Week 1: Cybersecurity fundamentals – terminology, threat landscape, and importance.

Week 2: Networking security – protocols, firewalls, and network architecture.

Week 3: OS security – hardening Windows/Linux systems and best practices.

Week 4: Ethical hacking basics – reconnaissance, footprinting, and scanning.

Week 5: Vulnerability assessment – tools (Nmap, Nessus) and techniques.

Week 6: Penetration testing methodologies and reporting.

Week 7: Web application security – OWASP Top 10, SQLi, XSS, CSRF.

Week 8: Cryptography basics – encryption/decryption, hashing, and certificates.

Week 9: Malware analysis – types, behavior analysis, and sandboxing.

Week 10: Incident response and digital forensics techniques.

Week 11: Security Operations – SIEM, log management, and continuous monitoring.

Week 12: Hands‑on lab: Simulated penetration test and vulnerability report.

Week 13: Advanced network security – intrusion detection/prevention and firewall management.

Week 14: Advanced penetration testing – exploit development and red teaming.

Week 15: Cloud security – securing AWS, Azure, and GCP infrastructures.

Week 16: Secure software development – secure coding practices and code analysis.

Week 17: Mobile security – threats, app security, and mobile forensics.

Week 18: Security auditing and compliance – frameworks (ISO, NIST, PCI‑DSS).

Week 19: Advanced digital forensics – memory, disk, and network forensics.

Week 20: Threat intelligence and proactive threat hunting.

Week 21: Security automation using scripting (Python for automation).

Week 22: Incident response simulation – tabletop and live drills.

Week 23: Cybersecurity for IoT – challenges and defense strategies.

Week 24: Mid‑project: Comprehensive penetration test and incident simulation.

Weeks 25–28:

• Define a real‑world security challenge, form teams, and plan an end‑to‑end security audit/penetration test.

Weeks 29–32:

• Implement security measures in a simulated environment, conduct advanced incident response, and perform digital forensics.

Weeks 33–36:

• Finalize security audits, produce detailed reports, build a portfolio, and present the capstone project to an industry panel.