Network Scanning & Vulnerability Assessment
Build a lab environment and use Nmap and OpenVAS to find open ports and vulnerabilities on target machines — writing the commands yourself and reading the results.
- Nmap
- OpenVAS
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Cyber Security Course in Phagwara
Learn to defend systems and networks — networking, ethical hacking, VAPT, OWASP, forensics and SIEM, with virtual labs and placement assistance.
- Live client projects
- Practitioner trainers
- Placement support
- Certificate + internship
- Duration
- 3 – 9 Months
- Mode
- Classroom, Weekend & 1-on-1
- Eligibility
- 12th Pass Onward
- Includes
- Internship Letter
25,000+
Students trained
since 2007
4.9★
Google rating
556+ reviews
100%
Practical training
live client work
Overview
Course overview
Techcadd’s Cyber Security Course in Phagwara is an industry-oriented course that teaches students, graduates, job seekers and beginners to defend systems and networks with professional security tooling. It covers network security, ethical hacking, the OWASP Top 10, VAPT, cryptography, incident response and security operations. The training is based on practical knowledge rather than theory: you work through virtual labs, simulation exercises, assignments and real security audits, so you see how security is applied across IT infrastructure, cloud and application work. The approach is beginner-friendly throughout, developing analytical skill, security logic and defensive thinking together — by the end you can identify, exploit and patch vulnerabilities with confidence.
What you get
- Industry-ready security trainingPractical topics — networking, ethical hacking, VAPT, forensics, SIEM and incident response — that turn IT knowledge into genuine security skill.
- Learn by doing security projectsPractise in virtual labs and CTF exercises, developing the ability to write reports, patch vulnerabilities and secure real networks.
- Develop a security portfolioIndustry-relevant projects you can put on a CV — work that proves both offensive and defensive ability in interviews and job hunts.
- Career guidance and placement supportResume help, technical interview preparation, project presentation and career direction across SOC analysis, penetration testing, network security and risk management.
- Students
- 25K+
- Google rating
- 4.9★
- Estd.
- 2007
- Practical
- 100%
EligibilityWho can do
Who can do
this course
The Cybersecurity course is built for people at six different starting points, and the batch is deliberately mixed. What matters far more than your background is turning up consistently and finishing what each module asks you to build.
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12th Pass Students
Interested in ethical hacking, professionally or as a hobby? The practical approach makes networking and security basics graspable. You will meet Kali Linux, networking, footprinting, scanning and vulnerability analysis — a valuable skill alongside your academics.
- 02
College Learners & Graduates
Security should be taught through real scenarios, not textbooks. Whatever your discipline — computer science, engineering, commerce or management — lab exercises in penetration testing, SIEM tools and malware analysis strengthen your projects and portfolio.
- 03
Job Seekers & Freshers
Theoretical knowledge does not move an employer. They want analytical problem-solvers. A portfolio of security audits and solved CTF challenges is worth far more than a certificate when applying for security roles here.
- 04
Working Professionals
Already in IT, operations, networking or administration? Security lets you defend your own infrastructure. Network defence, cloud security on AWS and Azure, incident response and SIEM become an additional skill, not a career change.
- 05
Entrepreneurs & Business Owners
You do not need to be a developer to care about data protection. Understanding compliance, business continuity and where your real risk sits makes conversations with a CTO or auditor far more productive.
- 06
Aspiring Analysts & Freelancers
For security analysis or bug bounty work, this is the foundation: vulnerability assessment, penetration testing, report writing and exploitation technique — later applied to bug bounties, security audits and consulting.
The case for itWhy this programme
Why this programme
is worth your year
Every bank, hospital and IT firm in the region now has a compliance requirement and no one in-house to meet it, which is why security roles stay open in Punjab far longer than developer ones. That gap is the whole argument for this course: there is local demand, there are budgets, and there are very few trained people to hand the work to.
Build skills that hold up beyond the classroom.
