Cyber Security Advanced Training
Design a zero-trust security architecture, secure cloud workloads and run a risk-based security programme across the enterprise. Learn Cyber Security through a clear Foundation to Advanced path, with hands-on labs, live cohort options, certification support and full LMS access.
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Self-paced video subscription
Billed yearly at ₹9,996. This includes all four levels, complete LMS access for one year, plus 20+ additional courses and 50+ tools access.
- All four Cyber Security levels in one price.
- 20+ additional courses and 50+ tools included, even when subscribing to one course.
- Best fit for learners who want full-library access and flexible progress.
Live & Interactive session
Instructor-led cohort, max 8 to 10 hours, with demos, labs, Q&A, assignments and practical review.
- Live small-batch cohort from soon.
- Interactive discussion and lab troubleshooting.
- Recommended for teams that need guided implementation.
1:1 Live training
The same agenda, taught one-to-one by the trainer. Start immediately, without waiting for the next batch. Max 8 to 10 hours, one-to-one.
About Cyber Security Advanced Training.
Understand where Cyber Security fits in modern software delivery, what this level covers, and how the program builds practical confidence step by step.
Program overview
Cyber Security is taught as a practical technical skill for modern engineering, operations and platform teams. The course explains where the tool fits, how it is used in real delivery environments, and how learners can apply it through guided practice.
This DevOpsSchool Cyber Security program is built for working professionals who want usable skills instead of only conceptual exposure. The training emphasizes live examples, workflow clarity, operational controls and progressive skill depth from Foundation to Advanced.
Private Cyber Security training for delivery teams, platform groups and engineering organizations.
DevOpsSchool provides corporate Cyber Security training for teams that need faster adoption, workflow standardization, administrative control, integration guidance and governance-ready rollout. Private batches can be aligned to development practice, release workflow, access model, maturity level and internal tooling.
- Private online or classroom delivery for engineering teams
- Aligned to Cyber Security usage maturity, admin depth and collaboration patterns
- Useful for rollout, migration, governance and workflow consistency goals
- Can be tailored for developers, administrators, DevOps teams and leadership stakeholders
Why teams use DevOpsSchool
DevOpsSchool combines live demonstration, practical workflow discussion, implementation-oriented examples, and strong post-session learning support. That makes the training more usable for real teams than generic slide-led courses.
Choose any level. The page still shows the full progression.
Foundation, Essential, Intermediate and Advanced are presented as one linked training flow. Self-paced buyers get all levels by default, even if they start from only one course page.
Instructor-led, self-paced and corporate delivery options.
Compare delivery format, duration, level access and batch style. Fees are shown only in the top decision panel and once again after the agenda.
| Duration | Mode | Level access | Batch |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 to 10 Hrs. max | Live & Interactive | Advanced | Public batch |
| 8 to 10 Hrs. max | 1:1 Live training | Advanced | Starts immediately |
| 1 year LMS access | Self-paced video | All 4 levels | Anytime access |
| 5 Days | Corporate | Cyber Security Advanced Training | Private team batch |
What learners should be able to do after Cyber Security training.
The outcomes are written for practical delivery teams: developers, DevOps engineers, release engineers, administrators and technical leads.
Defend systems and networks
Assess, harden and monitor networks, endpoints and web applications using industry tools.
Detect and respond confidently
Investigate alerts with SIEM and ATT&CK and run a structured incident response.
Lead risk-based security
Design zero-trust architecture and governance aligned with NIST CSF 2.0 and ISO 27001.
Why this skill, what you will achieve, and who should attend.
Use this section to decide whether the course matches your role, current experience and expected Cyber Security responsibilities before reviewing the detailed agenda.
Why Cyber Security matters
- Cyber Security helps teams standardize a critical part of their software delivery, infrastructure, automation or operations workflow.
- It gives learners a repeatable way to move from basic usage to confident execution in team and enterprise environments.
- For DevOps and platform teams, Cyber Security becomes more valuable when connected with automation, governance, monitoring and delivery practices.
- Teams using Cyber Security effectively reduce ad-hoc execution and move toward consistent engineering standards.
Objectives
- Understand Cyber Security concepts, architecture, terminology and operational usage patterns.
