Cyber attacks are not just a big-company problem anymore. Small businesses, hospitals, banks, and even individual freelancers are targeted every day. Companies are desperately looking for people who actually know how to find weaknesses in a system before attackers do — and that skill does not come from watching slides in a classroom.
This Cyber Security course in Surat is built around doing, not listening. You will work one-on-one with a mentor on a real workstation — setting up attack labs, scanning networks, breaking into test applications (legally), and then locking them down. You will learn tools that real security professionals use: Kali Linux, Wireshark, Nmap, and Metasploit. By the end, you will have built actual projects — a vulnerability scanner and a hardened web portal — that you can show to employers or clients.
The course covers the full picture: how attackers think and work (reconnaissance, scanning, exploitation), how to defend systems (firewalls, secure coding, server hardening), and how to test web applications for common vulnerabilities like SQL injection and XSS. You will also learn how AI tools are now being used in security workflows — automating log analysis, writing defensive scripts, and spotting unusual patterns faster.
This is a practical, career-focused program. It is not for someone looking for a quick certificate. If you want to genuinely understand how systems get compromised and how to stop it — this is where you start.
Who is this for?
This course is a good fit for BCA, MCA, and B.Tech (IT/CS) students who want to build a focused career in cyber security rather than doing a general IT job. It also works well for system administrators or IT support professionals who want to move into a Security Operations Center (SOC) role. Freelancers who manage client websites or servers and want to offer security auditing as a service will also find this very practical. You do not need prior security knowledge — but you should be comfortable using a computer, and some basic understanding of how the internet and operating systems work will help you move faster.
Career Outcomes
- Completing this cyber security course opens doors to roles like Cyber Security Analyst
- Ethical Hacker (Penetration Tester)
- SOC (Security Operations Center) Analyst
- Information Security Engineer
- Vulnerability Assessment Consultant
- and Cloud Security Specialist. Freelancers can offer security auditing and hardening services to small businesses and web agencies — a growing demand locally in Surat and across India.
Module 1: Setting Up Your Lab & Reconnaissance Basics
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Setting up a security lab: Installing virtual machines (VMs) using VirtualBox or VMware, configuring Kali Linux, and setting up an isolated network environment for safe practice.
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Passive reconnaissance: Gathering information about a target using public sources — DNS lookups, WHOIS records, Google dorking, and open-source intelligence (OSINT) tools.
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Active scanning with Nmap: Scanning networks to discover live hosts, open ports, and running services — understanding what attackers see before they strike.
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Building a simple reporting dashboard: Creating a basic HTML web page to log and display scan results — useful for organizing findings during a real security assessment.
Module 2: Network Traffic Analysis & Wireless Security
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Packet capture with Wireshark: Capturing live network traffic and reading through packets to understand what data is being sent, by whom, and in what format.
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Understanding protocols: Breaking down how HTTP, TCP/IP, DNS, and ARP work — and learning how to spot unusual or malicious traffic patterns inside them.
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Wireless network auditing: Understanding how Wi-Fi security protocols (WPA2/WPA3) work, how handshake captures are used in security testing, and how to assess wireless network risks.
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Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) simulation: Running a controlled MITM attack in the lab to see how session cookies and login credentials can be intercepted on an unsecured network.
Module 3: Web Application Security & Penetration Testing
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How web attacks work: Understanding the OWASP Top 10 — the most common and critical security risks in web applications — with live demonstrations on intentionally vulnerable apps.
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SQL Injection: Finding and exploiting SQL injection flaws in test databases, then learning how to properly fix them using parameterized queries and input validation.
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Cross-Site Scripting (XSS): Testing for stored, reflected, and DOM-based XSS vulnerabilities in web pages, and applying the correct output encoding fixes.
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Session security: Implementing CSRF tokens, setting secure and HttpOnly cookie flags, and adding browser security headers to protect user sessions.
Module 4: Server Hardening, Web Hosting & Endpoint Security
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Linux server hardening: Configuring file permissions, disabling unnecessary services, setting up SSH key authentication, and applying basic firewall rules using UFW or iptables.
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SSL/TLS setup: Installing SSL certificates on a live server, forcing HTTPS, and understanding how encrypted connections protect data in transit.
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Intrusion detection basics: Writing simple scripts to monitor system logs, set up alerts for suspicious activity, and track unauthorized access attempts.
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Google Analytics & Tag Manager verification: Safely embedding tracking codes on a companion web page to monitor traffic — including how to avoid common misconfigurations that leak data.
Module 5: AI in Security, Secure Coding & Final Projects
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AI tools in security workflows: Using AI-assisted tools to automate log analysis, generate monitoring scripts, and identify patterns in large volumes of security data faster.
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Secure coding review: Reviewing real code samples for common vulnerabilities — buffer overflows, unvalidated inputs, and insecure dependencies — and learning how to fix them properly.
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Capstone Project 1 — Vulnerability Scanner: Building a working, automated tool that scans a target system and generates a structured vulnerability report.
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Capstone Project 2 — Secure Web Portal: Publishing a hardened, live web application with proper security configurations — this becomes a portfolio piece for job applications or freelance work.