webbo3LVL 01Beginner
Security fundamentals and ethics
- Confidentiality, integrity and availability
- Threats, vulnerabilities and risk
- The law: the Cybercrimes Act and why we only test with permission
You buildYour personal threat model
CYB4 months · 16 weeks · Enrolling
Learn to break in. Get paid to keep people out.
Four months from networking basics to defending real organisations: ethical hacking in safe labs, security operations, incident response and cloud security.
Free to apply. No experience needed. Fees and payment plans at registration.
16weeks
4levels
4projects you ship
0experience needed
The journey
Four months. Four levels.
You leave with hands-on lab experience, a professional penetration test report and incident report in your portfolio, and a clear path to your first security certification. Each month takes you up one level, and each level ends with a project you ship.
1
Month 1 · Beginner
Foundations
How networks, operating systems and encryption work, because you cannot protect what you do not understand.
You ship: Your security home lab
2
Month 2 · Builder
Think like an attacker
Ethical hacking, practised only in labs and training platforms, never on real systems.
You ship: Lab penetration test
3
Month 3 · Professional
Defend and respond
Life in a security operations centre: detecting attacks, investigating them and leading the response.
You ship: Incident simulation
4
Month 4 · Job-ready
Cloud, governance and career
Where security is heading: cloud, identity, AI, and the frameworks companies are judged by.
You ship: Capstone: purple-team engagement
Both sides of the fight
Think like an attacker. Work like a defender.
The best defenders know exactly how attacks work. You learn both sides, practise them in safe labs, then bring them together the way real security teams do.
Red team · Month 2
VS
How attackers get in
- Reconnaissance with OSINT and Nmap
- Web attacks: the OWASP Top 10 with Burp Suite
- Exploitation and privilege escalation in lab machines
- Capture The Flag on TryHackMe and AquilaCyber
Blue team · Month 3
How defenders win
- Security operations with Splunk, Elastic and Wazuh
- Detection mapped to MITRE ATT&CK
- Incident response from first alert to final report
- Forensics, malware and email security
Purple team · Capstone
In Month 4 your pod does both for a fictional company: assess it, attack it in the lab, detect yourselves, respond, and present the security report to the board.
PLEDGE
Everything offensive happens in your own lab or on training platforms built for it, never on a real system or a real person. Testing anything without written permission is a crime under Nigeria's Cybercrimes Act and similar laws everywhere. You learn exactly where that line is, and you stay on the right side of it.
The syllabus
Week by week, beginner to job-ready.
Every week: what you learn, and one thing you build with it. Tools that companies hire for today, taught in the order that makes sense.
How networks, operating systems and encryption work, because you cannot protect what you do not understand.
LVL 02Beginner
Networking for security
- IP addresses, ports and protocols
- DNS, HTTP and HTTPS
- Reading traffic with Wireshark
You buildA traffic capture, explained
LVL 03Beginner
Linux and the command line
- Files, permissions, users and processes
- Bash scripting
- Kali Linux in a virtual machine
You buildA system hardening script
LVL 04Beginner
Windows, Active Directory and cryptography
- Users, groups and Active Directory
- Hashing and encryption
- TLS and certificates
You buildYour home lab, up and running
M1
Month 1 project: Your security home lab
A virtual lab on your own laptop: Kali Linux, a target machine and a network you control, documented step by step.
Ethical hacking, practised only in labs and training platforms, never on real systems.
LVL 05Builder
Reconnaissance and scanning
- The penetration testing method
- OSINT
- Nmap and vulnerability scanning
You buildA recon report on a lab target
LVL 06Builder
Web application security
- The OWASP Top 10
- Burp Suite
- SQL injection, XSS and broken access control
- PortSwigger Web Security Academy labs
You buildWeb vulnerabilities found and explained
LVL 07Builder
Exploitation and privilege escalation
- Metasploit basics
- Password cracking on lab hashes
- Linux and Windows privilege escalation
- Capture The Flag on TryHackMe and AquilaCyber
You buildYour first rooted lab machine
LVL 08Builder
Reporting like a professional
- Writing a penetration test report
- Risk ratings with CVSS
- Advice a developer can act on
You buildYour lab penetration test report
M2
Month 2 project: Lab penetration test
A full, authorised test of a lab target from recon to report, with risk ratings and how to fix every finding.
Life in a security operations centre: detecting attacks, investigating them and leading the response.
