TRACK 05 / SECURITY
Practical Cybersecurity
Develop defensive security skills through controlled labs, application reviews, incident exercises and clear technical reporting.
A CLEAR DESTINATION
What you’ll be able to do.
Identify and explain common application and infrastructure weaknesses
Analyse security events and prioritise response
Apply identity, logging and hardening controls
Produce a remediation report from an authorised lab assessment
Built for you if…
IT and infrastructure professionals
Developers moving toward application security
Early-career security practitioners
Before you begin
Networking and operating-system basics
Comfort with a Linux terminal
Basic scripting helpful; all exercises use authorised lab environments
Your working toolkit
STEP BY STEP. WEEK BY WEEK.
The curriculum.
From foundations to a reviewed capstone. Open each module to explore the lessons.
01WEEKS 1–2Security and networking foundations
- Threat models and security objectives
- Network protocols and packet analysis
- Operating-system permissions
- Lab authorisation and scope
02WEEKS 3–4Identity and system hardening
- Authentication and access control
- Secure configuration and patching
- Secrets and credential handling
- Asset inventory and exposure review
03WEEKS 5–6Application security
- OWASP application risks
- Input validation and session handling
- API authorisation checks
- Secure coding and dependency review
04WEEKS 7–8Authorised assessment labs
- Planning an assessment within scope
- Proxy-assisted application inspection
- Reproducible evidence and finding severity
- Remediation recommendations
05WEEKS 9–10Detection and log analysis
- Security logs and event correlation
- Baseline behaviour and alert triage
- Detection rules and false positives
- Analyst reporting and escalation
06WEEKS 11–12Incident response
- Preparation and containment
- Evidence handling in lab environments
- Recovery and lessons learned
- Tabletop incident simulation
07WEEKS 13–14Cloud and modern application risks
- Cloud identity and misconfiguration
- Container and supply-chain controls
- AI application data and tool boundaries
- Risk prioritisation for limited budgets
08WEEKS 15–16Capstone and technical reporting
- Controlled assessment or detection project
- Validate proposed remediation
- Write an actionable report
- Demonstrate findings and answer review questions
PROOF YOU CAN SHOW
Build something that matters.
Choose a capstone direction and demonstrate your decisions, implementation and results.
Application security review
Assess a deliberately vulnerable local application, explain findings and verify fixes.
Detection and incident lab
Build a sample detection workflow, investigate simulated events and deliver an incident timeline.
Small-company hardening plan
Review a fictional environment and prioritise identity, backups, monitoring and patching improvements.
EXPERIENCE THAT TRANSFERS
Learn from people who do the work.
The instructor profile
Practising security engineer in application security, SOC or authorised assessment. Ability to supervise controlled labs and teach reporting and remediation. Role-relevant credentials strengthen the profile; no claim of certification exam preparation.
Named faculty to be announced before admissionOur selection process includes a sample lesson and practical assessment review. Instructor requirements describe the expertise we are recruiting; they are not claims about confirmed faculty.
MAKE ROOM FOR YOUR NEXT MOVE
Your time. Your investment.
Live workshops
Ask, practise, review
Recorded learning
Prepare at your pace
Independent practice
Build and apply
All times are IST. The timetable assumes no holiday breaks; any changes will be shared before admission. 10 hours of total learning effort per week.
Included in launch tuition
Live sessions and cohort recordings
Recorded preparation and resources
Assignments and project reviews
Assessment-based academy completion certificate
External certification exams, paid tool subscriptions and applicable taxes are additional unless included in your admission offer. Recording access is planned for six months after completion. Once admitted, you can pay securely through your personal payment invitation. Final terms and refund policy are shown before payment.
GOOD QUESTIONS. CLEAR ANSWERS.
A little more
clarity.
Know what you’re signing up for.
When do the November batches start?
The seven tracks launch independently on 3, 4 or 7 November 2026. Every course page shows its planned start, final session, application deadline and weekly live schedule in Indian Standard Time. Faculty and the final timetable will be confirmed before paid admission.
Are the programmes live or recorded?
Both. Short recorded lessons prepare you for live workshops, practical exercises and reviews. The workload table separates live sessions, recorded content and independent project work. Recordings and resources are planned to remain available for six months after completion.
Can I take more than one track?
Yes, subject to prerequisites and capacity. The cohorts run independently. Check live-session overlaps and combine the weekly workload before applying; some weekday tracks overlap. You can submit a separate application for each track.
Do I need prior coding experience?
Applied AI, data engineering and senior engineering assume programming foundations. Cloud and security tracks require basic IT familiarity. Role-specific automation and AI leadership are designed for business professionals; their course pages list the exact prerequisites.
Who will teach the programmes?
We are selecting instructors with relevant production experience and demonstrable teaching ability. Each course page describes the required instructor profile. Named faculty will be announced and confirmed before admission; no employer or university affiliations are implied.
What is included in the fee?
The listed launch tuition covers the proposed live teaching, recorded preparation, assignments and cohort project reviews. Applicable taxes, external certification exams and paid tool subscriptions are extra unless included in your final offer. A written refund and cancellation policy will be supplied before payment.
Does applying confirm my enrolment?
No. Applying is free and records your interest. We review your background and learning goals, confirm the programme and faculty details, and then share an admission offer. After admission approval, your invitation lets you review the final fee and written terms before paying securely.
Is a job or salary increase guaranteed?
No. The programmes focus on demonstrable skills and reviewed projects. Any ShawGrid Academy completion certificate is based on assessment requirements; it is not a university qualification or a placement guarantee.
THERE’S A NEXT VERSION OF YOU.