assessment & hardening report (Wk 6) P2 — Threat analysis + defence plan (Wk 12) P3 — Authorised vulnerability assessment, lab (Wk 18) Capstone — Incident-response + SOC report from a simulated breach (Wk 24) Tools you'll use Networking Linux Wireshark/Nmap/Burp (lab) Nessus/OpenVAS SIEM (Wazuh/Splunk) IR Afterwards Graduate can harden systems, analyse threats, run authorised assessments, monitor and respond to incidents, and address NDPR/CBN compliance — with an AI-accelerated, strictly ethical workflow and a 4-piece defensive portfolio. Junior-ready for SOC Analyst / Security Analyst / IT-Security roles (employed, remote, freelance), and set up for Security+ certification. (Honest framing: a strong junior foundation + portfolio, not a senior claim.)
₦300,000
online · VAT included — ₦300,000 is what leaves your account
Apply for this course Applying costs ₦15,000 and is separate from the course fee. We admit, we do not sell — not everyone who applies is accepted.
Or 3 monthly payments of about ₦110,000
₦330,000 in total — ₦30,000 more than paying at once.
Linux II + systems hardening
5h
Users/groups, processes, services, logs
5 Cryptography 5h Hashing; symmetric/asymmetric; PKI; TLS
6 Security assessment (P1 DUE) 5h Risk assessment, asset inventory, basic threat modelling
AI to draft the report
7 Threats & attack types 5h Malware families, phishing, social engineering, DoS, MITM
8 Web security I 5h How web apps work; OWASP Top 10 overview
9 Web security II + phishing defence 5h Broken auth, access control, CSRF/SSRF (concept + defence)
AI phishing analysis + awareness content
10 Network defence 5h Firewalls, IDS/IPS, network segmentation
11 Endpoint & data protection 5h EDR/antivirus, patch management, mobile security
12 Monitoring & logging (P2 DUE) 5h Logs, log sources, baselines, what "normal" looks like
AI log analysis
13 Vulnerability management 5h Scanning concepts; CVEs; CVSS scoring; prioritisation
14 Recon & scanning (ethical, lab only) 5h OSINT & footprinting (authorised scope)
15 Web app testing (ethical, lab only) 5h Burp Suite basics — proxy, repeater, intercept
AI-assisted triage
16 Exploitation concepts (defensive framing) 5h How exploits work so you can defend; Metasploit intro (lab)
17 Wireless & cloud security 5h Wi-Fi security, common attacks & defences
18 Reporting (P3 DUE) 5h Writing professional findings; risk ratings; remediation advice
AI to draft
19 SOC & SIEM 5h SOC roles & workflows; SIEM concepts (Wazuh/Splunk)
AI-assisted SIEM
20 Incident response 5h IR lifecycle (prepare → detect → contain → eradicate → recover)
21 Governance, risk & compliance 5h NDPR, CBN cyber guidelines; ISO 27001 / NIST basics
22 Capstone build I 5h S-A/B: Simulated breach — detect via logs/SIEM; scope the incident
23 Capstone build II 5h S-A/B: Contain, respond, remediate; document the full incident
24 Demo Day + career 5h Capstone presentations (IR/SOC report) to a panel