What separates this from a playlist of tutorials is supervision on real work. From the second half of the course you build on live client projects with a trainer beside you, make decisions that have consequences, and correct them the following week. That loop is the skill. No employer in Phagwara will take your word for it without work they can inspect.
Be realistic about the money. A fresher who finishes with a working portfolio starts near the bottom of the band and moves quickly; someone who finishes with a certificate and nothing to show does not. The difference is entirely what you built.
The alternative is what most people try first: free videos, a cheap online course, six months of drifting, and knowledge you cannot demonstrate. A structured programme with live projects, a mentor who corrects you, an internship letter and a placement cell that actually calls employers is the difference between knowing the subject and being hired to do it.
Students reach the Phagwara centre from Banga, Nakodar, Kartarpur and the university belt, and the weekend batch exists so a job or a degree does not have to be paused to attend.
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Cyber security skills are in demand
Demand has outrun supply. Startups, software companies, MNCs and government agencies all need security people. Network security, penetration testing, cloud security and compliance make one qualification useful across many roles.
- 02
Understanding how security really works
Not running tools. Networking fundamentals, Linux and Kali, footprinting and reconnaissance, vulnerability analysis, the OWASP Top 10, cryptography, malware threats, sniffing and session hijacking, social engineering and denial-of-service — so you move from copying commands to thinking like an analyst.
- 03
Practical training is how security is learned
Watching hacking tutorials is useful. Practising in labs and solving CTF challenges teaches far more — network scanning, exploitation, defensive security and threat hunting.
- 04
Skills that open high-paying career paths
Depending on your interest, security leads to Security Analyst, Penetration Tester, Security Consultant, SOC Analyst or Network Security Engineer — among the better-paid entry points in IT.
Why now
Gain Security Skills You Can Apply In Real Life
- Practical projects take your skills past theory into a portfolio that proves real security ability.
- A GitHub or blog portfolio shows vulnerability assessment, penetration testing and incident response handled properly.
- Security analyst roles in Punjab start around ₹20,000 – ₹35,000 a month for a fresher, reaching ₹40,000 – ₹60,000 within two years.
- Concentrate on building projects and solving CTF labs rather than learning theory alone.
SyllabusHands-on
What you will
actually build
The syllabus is arranged so every module produces an asset rather than a set of notes. You will cover networking fundamentals & security, linux, kali & scripting basics, ethical hacking & penetration testing, web application security (owasp), and finish with a live project built on Kali Linux, Nmap, Burp Suite. Modules run in the order a real project runs: foundations first, then the core skills, then applied work under supervision, then the portfolio and interview preparation that turn all of it into an offer letter.
Cybersecurity02/04
Core Skills
The working knowledge the job description actually lists.
Ethical Hacking & Penetration Testing
Find out how a professional security audit is actually structured, and reported.
4 weeks · 14 sessions
Web Application Security (OWASP)
Find out how web applications are attacked, and therefore how they are defended.
4 weeks · 14 sessions
Cryptography & Network Security
Find out how data is protected in transit and at rest, and where that protection fails.
3 weeks · 12 sessions
Topics covered
Reconnaissance, scanning and gaining accessExploitation, post-exploitation and persistenceBuilding a repeatable audit methodologyWriting structured VAPT reportsSQL injection, XSS and CSRFBurp Suite and injection techniquesAPI securityTesting to industry-standard methodologyEncryption, decryption and hashingSSL/TLS, digital signatures and PKIVPNs and wireless security (WPA2/WPA3)Blockchain security basics
Programme length
Choose the duration that suits you
The Cybersecurity course runs as three nested levels. Each one builds on the last, so you can start at the foundation and continue later without repeating anything.
- 3 MonthsFoundation
Learn the basics of cyber security
Fundamental skills step by step through practical labs and beginner-friendly projects, until the tooling stops feeling opaque.
Skills & tools
- Kali Linux
- Nmap
- Networking basics
- Burp Suite
- Wireshark
Recommended for
IT Trainee, Security Intern, Junior Security Analyst and anyone starting a cyber security course in Phagwara.