- Learn practical configuration, workflow design, access controls, team usage and quality practices.
- Apply Cyber Security in real delivery workflows using automation, integrations, traceability and governance patterns.
- Build practical confidence to use Cyber Security for individual, team and organizational use cases.
Pre-requisites
- Basic computer literacy and familiarity with software development workflows.
- Helpful but not mandatory: introductory DevOps, cloud, automation or software delivery awareness.
- No deep programming background is required for the Foundation and Essential levels.
Who this course is for
- Developers, administrators and engineers who need practical Cyber Security usage skills.
- DevOps engineers, release engineers, SREs and platform teams managing delivery standards.
- Engineering leads and technical managers responsible for workflow quality, access controls and governance.
- Corporate teams migrating to or standardizing on Cyber Security.
Small-batch live training starts every month.
Weekday batches start on the 1st and weekend batches on the first Saturday of every month. One-to-one (1:1) training can start immediately; corporate sessions are scheduled on demand.
Weekend live batch
Starts on the first Saturday of every month. Weekend sessions with demos, labs and Q&A; max 10 learners.
Weekday live batch
Starts on the 1st of every month. Weekday sessions for working professionals and distributed teams; max 10 learners.
Ask advisorAgenda depth up to the selected level.
This page shows the learning flow from Foundation through Advanced. Each level adds to the previous one, and the agenda stops at the current page level. Day counts are for corporate (day-wise) delivery; live online batches cover the same agenda in max 8 to 10 hours.
Foundation Level: security concepts, threats and a home labDay 1
- Security fundamentals: CIA triad, authentication, authorization and accounting, non-repudiation and defence in depth
- Threat landscape: malware, ransomware, phishing, social engineering, insider threats and supply chain attacks
- Threat actors and motives: cybercriminals, hacktivists, nation-state groups and the cyber kill chain
- Risk basics: assets, threats, vulnerabilities, likelihood, impact and risk treatment options
- Networking for security: OSI and TCP/IP models, ports and protocols, DNS, HTTP and TLS handshakes
- Cryptography basics: symmetric and asymmetric encryption, hashing, digital signatures, certificates and PKI
- Identity basics: passwords, MFA, single sign-on and the principle of least privilege
- Operating system security: Linux and Windows users, permissions, services, patching and logs
- Security frameworks overview: NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 functions, ISO/IEC 27001:2022 and CIS Controls v8
- Security roles and careers: SOC analyst, penetration tester, security engineer, GRC analyst and incident responder
- Law and ethics: authorised testing only, responsible disclosure, IT Act 2000, GDPR and India DPDP Act 2023
- Lab setup: VirtualBox or VMware with Kali Linux, an Ubuntu server and a Windows target on an isolated network
Essential Level = Foundation + network defence, scanning, web security and hardeningDay 2 · 2 days cumulative
- Network reconnaissance: Nmap host discovery, port and service scans, version detection and NSE scripts
- Traffic analysis: Wireshark and tcpdump filters, following streams, spotting clear-text credentials and anomalies
- Firewalls and segmentation: stateful firewalls, iptables and nftables, Windows Defender Firewall, VLANs and DMZ design
- Vulnerability scanning: Greenbone OpenVAS and Nessus Essentials scans, CVSS scores, CVE and false-positive review
- Web application security: OWASP Top 10 including injection, broken access control, XSS and security misconfiguration
- Burp Suite basics: proxy, repeater and intruder against DVWA or OWASP Juice Shop
- System hardening: CIS Benchmarks, disabling unused services, secure SSH configuration and patch management
- Endpoint protection: antivirus and EDR concepts, Microsoft Defender, application allow-listing
- Email and phishing defence: SPF, DKIM, DMARC, header analysis and user awareness
- Password security: hashing with salt, password managers, credential stuffing and cracking demonstrations with Hashcat
- Wireless security: WPA2 and WPA3, rogue access points and secure Wi-Fi configuration
- Backup and recovery basics: 3-2-1 rule, immutable backups and ransomware recovery planning
Intermediate Level = Essential + SOC monitoring, incident response and penetration testingDay 3 · 3 days cumulative
