Break it. Defend it. Build a career.
PatchedLab is a hands-on cybersecurity academy for people who wants to master both sides of the game. Train as a red teamer, defend as a blue teamer, and build a career in security with real labs and real-world scenerios.
Training Tracks
Hands-on programs with real lab environments, not slide decks.
Cybersecurity Foundations
New to cybersecurity? Start here. Build the networking, Linux, and security fundamentals every red and blue teamer needs, then try both sides in guided labs. What you'll learn: Explain how networks and common attacks work, use core security tools, and choose your specialty with confidence.
SOC Analyst & Blue Team Ops
Learn to detect, triage and respond to security incidents. Build dashboards, write detection rules and run tabletop exercises.
Web Application Pentesting
Master the full offensive lifecycle: recon, exploitation, post-exploitation and reporting. Work through real CVEs in isolated cyber-range environments.
HOW WE TEACH
No slide-deck marathons. You learn security by doing it: attack it, defend it, fix it, and explain it.
LEARN THE CONCEPT
Short, focused lessons that explain how things work before you touch a tool. Every lesson is tied to a real lab, so nothing stays theory.
PRACTICE IN REAL LABS
Work in isolated lab environments built to mimic real systems: vulnerable apps, simulated networks, and log data from staged attacks. You can’t break anything that matters, so you can try things freely.
ATTACK IT. DEFEND IT.
Red teamer students learn how defenders respond. Blue team students learn how attackers think. Understanding both sides makes you better at either one.
PROVE IT WITH A PROJECT
Finish each track with a hands-on capstone, such as a pentest report, an incident investigation, or a set of detections rules. You leave with real work you can show employers.
Hall of Fame
Writeups, disclosures, and capstones from our alumni. Real security work, publicly verifiable.
What Our Alumni Say
Real people. Real outcomes.
“PatchedLab's hands-on labs gave me the confidence I never got from theory-only courses. Within three months of graduating I landed my first security role.”
Amara Osei
SOC Analyst · Zenith Bank
“The offensive track is genuinely hard — real CVEs, real tools, no walkthroughs handed to you. That difficulty is exactly what prepared me for client engagements.”
Chidi Eze
Penetration Tester · Deloitte
“The DevSecOps track completely changed how I think about shipping code. Our pipeline now catches vulns before they ever reach staging.”
Fatima Al-Rashid
Security Engineer · Flutterwave
Not sure which track is right for you?
Book a free 15-minute diagnostic call. We'll look at your background, your goals, and recommend the best starting point — no sales pressure.
Frequently Asked Questions
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