- 6 MonthsProfessional
Get proficient in security operations
Real-world vulnerability assessment across web applications, SIEM, malware analysis and automation, with advanced problem solving.
Skills & tools
- Metasploit
- Nessus
- OpenVAS
- Splunk
- Python
- AWS Security
Recommended for
Penetration Tester, Security Analyst, SOC Analyst and Network Security Engineer.
- 9 MonthsAdvanced
Master cyber security
Ethical hacking combined with forensics, incident response, cloud security and AI threat intelligence.
Skills & tools
- Advanced Metasploit
- Burp Suite Pro
- OSINT tools
- Cloud Security
- AI tools
Recommended for
Senior Security Consultant, Red Teamer, Forensics Investigator and Cloud Security Engineer.
What changes with each duration
Networking fundamentals
- 3 Months
- 6 Months
- 9 Months
Linux & Kali basics
- 3 Months
- 6 Months
- 9 Months
Information gathering
- 3 Months
- 6 Months
- 9 Months
Vulnerability assessment
- 3 Months
- 6 Months
- 9 Months
Web security (OWASP)
- 3 Months
- 6 Months
- 9 Months
Cryptography
- 3 Months
- 6 Months
- 9 Months
Advanced exploitation
- 3 Months
- 6 Months
- 9 Months
SIEM & SOC operations
- 3 Months
- 6 Months
- 9 Months
Python for security
- 3 Months
- 6 Months
- 9 Months
Cloud security
- 3 Months
- 6 Months
- 9 Months
Malware analysis
- 3 Months
- 6 Months
- 9 Months
Digital forensics
- 3 Months
- 6 Months
- 9 Months
AI threat intelligence
- 3 Months
- 6 Months
- 9 Months
Advanced VAPT projects
- 3 Months
- 6 Months
- 9 Months
The programme is nested, not parallel. The 3-month course builds your security foundation. The 6-month track includes those fundamentals and moves into VAPT, SIEM and automation. The 9-month programme builds further with advanced forensics, cloud security and AI-focused security work. Choose 3 months for ethical hacking, networking and security concepts; 6 months for penetration testing, defensive security and SOC operations; 9 months to add forensics, cloud security and AI.
The toolchain behind the craft
One course.
A mesh of real tools.
Everything below is installed on the lab machines and used on live client work, not shown once in a slide and forgotten.
- Kali Linux
- Nmap
- Burp Suite
- Metasploit Framework
- Wireshark
- Nessus / OpenVAS
- Hydra / John the Ripper
- Aircrack-ng
- Splunk / Wazuh
- Autopsy
- Python for Security
- AI Security Tools
Certification
Get Certified in Cybersecurity
Complete the course with a portfolio of live projects and receive an industry-recognised certificate, plus a documented internship letter accepted by Punjab universities.
- Industry Certificate
Recognised by employers across Punjab and beyond
- Internship Letter
Based on real client work, not a simulation
- Portfolio of Projects
Live work you can show in any interview
- Placement Support
CV review, mock interviews and hiring drives
Two certificates on completion — the course certificate and a separate capstone project certificate.
Future scopeWhere this course
Where this course
takes you
The roles this opens, what they pay in Punjab and beyond, and who is hiring for them — drawn from published job-market listings on one comparable scale, not a brochure number.
Salary outlook
Security Analyst
Defends the networks and applications a business depends on. Earnings depend on your skills, portfolio, experience, company and location.
- Starting package
- ₹20,000–₹35,000/month
- After 2 years
- ₹40,000–₹60,000/month
Punjab — Security Analyst
Fresher₹20,000–₹35,000/month
After 2 years₹40,000–₹60,000/month
Delhi / NCR — Cyber Security
Fresher₹30,000–₹50,000/month
After 2 years₹50,000–₹90,000+/month
Remote / Freelance Security Auditing
Fresher₹15,000–₹30,000/month
After 2 years₹40,000–₹1,00,000+/month
Indicative ranges for Security Analyst roles, compiled from public job-market listings and drawn on the same scale in every market. Actual offers vary by employer, skillset and interview performance — Punjab pay typically reaches 2× the fresher ceiling within two years of delivery experience.
