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Module 1: Cyber Ethics & Authorized Use
Set the rules of the lab. Students sign a real safety agreement, learn the line between ethical and unauthorized use, and practice classifying real scenarios.
60 min · beginner
Preview module ->Module 2: Passwords, MFA, and Account Security
Identity is the most-attacked control in the modern stack. Students leave with a real account-security checklist they can apply tonight.
60 min · beginner
View module ->Module 3: Phishing Investigation
Students dissect three real-style phishing emails, identify the indicators, and write the SOC ticket like a junior analyst would.
60 min · beginner
View module ->Cybersecurity I, Unit 1: Orientation and Professional Ethics
Open the course with the line every student must internalize before they touch a tool: tools are not toys, permission matters, and 'I was just testing it' is not a legal defense.
180 min · foundational
Preview module ->Cybersecurity I, Unit 2: Security Fundamentals
Install the mental scaffolding the rest of the course rests on: CIA, AAA, least privilege, defense in depth, and the difference between threat, vulnerability, and risk.
180 min · foundational
View module ->Cybersecurity I, Unit 3: Hardware, Operating Systems, and Virtualization
Build the lab. Students leave this unit with a working virtual cyber range - Kali + a Windows target + a Linux target - and the muscle memory to snapshot, break, and roll back.
240 min · foundational
View module ->Cybersecurity I, Unit 4: Networking Fundamentals
From 'wifi just works' to seeing the actual packets. Students leave this unit able to read a network diagram, run ping/traceroute/nslookup, and walk a Wireshark capture line by line.
240 min · foundational
View module ->Cybersecurity I, Unit 5: Cyber Threats and Attack Vectors
Name the threat. Trace the attack. Students leave able to identify malware families, dissect a phishing email, recognize social engineering plays, and profile a threat actor.
240 min · foundational
View module ->Cybersecurity I, Unit 6: Cryptography and Data Protection
Hashing, symmetric, asymmetric, signatures, certificates, and TLS - taught at the level a defender actually needs. No math degree required.
240 min · foundational
View module ->Cybersecurity I, Unit 7: Defensive Security Basics
Hardening 101. Students harden a real Windows VM and a real Linux VM, audit accounts, configure a host firewall, and walk away with a defender's mindset.
240 min · foundational
View module ->Cybersecurity I, Unit 8: Introduction to Ethical Hacking
The ethical hacking methodology, end-to-end, on a closed lab range. Students do their first reconnaissance, scan, enumeration, vulnerability identification, and write-up - all under written authorization.
240 min · foundational
View module ->Cybersecurity I, Unit 10: Capstone and EHE Credential Preparation
The closer. Students assemble a portfolio, pick a capstone path, and prepare for the EC-Council Ethical Hacking Essentials credential. Plus a comprehensive review across all 9 prior units.
360 min · foundational
View module ->Cybersecurity II, Unit 1: Cyber I Review and Advanced Lab Orientation
Reset the lab. Re-establish the rules. Diagnose where the class is in fact and where the class thinks it is. Ship out of Day 1 with a working, segmented, validated cyber range.
240 min · intermediate
View module ->Cybersecurity II, Unit 6: Ethical Exploitation Concepts
Where the ethics meet the keyboard. Authorized exploitation in the lab range only: Metasploit basics, password attacks against teacher-issued hash sets, post-exploitation concepts, and the discipline of stopping at proof-of-concept.
360 min · advanced
View module ->Cybersecurity II, Unit 8: SOC Fundamentals
Live in the SOC chair. Triage alerts in a SIEM, write the ticket, hand it off, and learn the rhythm of a 24/7 operation.
360 min · intermediate
View module ->Cybersecurity II, Unit 9: Incident Response and Digital Forensics Basics
When the alert is real. The IR lifecycle, evidence handling, memory and disk forensics fundamentals, and chain of custody.
360 min · advanced
View module ->AI Fluency, Unit 1: Orientation - How to Use AI Without Getting Owned by It
Open the AI course with the line every student must internalize before they ever paste a prompt: AI is a power tool, not an oracle. Cover what AI is, what it isn't, the school's AI policy, and the difference between AI assistance and AI plagiarism.
180 min · foundational
Preview module ->AI Fluency, Unit 3: Prompt Engineering Fundamentals
The single highest-leverage skill in AI work. Students learn the C.R.I.S.P. prompt frame, system vs. user roles, zero-shot vs. few-shot, format control, and the iteration loop that separates 'AI is mid' from 'AI is incredible.'
180 min · foundational
View module ->AI Fluency, Unit 4: Advanced Prompting - Chain-of-Thought, Personas, and Self-Critique
Past the fundamentals, into the techniques pros use daily: chain-of-thought, ReAct, role-play, self-critique loops, prompt chaining, and the personal prompt library habit that compounds over time.
180 min · intermediate
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