CFP

Cybersecurity Foundation Programme

Why Choose Cybersecurity?

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High Employment Rate

89% growth in world-wide employment needed to meet global cybersecurity demand. The industry needs you more than ever.

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Healthy Pay Cheque

Nearly all cybersecurity roles pay solid figures, and the average mid-level salary falls under the top 10% of earners annually across Africa, Canada, the UK, and the US.

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Unlimited Growth

A highly dynamic field with over 50 career paths, including Cloud, IAM, GRC, Incident Response, Security Engineering, and many more.

CFP Roadmap

A reinforced learning model guaranteed to help you become a cybersecurity professional within six months.

Phase 1

Foundation Course

6 weeks

Phase 2

Internship Program

12 weeks

Phase 3

Capstone Project

4 weeks

Phase 4

Recruitment Support

2 weeks

Phase 1: Foundation Course

A comprehensive 6-week foundation that builds your core understanding of cybersecurity and helps you map out your ideal career path. You'll learn essential concepts, industry language, and frameworks that shape modern defense, while gaining clarity on roles that align with your strengths.

CFP is the ultimate toolkit for beginners who want to invest time in understanding concepts, practices, tools, and industry dynamics involved in practicing cybersecurity.

Curriculum Breakdown

Module 1: Introduction to Cybersecurity

Goal: Build a foundational understanding of cybersecurity's history, purpose, and structure.

Evolution: From the 1970s to the AI era
The CIA Triad: Core security principles
CyBOK Knowledge Areas

Outcome: Map milestones and identify your role in the ecosystem.

Module 2: The Threat Landscape

Goal: Explore real-world threats, attacker motivations, and OSINT fundamentals.

Threats, vulnerabilities, and attacks distinctions
Industry-specific attack trends (Finance, Healthcare, etc.)
OSINT Frameworks and AI Tools

Outcome: Analyze threat vectors and gather actionable intelligence.

Module 3: Vulnerability Management

Goal: Learn how organizations detect, prioritize, and remediate weaknesses.

VM lifecycle from discovery to validation
Patch management and scanning tools (Qualys, Nessus, OpenVAS)
Common vulnerabilities (CVE, CVSS, OWASP Top 10)

Outcome: Run vulnerability scans and generate compliance reports.

Module 4: Risk Management

Goal: Introduce risk-based decision-making and compliance frameworks.

Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) overview
Cyber risk assessment processes & frameworks
Mapping security controls to business impact

Outcome: Build a risk register via custom practical workshops.

Module 5: Cyberdefense Controls

Goal: Learn how to apply layered defenses across enterprise environments.

Defense-in-Depth architecture & CIS Controls v8
Preventive, detective, and corrective controls
Configuration hardening and control matrices

Outcome: Design and assess layered controls that strengthen resilience.

Module 6: The Cybersecurity Workforce

Goal: Bridge classroom learning to career pathways and industry structure.

Global job landscapes, emerging roles, and salaries
NICE Framework competencies and tasks
Role Placement Labs & Alumni mentorship sessions

Outcome: Graduate with absolute clarity on your career pathing.

Phase 2

Internship

Join our virtual internship program at Hacktales Academy. Spend three months interning in one of our core tracks while taking structured training sessions to build your hands-on expertise:

Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC)
Security Engineering (Blue Team)
Offensive Security (Red Team)

Phase 3

Capstone

Apply your knowledge, tools, and practical experiences to solve a real-world cybersecurity challenge from start to finish. This project becomes part of your professional portfolio, giving you verifiable evidence of your skills to show employers.

Phase 4

Recruitment

We provide a two-week post-internship career acceleration phase. Our recruitment partners work closely with you to review your CV, run tailored mock interviews, optimize nonverbal communication, and prepare you for entry-level roles.

Who Is This For?

Fresh Graduates: Beginners wanting a structured entry into tech with zero prior experience required.
Career Changers: Professionals looking to safely transition into a high-growth career path.
IT Professionals: Desktop support or QA techs looking to rapidly specialize in cybersecurity.
Job Seekers: Anyone searching for an in-demand career track globally.

Program Highlights

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Expert Mentorship

Learn from active cyber professionals using these tools daily.

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Zero Job Disruption

100% online, immersive virtual learning around your schedule.

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Get Certified

Showcase skills with 3 industry-standard vendor certificates.

Join Our Next Cohort

New cohorts are taken every quarter!

To preserve high-quality instruction and hands-on mentorship, application pools are capped at exactly 50 seats per quarter. General cohorts align with predictable intake intervals across January, April, July, and October cycles.

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