- Security monitoring: log sources, Windows event IDs, Sysmon, Linux auditd and centralised logging
- SIEM operations: Wazuh, Splunk or Microsoft Sentinel ingestion, correlation rules, dashboards and alert triage
- MITRE ATT&CK: tactics, techniques, mapping detections and identifying coverage gaps
- Detection engineering basics: Sigma rules, YARA signatures, tuning thresholds and reducing false positives
- Incident response: NIST SP 800-61 phases, preparation, containment, eradication, recovery and lessons learned
- Digital forensics basics: evidence handling, chain of custody, memory capture and disk imaging
- Threat intelligence: IOCs, threat feeds, MISP and enriching alerts with reputation data
- Penetration testing methodology: scoping, rules of engagement, reconnaissance, exploitation and reporting
- Exploitation in the lab: Metasploit framework, privilege escalation and lateral movement concepts
- Active Directory security: Kerberos, NTLM, common attack paths and BloodHound for defenders
- Identity and access management: RBAC, privileged access management, MFA policies and access reviews
- Automation for responders: Python and PowerShell scripts for log parsing and IOC lookups
Advanced Level = Intermediate + security architecture, cloud, governance and resilienceDays 4-5 · 5 days cumulative
- Zero trust architecture: NIST SP 800-207 principles, identity-aware access, micro-segmentation and continuous verification
- Cloud security: shared responsibility, AWS, Azure and GCP IAM, security groups, CSPM and misconfiguration detection
- Container and Kubernetes security: image scanning with Trivy, RBAC, network policies and Pod Security Standards
- DevSecOps: SAST, DAST, SCA, secrets scanning and security gates in CI/CD pipelines
- Security architecture: threat modelling with STRIDE, secure design reviews and reference architectures
- Advanced threat hunting: hypothesis-driven hunts, behavioural analytics and purple team exercises
- Security automation: SOAR playbooks for enrichment, containment and ticketing
- AI and security: securing LLM applications against prompt injection and data leakage, OWASP Top 10 for LLM applications
- Governance, risk and compliance: ISO 27001 ISMS, risk registers, policies, audits and NIST RMF
- Business continuity and disaster recovery: BIA, RTO and RPO, crisis communication and tabletop exercises
- Security metrics and reporting: MTTD, MTTR, vulnerability ageing and board-level risk reporting
- Capstone: assess an organisation, design its zero-trust roadmap and present a prioritised security programme
Choose live training or a full year of self-paced access.
If someone buys Foundation, Essential, Intermediate or Advanced as self-paced video, the price stays the same and access is granted to all four levels by default.
Self-paced video subscription
Billed yearly at ₹9,996. This includes all four levels, complete LMS access for one year, plus 20+ additional courses and 50+ tools access.
- All four Cyber Security levels in one price.
- 20+ additional courses and 50+ tools included, even when subscribing to one course.
- Best fit for learners who want full-library access and flexible progress.
Live & Interactive session
Instructor-led cohort, max 8 to 10 hours, with demos, labs, Q&A, assignments and practical review.
- Live small-batch cohort from soon.
- Interactive discussion and lab troubleshooting.
- Recommended for teams that need guided implementation.
1:1 Live training
The same agenda, taught one-to-one by the trainer. Start immediately, without waiting for the next batch. Max 8 to 10 hours, one-to-one.
- Start immediately: no waiting for the monthly batch.
- One learner, one trainer: full attention on your questions.
- Sessions planned around your working hours.
- Your pace, with examples from your own projects and tools.
Method of training and assessment.
The course emphasizes practical demonstration, hands-on labs and assignment-based validation instead of passive lecture-only learning.
| SL | Method of training and assessment | Weightage |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Understanding the problem space | 5% |
| 2 | Concept discussion | 10% |
| 3 | Live demo and walkthrough | 25% |
| 4 | Lab and hands-on exercises | 50% |
| 5 | Assignments and evaluation | 10% |
Labs, exercises and real workflow practice.
Every level moves from explanation to hands-on practice, review and troubleshooting.
Build an isolated security practice lab
Set up Kali Linux, Ubuntu and Windows virtual machines on a host-only network and capture a TLS handshake and DNS lookup in Wireshark.
