You secure the system. Now learn how it gets broken.
Cyber Security, GuildTrek’s hands-on red-and-blue track for engineers moving into security. Six to nine months, every attack run in an authorized lab, ethics built into every module. Cohorts are forming now; join the early-access list and pick yours.
Cohort forming · limited seats
Fees shared on enquiry · nothing due to apply
What you walk away with
32
Weeks, foundations to red team
2
Sides you master, red and blue
40+
Lab exercises
100%
Authorized-lab-only, ethics-first
5
Certifications the track aligns to
Sound familiar?
If any of these is you, keep reading.
If any of these sound like you, this red-and-blue track was built for exactly your gap.
“You build secure systems but have never attacked one.”
You learn to break in, in an authorized lab, so you can defend for real.
“An alert fires and you would not know where to start.”
You run SIEM, log analysis, and incident response hands-on.
“You have read the OWASP Top 10 but never exploited one.”
You find and fix real web vulnerabilities in the lab.
“You worry security work means crossing ethical lines.”
Everything here is lab-only and authorized, ethics-first from day one.
“The certification path feels like a maze.”
One route, Security+ to OSCP, mapped module by module.
Why this is different
Plenty of security courses stay on the slides. This one puts you in the lab.
The difference is hands-on: you attack in an authorized lab and defend in a SOC, ethics-first throughout.
Another security course
GuildTrek
A 40-hour video course you half-finish
Lab exercises you actually complete, red and blue
Slides about attacks
Attacks you run yourself, in an authorized lab
Theory-only defense
SIEM, threat hunting, and incident response hands-on
“Ethics is a footnote”
Authorization and ethics built into every module
A PDF certificate
A public GitHub portfolio and a documented pentest
In 6–9 months, you go from
- "I know some security basics"
- "I read about the latest breach"
- "I have set up a firewall"
“I can attack in an authorized lab and defend in a SOC, and I have the writeups to prove it.”
Proof, not a PDF
Attacks you run and defenses you build, ethically.
Every exploit runs in an isolated, authorized lab, and every defense is something you stand up and test yourself.
The curriculum
What you'll cover.
A structured, level-by-level path. The full topic-by-topic detail comes on enrolment.
1Level 1 · Security Foundations
Weeks 1–10- CIA triad, threat landscape & attack surface
- Networking, TLS, OS & Linux security
- Cryptography fundamentals & PKI
- Authentication, access control & secure-coding intro
2Level 2 · Offensive & Defensive
Weeks 11–22- OWASP Top 10 & web application security
- Penetration-testing methodology (ethical)
- Vulnerability management, IDS/IPS
- SIEM, log analysis & incident response
3Level 3 · Specialization & Operations
Weeks 23–32- Red teaming: AD attacks, privilege escalation, C2
- Threat hunting & detection engineering
- DFIR, cloud & container security, DevSecOps
- GRC, compliance & securing AI
4Optional · Industry Certification Prep
- Aligned to Security+, CySA+, CEH, OSCP & CISSP
Where it leads
What you'll be ready for.
Cohort forming · limited seats
Stop reading about breaches. Start running the labs.
Join the early-access list for the next Cyber Security cohort and pick the batch that fits you.