Talk about your target roleWhere Security Analyst graduates get hired
- IT companies and software firms securing their own infrastructure
- Banks and financial institutions needing compliance and fraud detection
- Consulting firms providing VAPT services to clients
- Government and law enforcement needing digital forensics
- Bug bounty programmes paying per verified vulnerability
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What job roles open up after this course?
Security Analyst, Penetration Tester, SOC Analyst and Network Security Engineer. A portfolio of audits and solved CTF challenges matters far more here than certificates.
- 02
What can I earn, and how fast does it grow?
A fresher starts around ₹20,000 – ₹35,000 a month in the Punjab market, reaching ₹40,000 – ₹60,000 within two years — the fastest two-year growth of any course in this catalogue. Security experience is priced highly once you have it.
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Can I freelance or work remotely with this skill?
Yes, through VAPT engagements and bug bounty work. Income ramps rather than starting at a salary: around ₹15,000 – ₹30,000 a month early on, and ₹40,000 to over ₹1,00,000 once you have audits and disclosed findings behind you. Bounty income is genuinely unpredictable — treat it as upside, not salary.
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Which industries hire for this in Punjab?
IT companies and software firms, banks and financial institutions with compliance requirements, consulting firms selling VAPT services, and government and law enforcement needing forensics — plus bug bounty programmes.
- 05
Is everything taught here legal to practise?
Yes, and that boundary is taken seriously. All exploitation work happens in isolated virtual labs and deliberately vulnerable machines built for training — DVWA, Metasploitable and similar. Testing systems you do not own or have written permission to test is a criminal offence under the IT Act, and the course covers scope, authorisation and responsible disclosure as part of the methodology rather than as a footnote.
PortfolioHands-on projects
Hands-on projects
you will ship
Web Application Penetration Test
Attack a deliberately vulnerable application — DVWA or Mutillidae — with Burp Suite and OWASP methodology, and see exactly how SQLi and XSS get exploited.
- Burp Suite
- OWASP
Endpoint Security & Malware Analysis
Work real malware samples in a sandbox: analyse behaviour, track system changes and write proper indicators of compromise.
- Malware Analysis
- Endpoint Security
Security Automation with Python
Build a script that detects weak passwords or automates network scanning, learning how Python handles packets, files and repetitive security tasks.
- Scripting
- Security Automation
Digital Forensics Investigation
Investigate a simulated crime scene image: recover deleted files, analyse logs and reconstruct user activity with forensic tooling.
- Autopsy
- Forensics
Wireless Network Security Audit
Audit Wi-Fi security in a controlled lab — break weak encryption, review WPA configuration and write a wireless security policy that would hold up.
- Aircrack-ng
- WPA2
AI & Threat Intelligence Project
See where AI meets security on a practical project — threat feed ingestion, log analysis with Pandas and anomaly detection.
- Python
- Machine Learning
End-to-End Security Audit (Capstone)
A complete vulnerability assessment: scan, exploit, document and present the finished report the way a consultant would to a client.
- VAPT
- Report Writing
The working loop
Learn it. Build it. Make it yours.
Every project moves through the same loop: understand the brief, build with guidance, then explain the decisions behind your work.
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Understand
Turn a real business objective into a security assessment strategy through asset identification, threat modelling and vulnerability research.
Vulnerability Research & Assessment Brief
- 02
Build
Create and manage security labs with trainer guidance — build attack scenarios, configure firewalls, deploy SIEM tooling and use AI to speed up the workflow.
Red Team Attacks & Defensive Countermeasures
- 03
Present & Secure
Present your strategy, the tests you ran, what you found and how it should be remediated — then take the audit into your professional portfolio.