Find and fix lab vulnerabilities
Scan the lab network with Nmap and OpenVAS, exploit a web flaw in Juice Shop with Burp Suite, then harden the target and rescan to prove the fix.
Detect and respond to a simulated breach
Run a simulated attack in the lab, detect it in Wazuh with ATT&CK-mapped rules, and write the incident timeline, containment steps and report.
Run an enterprise tabletop and roadmap
Lead a ransomware tabletop exercise for a fictional company, then deliver a threat model, risk register and 12-month zero-trust roadmap.
Cyber Security is taught as part of a working delivery ecosystem.
You learn where the tool sits in the wider engineering workflow, not in isolation.
Core foundations
Terminology, concepts, architecture and the operating model behind the tool.
Workflow traceability
Map practical work to tasks, approvals, documentation and delivery visibility.
Automation and integration
Use Cyber Security with validation checks, automation hooks and delivery workflows.
Governance controls
Operate with permissions, approvals, policy checks and production-safe workflows.
How your practical work is assessed.
Your certificate is backed by labs, assignments, capstone thinking and completion evidence.
Assignments
Level-specific assignments verify setup, configuration, workflow quality and operating discipline.
Hands-on validation
Learners are expected to complete practical usage, automation and troubleshooting exercises.
Completion record
Certificate issuance is tied to demonstrated participation, practical completion and course-level coverage.
Led by Rajesh Kumar and the DevOpsSchool practitioner network.
Training is grounded in practical DevOps, SRE, security, release and platform engineering experience with real enterprise delivery context.
Earn a DevOpsSchool Cyber Security certificate.
Completion includes a digital certificate with credential details, practical assignments and a learning record aligned to the selected Cyber Security level.
Certificate verificationCertificate of Completion
Cyber Security Advanced Training
Unique credential ID, verifiable online
What learners say about training with Rajesh Kumar.
“Rajesh is very good trainer. Rajesh was able to resolve our queries and question effectively. We really liked the hands-on examples covered during this training program.”
“Very well organized training, helped a lot to understand the AWS concept and detailed related to various tools. Very helpful”
“The training was very useful and interactive. Rajesh helped develop the confidence of all.”
Rated 4.6 on Google · All testimonials · Video reviews on YouTube
Quoted as published, from learners in Rajesh Kumar's live trainings across DevOpsSchool courses.
Used by developers, DevOps engineers, release leads and engineering managers.
Private batches are available for teams that want the same agenda aligned to their own tools and workflows.
Why this Cyber Security path is different.
The value is not only one course. The subscription unlocks the full learning ecosystem for one year.
| Feature | DevOpsSchool Cyber Security Training | Typical short course |
|---|---|---|
| Levels | Foundation, Essential, Intermediate, Advanced | Single generic syllabus |
| Self-paced access | All four levels plus 20+ courses and 50+ tools | Usually one course only |
| Live training | Demos, labs, Q&A and assignment review | Often lecture-heavy |
| Certificate | DevOpsSchool completion certificate | Varies by provider |
Questions learners ask before joining.
Does Foundation cost less than Advanced?
No. Self-paced pricing is intentionally the same because access includes all four levels by default.
What is included in the yearly subscription?
One year of complete LMS access, all four levels for the selected course, plus 20+ additional courses and 50+ tools access.
Can corporate teams request customization?
Yes. The live format can be aligned to team tools, governance requirements, workflows and internal delivery standards.
What is the recommended sequence?
Foundation → Essential → Intermediate → Advanced. The agenda is designed so each level builds on the previous one.
Talk to DevOpsSchool before choosing the batch.
Use this support section for batch questions, corporate planning, LMS access clarifications, or guidance on which Cyber Security level fits your team.
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Email: contact@DevOpsSchool.com
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Training snapshots and certificate preview.
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Tool-focused training
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Live batch experience
Training supports live online, private team and workshop-style delivery.
Start Cyber Security Advanced training.
Next weekday batch starts on the 1st; weekend batch on the first Saturday. Batches are capped at 10 learners. Send your details and DevOpsSchool will share the syllabus and batch options.