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Security Development Academy

A long-term program for growing security talent

We connect scattered courses into one growth path, so security capability builds up inside your organization.

Rather than one-off courses, assessment, training, hands-on practice, competitions and mentoring run in connected stages. We design the path around your goals and your people's levels.

How do we grow our own security talent? Reviewed

From a skills assessment to mentoring, one connected growth path.

LEARN Courses EXERCISE Labs, CTFs WORK On the job real work feeds learning starts with an assessment over months
Over months the path moves between courses, labs and competitions, and real work; problems met on the job come back into the next course.

Start where each role is

From executives to field operators, each role has a track built for its work.

  • ExecutivesAI and cybersecurity briefings

    The threat landscape and investment priorities, in a form executives can decide on.

  • All staffCompany-wide security awareness

    Everyday habits: dealing with phishing, managing accounts and handling information.

  • Developers and AI developersDevelopment and AI service security

    Reducing risk at the design and code stage.

  • Security teamsAdvanced practitioner training

    Hands-on skills in assessment, analysis and response.

  • OT and field operatorsIndustrial environment security

    Centered on field equipment and how the site is operated.

A growth path that builds in stages

Five stages, from assessment to mentoring and real work.

  1. Assess skills, set goals

    Understand current capability and goals, and design the path.

  2. Foundations and depth

    Build the knowledge and skills each role needs, step by step.

  3. Hands-on labs

    Put what was learned into practice in a controlled lab.

  4. Competitions and missions

    Compete and grow through CTFs and longer missions.

  5. Mentoring and real work

    People who have grown move on to mentoring and your organization's own security work.

Length and structure, from one month to a full year, are designed with you around your goals.

Why a system, not single courses

One-off courses don't stay with an organization, so each cycle checks what has changed.

CYCLE repeats each cycle gaps put to the test check the change ASSESS Skills check TRAIN Training EXERCISE Labs, CTFs
Gaps found in a skills check become training topics; what was learned is tested in labs and competitions, and the next check shows what changed.

What stays with your organization

A record of growth

From the first skills check to the next, what changed is recorded by role.

Mentoring, study groups and community

Keeps learning and exchange going between courses.

Taking part in real work

People who have grown take part in your organization's real security work.