
Set up a practical hacking lab using virtualization to run multiple virtual machines, including Kali Linux and Metasploitable, isolated from your host computer with snapshots and VMware.
Learn to install Windows 11 as a virtual machine with VMware, from downloading the ISO to creating the VM, configuring memory, and completing the setup.
Learn how Windows logs support cybersecurity by catching failed logins, using event IDs like 4624 and 4625, and configuring advanced audit policies with gpedit.msc.
Understand how networks connect clients to a resource via an access point or router, and how data travels as packets over wifi, potentially revealing traffic like URLs and login details.
Explore the TCP/IP and OSI models, the four layers—network access, internet, transport, and application—and how data flows between devices, highlighting their cybersecurity relevance.
Explore the transport layer of the tcp/ip model, comparing tcp and udp, and learn how ports, ids, and commands like netstat reveal listening connections.
Explore how the application layer interacts with the TCP/IP and OSI models. See how apps generate messages and how lower layers deliver them, using curl to view response headers.
Explore Kali Linux, a Debian-based distribution pre-loaded with hacking and penetration testing tools, and learn to install it as a virtual machine for safe, isolated use.
Explore how ARP maps IP addresses to MAC addresses through requests and responses, demonstrated with a Kali Linux nmap scan and Wireshark analysis, including ARP tables and practical RDP considerations.
Explore how HTTP transmits data in plain text and how HTTPS with TLS encrypts it, guarding credentials and enabling HSTS to prevent downgrade attacks.
Explore how wireless LANs use access points and SSIDs to extend networks. Compare WEP, WPA, WPA2, and WPA3, and learn enterprise certificate-based authentication.
Learn to verify downloaded files' integrity using SHA-256 hashes, compare them to vendor-provided hashes, and understand digital signatures and certificates to prevent man-in-the-middle attacks.
Learn how multi-factor authentication strengthens security by combining something you know, something you have, something you are, and somewhere you are, with practical setup using Google Authenticator and TOTP.
Explore symmetric and asymmetric encryption and why differences matter for confidentiality. Learn to encrypt and password-protect Windows files with AES, apply digital signatures, and review BitLocker and end-to-end email security.
Learn how public key encryption protects message confidentiality and digital signatures authenticate the sender and verify integrity by signing with the sender’s private key and verifying with the public key.
Explore how social engineering exploits personal trust to hack targets, showing how a trusted email from a friend can lead to malware installation and full device access, underscoring employee education.
Identify trojans manually by checking file properties for masquerading executables, and differentiate background versus user-facing code, then use resource manager to inspect ports and remote IPs via reverse DNS.
Learn how command and control, or c2, servers remotely communicate with hacked computers to execute commands, access data, and pivot to additional targets.
Zaid and Maitham teamed up to bring you the best cybersecurity course out there! Combining Zaid's experience in ethical hacking and teaching over 1 million students world wide with Maitham's focused cybersecurity expertise across professional and government environments.
The goal is simple: make complex cybersecurity concepts easy to understand, practical to apply, and relevant to real enterprise environments.
The course is carefully structured for beginners who want to build a strong foundation in cybersecurity while learning how security actually works inside organizations. Concepts are explained clearly and progressively, without assuming any prior technical knowledge. Each topic builds naturally on the last, helping you develop confidence as you move forward.
Rather than focusing only on theory, this course connects concepts to how enterprises operate in the real world. You will learn how companies protect users, networks, applications, and data at scale, and why certain security decisions are made in corporate environments.
Free sample videos are available so you can see firsthand how complex topics are broken down into simple, easy-to-follow explanations.
Key features of the course:
Step-by-step video lessons that require no prior cybersecurity knowledge
Hands-on labs designed to build practical, job-ready skills
Instruction from seasoned cybersecurity professionals with over 10 years of industry and teaching experience
Sample interview questions and career guidance for enterprise roles
30-day money-back guarantee
Domains Covered:
Cybersecurity Foundations
Build a solid understanding of cybersecurity basics, core security principles, the CIA triad, threats, risks, vulnerabilities, and how attackers and defenders think.
Cybersecurity Lab Setup
Set up a practical cybersecurity lab using virtualization, Windows virtual machines, Kali Linux, VMware, and safe environments for hands-on practice.
Windows Security Essentials
Explore Windows security administration with PowerShell, CMD, scheduled tasks, security commands, Windows logs, group policies, and failed login investigation.
Networking Fundamentals
Understand how networks operate, including TCP/IP, the OSI model, network layers, reconnaissance basics, and the TCP handshake.
Linux for Cybersecurity
Get comfortable with Kali Linux, virtual machine installation, the Linux terminal, and essential Linux commands used in cybersecurity work.
Network Scanning & Traffic Analysis
Use Wireshark and Nmap to examine ARP, perform network scans, analyze packets, inspect traffic, and understand HTTP, HTTPS, and HSTS.
Network Segmentation & Protection
Discover how VLANs, firewalls, and Wi-Fi security work, including WEP, WPA, WPA2, WPA3, and practical wireless network protection.
Cryptography, Hashing & Data Protection
Explore hashing, encryption, digital signatures, end-to-end encrypted email, password-protected files, and BitLocker drive encryption.
Identity & Access Security
Understand how MFA, identity and access management, and access control models help protect users, accounts, and systems.
Endpoint Threats & Social Engineering
Dive into keyloggers, risky USB devices, social engineering attacks, Trojan detection, sandbox analysis, and command-and-control infrastructure.
Security Monitoring, SIEM & SOAR
Work with MITRE ATT&CK, SIEM, SOAR, endpoint agents, integrity monitoring, alerts, and security visibility concepts.
Threat Detection & Incident Response
Practice understanding antivirus protection, ransomware, brute-force attacks, Wazuh active response, real-time alerts, phishing incidents, and the incident response lifecycle.
Email Security & Phishing Defense
Break down email security, phishing techniques, phishing detection, suspicious links, and how to investigate email-based threats.
Web Application Security
Explore website and cloud fundamentals, XSS, SQL injection, path traversal, OAuth 2.0, secure web gateways, Metasploitable, and web vulnerability scanning.
Vulnerability Management
Gain hands-on experience with Nessus, vulnerability scanning, scan configuration, risk prioritization, remediation, rescanning, and vulnerability management workflows.
AI in Cybersecurity
See how AI is used in modern cybersecurity and complete a hands-on AI cybersecurity project from setup to process flow.
Governance, Risk & Compliance
Cover the basics of GRC, risk awareness, compliance, identity management, and access control models used in organizations.
Cybersecurity Career Development
Build a cybersecurity portfolio, create practical projects, stay updated with security trends, and prepare for career growth.
Throughout the course you'll learn how to use the following tools to achieve the above:
Kali Linux
Nmap
Wireshark
Powershell
Kali Linux
Windows Command Prompt
Windows Event Viewer
Windows Security Logs
Windows Group Policy
VMware
Wazuh
Slack Alerts
Nessus
Metasploitable
Hashing Tools
BitLocker
7-Zip File Protection
MFA Tools
n8n
MXToolbox
Zscaler Zulu
Cisco Talos
Checkout the curriculum and the course teaser for more info!
With this course you'll get 24/7 support, so if you have any questions you can post them in the Q&A section and we'll respond to you within less than 15 hours.