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Structured paths, hands-on challenges you download and break locally, and a mentored internship that turns your learning into a portfolio and a job offer.

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challenge — corp-net-01.zip
$ docker compose up -d
[+] Running 3/3  corp-web, corp-db, corp-dc

$ nmap -sV 172.20.0.10
80/tcp   open  http    nginx 1.24
445/tcp  open  smb     Samba 4.17

> hint unlocked (−10 coins)
> flag submitted ........ correct
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Why Dexlinq

Training built around what the job actually demands

Every module ends with something you can show: an investigation write-up, a working exploit chain, or shipped code reviewed by a mentor.

Practical challenges

Downloadable VMs, Docker Compose stacks, source code and PCAPs — no waiting on cloud labs.

Guided learning paths

Role-based sequences that take you from fundamentals to interview-ready in months, not years.

Mentored internships

Real projects, weekly tasks, code reviews and a performance score employers can trust.

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XP, levels, coins, badges, streaks and leaderboards that keep momentum through the hard weeks.

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Free and premium courses across offensive security, defence, engineering and cloud.

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Cybersecurity
Intermediate

Web Application Penetration Testing

OWASP Top 10 in depth: injection, broken access control, SSRF, deserialization — with downloadable vulnerable labs.

32h86 lessons4,210
4.9Premium
Cybersecurity
Beginner

SOC Analyst Fundamentals

Triage alerts like a Tier 1 analyst: SIEM queries, log analysis, PCAP investigation and incident write-ups.

24h64 lessons6,180
4.8Free
Cybersecurity
Beginner

Network Security Essentials

TCP/IP, firewalls, segmentation, VPNs and packet analysis with Wireshark using real capture files.

18h48 lessons3,890
4.7Free
Cybersecurity
Advanced

Digital Forensics & Incident Response

Disk and memory forensics, timeline reconstruction, malware triage and courtroom-ready reporting.

28h71 lessons1,970
4.9Premium
Software Engineering
Intermediate

Production React with TypeScript

Component architecture, state strategy, testing and performance budgets for real product teams.

30h92 lessons5,340
4.8Premium
Software Engineering
Intermediate

Backend API Engineering

REST and auth design, database modelling, caching, rate limiting and secure-by-default APIs.

26h74 lessons3,120
4.7Premium
Learning paths

Pick a role. Follow the sequence.

Each path bundles courses, quizzes and downloadable challenges into a career-shaped curriculum.

Blue Team
7 courses · ~5 months

SOC Analyst Path

Go from networking basics to confidently triaging real alerts, writing detections and reporting incidents.

SIEMLog analysisThreat intelIncident response
Red Team
8 courses · ~6 months

Penetration Tester Path

Recon to reporting: web, network and Active Directory attack chains with downloadable lab environments.

Web exploitationActive DirectoryPrivilege escalationReporting
Engineering
9 courses · ~7 months

Full-Stack Engineer Path

Ship production software: TypeScript, React, APIs, databases, testing and deployment pipelines.

TypeScriptReactAPIsDatabasesCI/CD
Cloud
7 courses · ~6 months

Cloud Security Engineer Path

Design, harden and monitor cloud environments with identity-first security and automated guardrails.

IAMTerraformDetectionCompliance
Testimonials

Graduates who made the jump

The SOC path mirrored my actual job interview. Six weeks after finishing I was triaging alerts for a payments company.

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Amara Okafor

SOC Analyst, Fintech

Downloadable labs beat cloud labs for me — I kept every environment offline and rebuilt them until the attack chains clicked.

DM

Daniel Mensah

Junior Penetration Tester

The internship was the real differentiator. Weekly tasks, code reviews and a mentor who actually read my pull requests.

PR

Priya Raman

Frontend Engineer

Companies we've worked with

Northgate Bank
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Halo Health
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Careers9 min read

Breaking Into Cybersecurity in 2026: A Realistic Roadmap

Certifications alone no longer open doors. Here is the portfolio-first path hiring managers actually respond to.

Amara Okafor

AppSec7 min read

What Changed in the Modern OWASP Top 10 — and What Didn't

Access control still dominates real-world findings. A practical walkthrough of the categories that matter in assessments.

Daniel Mensah

Blue Team11 min read

Detection Engineering Basics: From Log to Alert

How to turn noisy telemetry into high-signal detections your SOC will not immediately mute.

Priya Raman

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