AI Hacking 101 teaches students the fundamentals of penetration testing for AI/LLM-based applications through self-paced video instruction and guided hands-on labs. Students will learn to detect and exploit common AI vulnerabilities, with practical exercises using a custom-built lab environment featuring a vulnerable chatbot that uses Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and integrates with a company knowledge base.
This course is designed to introduce students to the fundamentals of AI including neural networks and transformer large language models (LLMs). Beginning with the math behind neural networks and how they are trained, students will learn how these networks are used for natural language processing and the architecture of modern transform LLMs, providing a full picture of how neural networks and LLMs actually work. This course does not focus on how to use AI tools.
Security Operations (SOC) 201 is an intermediate security operations course designed to enhance your skills in detecting, investigating, and responding to complex cyber threats at scale. After establishing fundamental security operations knowledge and practical skills in SOC 101, the next logical step is to progress your career by applying advanced investigation methodologies and grasping the responsibilities of an Incident Responder and Threat Hunter. The SOC 201 curriculum teaches analysts how to identify, hunt, and respond to real-world adversary tactics and techniques. With a practical, hands-on focus, the curriculum provides realistic scenarios where students investigate sophisticated threats across multiple systems, learning to detect and respond effectively in enterprise-scale environments. The course also integrates proactive threat hunting as part of a continuous detection and response cycle, giving analysts the mental models to identify active threats, uncover gaps, and feed insights back into investigative processes to improve future detection and response efforts.
Advanced Web Hacking is designed to take your web penetration testing skills to the next level. This course dives deep into advanced topics, exploring edge-case vulnerabilities, sophisticated attacks, and complex scenarios faced in modern web applications. Each module will offer in-depth exploration through code review, debugging, and hands-on labs.
Assembly 101 will teach you how computers work down to the lowest level and how to write and read the human readable version of the 1s and 0s they speak in – Assembly. The course starts with an introduction on how computers perform computations using transistors, logic gates and machine code (1s and 0s), then moves on to writing your own assembly programs. Students will start writing x86-16 assembly in a beginner-friendly 8086 emulator to learn the fundamentals and then move on to writing modern x86-64 assembly.
Go beyond the course materials with bi-monthly livestreamed workshops taught by your favorite Academy instructors. These interactive sessions will be hosted on the Academy platform and will not be available on our public social media channels. Topics for the workshops will rotate, please check the curriculum below for the upcoming schedule.
