Hacker Mode
- Cybersecurity

Minimum recommended learning hours 8-12 hours

• Age: 12+
• Skill level: beginner
• No programming experience is required but students should be comfortable with computers.
• A personal laptop and USB key is required
• Completion of a ‘’course familiarity form”
  allowing instructors to gage the level of
  the class and fine-tune the planned
  teaching. (Please note that this is not a
  test, but rather a way to understand what
  course content students may already be
  familiar with)

With the help of your tutor, personalize your learning objectives following a choice from the list of chapters below:

• Binary – the language of computers, how
  is it important in cybersecurity?
• Google-Fu – how to ask good questions
  and do their own recon and research
• Linux – Using hackers’ favorite
  cybersecurity system
• Cryptography – cracking secret messages
  and understanding their role on the
  internet
• Web exploitation – exploring the inner
  workings of internet and the many ways in
  which websites can be hacked
• Practical computer safety – how long does it take to crack the password you’re currently using?
• Challenges – Competing in cybersecurity capture the flag

• Images of their choice with their own information hidden in the bits of the image
• Secret messages created with their very own encryption scheme
• Their own vulnerable website for their classmates to try and hack
• A demonstration of them hacking a remote computer for their parents (to reassure them about their new hacker powers!)

A typical day in class – involves games, exercises, quizzes, framework designs, class discussions and more!

Learning Management System (LMS) – Together with your instructor, you will be accessing course materials on our “Learn Dash” educational course platform. This platform will give you access to all your course materials, from exercises to evaluations and more.