Kali Linux
Wireshark
Burp Suite Community
Git & GitHub (authorised lab range only)
Metasploit
Wazuh / Elastic
TrivySecurity audit & hardening report
What it proves
You can assess and harden a network to a professional standard.
Cyber Security
Attack to defend. Ethical hacking and defence, done right.
Networking · Linux · AWS · Ethical Hacking · Digital Forensics · Penetration Testing · AI Security · 120 / 240 / 360 hours · Ikigai Learning Center · Certified by E&ICT Academy, IIT Kanpur (MeitY, Govt. of India)
Certified by E&ICT Academy, IIT Kanpur (MeitY, Govt. of India)
The course
What is Cyber Security?
Cyber Security is the hands-on path to becoming a security professional. You learn networks and systems, then authorised offensive testing and defensive operations, then digital forensics, cloud security and governance — finishing with a full red-team and blue-team engagement. Everything is practised in an isolated, controlled lab range, under written authorisation, with legal and ethics enforced throughout.
How it differs
Every offensive technique is taught to enable defence and is practised solely against the programme's own lab range, under written authorisation. Testing any system without authorisation is a criminal offence under the IT Act — taught on day one and enforced throughout. The legal and ethics component of every assessment must be passed outright.
What you will become
You will become a security professional who can both attack and defend under authorisation — and you become employable at every level, so you can start working after Level 1 and keep climbing.
Roles this opens
- SOC Analyst (L1)
- Security Analyst Trainee
- IT Security Administrator
- Network Security Associate
- GRC Analyst (junior)
- Penetration Tester
- SOC Analyst (L2)
- Security Engineer
- Forensic Analyst
- Threat Intelligence Analyst
- Senior Penetration Tester
- Red Team Operator
- Detection Engineer
- Cloud Security Engineer
- Security Consultant
- GRC Lead
Signature tools
- Kali Linux
- Nmap
- Wireshark
- Burp Suite Community
- Nessus / OpenVAS
- Wazuh
- AWS
- MITRE ATT&CK
- Git & GitHub (authorised lab range only)
- Metasploit
- Burp Suite
- Volatility
- Autopsy / FTK Imager
- Wazuh / Elastic
- MISP
- Kali
- Burp Suite Pro
- BloodHound
- Impacket
- Ghidra
- SIEM
- Sigma
- Trivy
- ISO 27001 / NIST CSF
How the levels work
Three levels that stack. Join at any of them.
The levels are not three separate courses competing for your attention, and they are not a ladder you have to climb from the bottom. Each one contains the ones before it — which is exactly what lets you start at the one that fits.
Each level contains the ones below
Advanced includes everything in Basic. Pro includes both. Nothing is repeated for the sake of it.
Join at the level that matches you
A complete beginner starts at Basic. Someone who already has the earlier skills enters higher up.
Every level is job-ready on its own
Each one ends with its own live project, its own certificate and its own exit roles. You can start working after one.
Direct entrants get a bridge
Joining straight into Advanced or Pro? You begin with a condensed recap of what came before, ending in a scored readiness check.
Level 3 · Pro
Contains Levels 1 and 2
Level 2 · Advanced
Contains Level 1
Level 1 · Basic
Start from the beginning
Direct entrants to Advanced or Pro begin with a bridge — a condensed recap of the earlier levels — ending in a scored readiness check before the new material starts.
Which level is right for you?
Start where you actually are.
Each level is its own enrollable program, with its own project, certificate and exit roles. Read the entry point — it is written for this course, not a general rule.
What you walk out with
Not a certificate. A portfolio.
The portfolio
Penetration test + blue-team analysis
What it proves
You can attack and defend, and prove detection coverage.
Forensics investigation
What it proves
You can investigate an incident with sound evidence handling.
Dual offensive & defensive engagement
What it proves
You can run a full authorised engagement end to end. The sharpest hiring separator.
Careers & support
Supported from day one to hired.
None of this is a guarantee of a job, and we will not pretend otherwise. It is the work we put in alongside yours.
LEAP
Your journey, tracked by AI — progress, attendance and portfolio in one place.
AI interview preparation
Practise against an interviewer that never gets tired, as often as you need.
Industry mentors
Guidance from people who deploy this work, not only teach it.
Industry masterclasses
Sessions from practitioners on what the work actually looks like.
Placement support
Portfolio reviews, interview prep and introductions — we keep working with you.
Internship support
Help finding the first real-world placement that turns a project into experience.
Certification
Co-certified with IIT Kanpur.
Certified by E&ICT Academy, IIT Kanpur (MeitY, Govt. of India). You earn a certificate at each level you complete.
- A certificate at every level
- Each level you complete is certified on its own — you do not have to finish all three to hold a credential.
- A government-backed academy
- E&ICT Academy, IIT Kanpur is an initiative of MeitY, Government of India.
- Verifiable, and worth showing
- Digitally verifiable and addable to your LinkedIn profile alongside the projects you shipped.
Sample certificate. One is issued for each level you complete.
Learning centers
In major cities. Coming to yours next.
We teach in person in major cities across India, with 15+ more centers opening. Tell us where you are and we will tell you what is coming near you.
Before you enrol
The questions people actually ask.
What are the fees, and is EMI or a loan available?
Fees vary by course, level and centre, and are kept deliberately affordable for an IIT Kanpur co-certified qualification. Yes to both: no-cost and low-cost EMI options are available, and we can put you in touch with education-loan partners if you would rather finance the course that way. Book a free counselling call and we will share the exact fee for your course along with the EMI and loan options you qualify for.
Do you guarantee placement?
No honest school can promise a job, and we will not either. What we do guarantee is the work behind placement: a job-first curriculum, deployed projects you defend before a live panel, plus interview prep, portfolio reviews and introductions from a placement team that keeps working with you until you land a role. Your outcome depends on your effort, but you will never chase it alone.
Do I need a coding background?
For most courses, no. Digital marketing, the data and analytics foundations and the AI excellence course assume no coding at all, and start from the beginning. Some courses do expect prior coding experience — the advanced and pro levels of the development and agentic tracks build on a working knowledge of programming rather than teaching it from scratch. If you are unsure where you sit, a counsellor will help you navigate it, and you can take a short readiness test so the answer is based on what you can actually do rather than a guess.
Is the certification recognised?
Yes. Courses carry a co-certification from the E&ICT Academy, IIT Kanpur, an initiative supported by MeitY, Government of India, alongside the Ikigai School of AI certificate. It is a verifiable credential you can add to your resume and LinkedIn, backed by projects that prove what you can actually build. Each level is certified on its own, so you hold a credential without having to finish all three.
Where are the classes held?
In person, at our learning centres in Lucknow, Kanpur, Ludhiana, Warangal and Indore, with more centres opening. Courses are taught in a lab with an instructor in the room — that is the point of them. Centre availability changes with each intake, so ask your counsellor which centre is nearest you and what is starting there.
What if I am a working professional?
Many of our learners are working full-time. Sessions are scheduled around working hours and each level is separately enrollable, so you can take one level, apply it at work, and come back for the next. Tell your counsellor your working pattern and they will find the batch and centre that fits it.
How is this different from other AI courses?
Most courses are built from a textbook syllabus by people who have never shipped AI. Ours are designed and taught by practitioners who build and deploy production AI inside large public-sector and enterprise organisations, and who bring that work back into the classroom. Every course is built backwards from the job it leads to, so you finish with deployed projects and the exact skills those employers hire for, not just a certificate.
Still deciding? A counsellor will talk you through fees, batches and whether this is the right level to start at.
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