LVL 09Professional
Security operations (SOC)
- How a SOC works
- Logs and where to find them
- SIEM with Splunk, Elastic and Wazuh
- Triaging alerts
You buildA SIEM dashboard of your lab
LVL 10Professional
Threat detection and intelligence
- MITRE ATT&CK
- Writing detection rules (Sigma)
- Threat intelligence
- Phishing analysis
You buildDetection rules for real attack techniques
LVL 11Professional
Incident response and forensics
- The incident response lifecycle (NIST)
- Containment and recovery
- Evidence handling
- Memory and disk forensics basics
You buildAn incident timeline
LVL 12Professional
Malware and email security
- How malware and ransomware work
- Sandboxing suspicious files
- SPF, DKIM and DMARC
You buildAn email security review
M3
Month 3 project: Incident simulation
Your pod detects, investigates and contains a simulated attack, then writes the incident report for management.
Where security is heading: cloud, identity, AI, and the frameworks companies are judged by.
LVL 13Job-ready
Cloud security
- Shared responsibility
- AWS and Azure identity and access (IAM)
- Common misconfigurations
- Container security basics
You buildA cloud security review
LVL 14Job-ready
Identity and zero trust
- MFA and single sign-on
- Least privilege
- Zero-trust architecture
- Securing APIs
You buildAn access policy for a company
LVL 15Job-ready
Governance, risk and AI security
- NIST CSF 2.0 and ISO 27001
- Nigeria Data Protection Act (NDPA)
- Security awareness programmes
- AI threats (deepfakes, prompt injection) and AI for defenders
You buildA risk register
LVL 16Job-ready
Capstone and career
- The purple-team engagement
- Demo day
- Certification path: CompTIA Security+, ISC2 CC, CEH
- CV and security interviews
You buildYour engagement report and portfolio
M4
Month 4 project: Capstone: purple-team engagement
For a fictional company, your pod assesses, attacks (in the lab), detects, responds and presents a board-level security report.
Proof of work
What you ship.
Employers hire what they can see. You finish with three projects and a capstone built with your pod, all in your portfolio.
01
Your security home lab
A virtual lab on your own laptop: Kali Linux, a target machine and a network you control, documented step by step.
Month 102
Lab penetration test
A full, authorised test of a lab target from recon to report, with risk ratings and how to fix every finding.
Month 203
Incident simulation
Your pod detects, investigates and contains a simulated attack, then writes the incident report for management.
Month 304
Capstone: purple-team engagement
For a fictional company, your pod assesses, attacks (in the lab), detects, responds and presents a board-level security report.
Capstone · Month 4The stack
Tools teams use today.
Kali LinuxLab OS
WiresharkNetwork
NmapRecon
Burp SuiteWeb testing
MetasploitExploitation
HashcatPasswords
SplunkSIEM
WazuhSIEM / XDR
ElasticLogs
MITRE ATT&CKFramework
TryHackMeLabs
AquilaCyberCTF labs
AWS and AzureCloud
NIST CSFGovernance
How you learn
Never alone.
The same Virtual Uni every Webbo3 student learns in.
Live virtual classes
Real lecturers, live, Monday to Saturday. Ask questions as you go.
Kemi, your AI lecturer
Lessons and help any time of day, at your pace, in plain words.
A pod of ten
Your team for the whole programme. You build, review and ship together.
PO
The Pod Office
Your virtual office, with the tools for the job built in, so you practise the way you will work.
SP
Skill Points and a certificate
Every class and project earns SP. Finish strong and your certificate unlocks.
By the end
You will be able to.
- Explain how networks, Linux and Windows work under the hood
- Run an authorised penetration test in a lab and report it
- Find and explain the OWASP Top 10 web vulnerabilities
- Detect and investigate attacks with a SIEM
- Lead an incident response from alert to report
- Secure cloud accounts and identities, and speak the language of risk
Roles this prepares you for
- SOC Analyst (Tier 1)
- Junior Penetration Tester
- Security Analyst
- Incident Responder
- Cloud Security Associate
- GRC Analyst
Plus a portfolio of real projects, a CV and interview preparation in the final month.
Questions
Asked and answered.
Do I need a technical background?
No. Phase 1 starts with how networks and computers work. You need curiosity and patience.
Is ethical hacking legal?
Yes, when you have permission. Everything in this programme happens in your own lab and on training platforms built for it. Testing a system without permission is a crime, and you will learn exactly where the line is.
What computer do I need?
A laptop with 8 GB of RAM at least (16 GB is better for the virtual lab) and about 60 GB of free space.
Will I get certified?
You get the Webbo3 certificate, and the programme is mapped to CompTIA Security+ and ISC2 CC so you are ready to sit them.
How are classes run?
Live virtual classes with your lecturers, lessons with Kemi (our AI lecturer) any time, and weekly projects with your pod of ten classmates in the Pod Office.
Do I get a certificate?
Yes. Finish the classes, earn your Skill Points and submit your projects, and your Webbo3 certificate unlocks, with your projects as proof of work.
How much does it cost?
Fees and payment plans are shown when you register, after your application. Apply first: it is free and takes a few minutes.
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