End-to-End Security Audit & Optimisation
Why techcadd
Why students choose techcadd
There are many places to learn this in Phagwara and the brochure syllabus looks similar at all of them. What differs is who teaches, whether you ever touch real work, and whether anyone picks up the phone after you have paid. techcadd has trained students across Punjab since 2007 on the same model: small batches, working practitioners as trainers, client projects as coursework.
Trainers who explain security clearly
Security is genuinely complex for beginners. Trainers here explain attack techniques and defence logic through simple, practical examples rather than jargon.
Live and practical security labs
Projects make the theory meaningful. You learn through hands-on labs spanning network security, VAPT, malware analysis, forensics and incident response.
Small batches so doubts get cleared
Security analysis is far easier when you can clear a doubt on exploitation logic in real time and practise the tool while you are still stuck on it.
A practical portfolio you build yourself
You finish with projects demonstrating security tooling, Python scripts and real VAPT work — good examples a fresher can actually discuss in an interview.
Career and placement guidance
Because security spans banking, IT, government and healthcare, guidance is career-oriented: resume building, mock interviews, project presentation and direction toward the right role.
Security taught the practical way
The aim is solving security incidents with logic, not learning commands — practical vulnerability assessment, defensive security and the industry tools that matter.
Student reviewsWhat our students
What our students
in Phagwara say
- Google
What made it click for me was the lab time. You can sit after class and someone will still explain it until you get it.
KMKaran MehtaB.Tech Student · Phagwara - Google
I travelled in for the weekend batch and it was worth every trip. Small batch, real work, no time wasted on theory nobody uses.
ASArshdeep SinghTrainee Engineer · Adampur - Google
The course got me interview-ready faster than I expected. My interviewer asked to see my project and that was the whole conversation.
PRPooja RaniGraduate · Kartarpur
- Google
I was switching careers and worried I would be behind. Half the batch was doing the same thing, and nobody made it awkward.
SKSimran KaurCareer Switcher · Phagwara - Google
I joined with almost no background and finished with a project I could actually show. The trainer never rushed the basics.
RSRohit SharmaBCA Student · Banga - Google
techcadd’s placement cell kept calling me for drives until I was placed. That persistence mattered more than anything else.
NKNavjot KaurPlaced · Jalandhar
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How techcadd compares
Choosing a Cybersecurity course should be about more than a certificate. If the goal is a career, the things worth comparing are the coding practice, the projects, the trainer support and the skills you can actually apply.
Cyber security curriculum
techcadd
Industry-focused training covering VAPT, network security, OWASP, forensics, SIEM and advanced concepts
Commonly offered
Often focuses mainly on basic terminology
Learning style
techcadd
Practical, lab-focused learning built around real security problems
Commonly offered
Can be more theory-oriented
Practical projects
techcadd
Students work in virtual labs on VAPT assignments to strengthen problem-solving skills
Commonly offered
Practical exposure may be limited
Security skills
techcadd
Focus on logic building, threat hunting, exploitation and writing security reports
Commonly offered
May cover concepts without enough lab practice
Advanced security
techcadd
Exposure to AI security, cloud security, APIs and automation
Commonly offered
Advanced topics can vary by institute
Problem solving
techcadd
Regular CTF exercises designed to improve logical thinking and security confidence
Commonly offered
Problem-solving practice may receive less attention
Portfolio building
techcadd
Projects and audits that help students showcase their security skills
Commonly offered
Portfolio development may not be a major focus
Career support
techcadd
CV guidance, interview preparation, portfolio support and career-oriented guidance
Commonly offered
Career assistance varies between institutes
Doubt support
techcadd
Trainer guidance to help students understand security concepts and solve technical challenges
Commonly offered
Support may be limited to classroom sessions
Certification
techcadd
Course completion certification supported by practical learning and lab exposure
Commonly offered
Certification and practical exposure can vary
The right-hand column represents common market patterns, not a comparison with any specific institute. Before choosing a cyber security institute in Phagwara, ask how much lab practice is included, whether students build real projects, how trainers handle doubts, and what career support is provided.
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