Cybersecurity — Think Like a Defender

By the end

What you'll build

• Spot phishing, scams and weak security habits instantly
• Hunt threats in real SQL log labs and verify files with hashing
• Run threat models and incident-response tabletops like a SOC analyst
• Deliver a full startup security assessment (strictly defensive)

Curriculum

What's inside

8 modules · 51 lessons

1. 01

   Think Like a Defender

   5 lessons
   • The Bank Vault: CIA Triad, Threat, Vulnerability, Risk
   • Ten Words Every Defender Knowsflashcard sr
   • Attackers Are Lazy — Use That
   • Defender Thinking Checkquiz
   • Your Weakest Habitwriting lab
2. 02

   Personal Security First

   6 lessons
   • Passwords: Length Beats Complexity
   • Password and 2FA Drillfill blank
   • Phish-Spotter: Beat the Fake Emailprompt lab
   • Build Your Security Checklistprompt lab
   • Personal Security Checkquiz
   • + 1 more lesson
3. 03

   How Attacks Travel

   5 lessons
   • The Burglar Story: Recon, Entry, Move, Damage
   • Doors and Windows: OWASP in Plain Words
   • Attack Chain Drillfill blank
   • Attack Chain Checkquiz
   • Map the Kirana Appwriting lab
4. 04

   Hands-On Defender Labs

   6 lessons
   • Logs Are the Security Camera Footage
   • Log Hunt: Find the Noisy IPsql lab
   • Find the Brute-Force Minutesql lab
   • Hash Checker: Catch the Tampered Filepython lab
   • Password Strength Scorerpython lab
   • + 1 more lesson
5. 05

   Defending an Organization

   6 lessons
   • Defence in Depth and Least Privilege
   • Threat Model the Payments Startupprompt lab
   • Ransomware Tabletop: Your First 5 Movesprompt lab
   • Defence Concepts: Complete the Ideafill blank
   • Write the Security Policy One-Pagerprompt lab
   • + 1 more lesson
6. 06

   Compliance & Careers

   10 lessons
   • Compliance in Plain Words: ISO 27001, SOC 2, DPDP
   • Compliance Drillfill blank
   • Gap Assessment: Audit the Sloppy Startupprompt lab
   • Careers in Defence: Analyst, SOC, GRC, Pentester
   • Checkpoint: Compliance & Careersquiz
   • + 5 more lessons
7. 07

   Capstone — Secure the Startup

   6 lessons
   • The Brief: Chetak Pay
   • D1 — Asset Inventory and Crown Jewelsprompt lab
   • D2 — Threat Model and Risk Registerprompt lab
   • D3 — Hunt the Breach in the Access Logssql lab
   • D4 — Incident Response Plan and Call Treeprompt lab
   • + 1 more lesson
8. 08

   Get Hired — Your Security Career

   7 lessons
   • What the Job Actually Is
   • Tools of the Trade
   • Talk Like an Analyst: Interview Vocabularyflashcard sr
   • The Skills Assessmentprompt lab
   • Your X-to-Y Case Studyprompt lab
   • + 2 more lessons

The shape of it

How this course works