Cyber Security From Scratch
Ten weeks that take you from "I don't know where to start" to confidently running your own security lab and understanding how attacks really work.
10wk
Course Length
34
Lessons & Labs
1,120+
Students Enrolled
Start Cyber Security With Zero Background
Everyone in security started somewhere, and almost nobody started knowing what a port or a protocol was. This course is that somewhere. It is written for people with no IT background at all — we explain how a computer talks to a website before we ever mention an attack.
By the end you will understand how systems work, how attackers abuse them, and how to defend yourself and others — and you will have set up your own safe lab with the same free tools professionals use. It is the perfect foundation before the Zero to Hero Ethical Hacking Course.
Skills You Leave With
- Understand how computers, networks and the internet actually work.
- Speak the language of security — the CIA triad, threats, vulnerabilities and risk.
- Recognise phishing, malware and social engineering before they catch you.
- Lock down your own accounts, devices and home network properly.
- Set up a safe virtual lab and take your first steps with real tools.
- Know the career paths in cyber security and how to reach them.
6 Modules, 34 Lessons
- What happens when you open a website 30 min
- IP addresses, ports and protocols 36 min
- Operating systems: Windows, Linux, macOS 33 min
- Lab: build a safe virtual lab 60 min
- The CIA triad and why it matters 28 min
- Threats, vulnerabilities and risk 32 min
- Who the attackers are and what they want 30 min
- Assignment: threat-model your own devices —
- Phishing and social engineering 34 min
- Malware: viruses, ransomware, trojans 38 min
- Weak passwords and credential theft 31 min
- Lab: spot the phishing email 45 min
- Passwords, MFA and password managers 30 min
- Updates, backups and safe browsing 29 min
- Securing home and public Wi-Fi 27 min
- Lab: harden a Windows machine 60 min
- Getting comfortable in the Linux terminal 40 min
- Your first look at Nmap and Wireshark 42 min
- Reading network traffic safely 35 min
- Lab: scan and inspect your own lab 90 min
- Blue team vs red team careers 26 min
- Building a home lab and a study plan 30 min
- Final quiz —
- Certificate issue and review —
"I always thought cyber security was too technical for me. This course proved me wrong — I finished it and went straight into the ethical hacking course with confidence."
— Graduate, Cohort 3LKR 5,000 / course
No experience needed · 90 days of lab access after the final session.
- Duration 10 weeks
- Lessons 34
- Graded labs 7
- Level Absolute Beginner
- Live sessions 2 / week
- Language English & Sinhala
- Certificate Included
Seats fill fast — next cohort opens the first Monday of the month
- A computer and an internet connection.
- No IT or security background at all — this is the true starting point.
- Curiosity and a couple of hours a week.
S. Jayasuriya
Lead InstructorTeaches the fundamentals track and mentors career-changers into their first security role. Believes anyone can learn this with the right starting point.
Everything You Get Access To
Enrol and these land in your student portal from day one — yours to keep, with 90 days of lab access after the final session.
Lab Setup Walkthrough
A beginner-proof PDF and video for installing VirtualBox and your first Kali and Windows machines.
Plain-English Security Glossary
Every term in the course explained without jargon, so nothing goes over your head.
Personal Security Checklist
A step-by-step checklist to lock down your own accounts, devices and home network today.
Beginner Workbook
Short exercises after each module to make the concepts stick, with worked answers.
Guided Starter Lab
A gentle, guided lab environment with hints — nothing you can break permanently.
Cyber Security Career Roadmap
A clear map of blue-team and red-team paths and which Velpoint course to take next.
Set Up Your Lab
Free, official tools and operating-system images to build the lab you'll practise in. Install these on your own machine before day one — every link goes to the vendor's own download page.
These tools are for use only on systems you own or are explicitly authorised to test. Everything you do on this course is legal, consented and inside your own lab.
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